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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 06:01 PM
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Default LONG TUBE INSTALL DONE.....

I JUST THIS WEEK FINISHED MY INSTALL ON THE TPIS LONG TUBES. I HAVE MUFFLER ELIM. PIPES WITH NO CATS SO IT IS REALLY LOUD! IT TOOK ME ABOUT 10 HOURS TO COMPLETE THE INSTALL AND FABRICATE SOME EXTENTIONS UP FROM THE STOCK EXHAUST TO THE COLLECTERS. I MUST SAY THAT THE TPIS UNITS ARE NICE. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS NICE WAS THE ABILITY TO REUSE THE FACTORY BOLTS WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO REALLY GET THE HEADER TIGHT LIKE IT SHOULD BE WITHOUT ROUNDING THE HEAD OF THE LITTLE BOLTS THAT YOU HAVE TO USE A OPEN END WRENCH TO EVEN GET ON. I HAVE BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD BEFORE WHERE YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEADER GASKETS EVERY 3 OR 4 WEEKS. THAT IS THE REASON I WAS SO RELUCTANT TO EVEN PUT HEADERS ON THE CAR. THE HEADERS SLIP REALLY EASY IN FROM THE BOTTOM AND DO NOT COME CLOSE TO ANYTHING. I DID INSTALL A STARTER HEAT WRAP EVENTHOUGH TPIS DID NOT SAY TO. THE STOCK EXHAUST HAS A HEAT SHIELD IN THAT AREA SO I THOUGHT IT COULDN'T HURT TO PUT IT ON. JUST A HINT.......WHEN I CALLED TPIS THEY WERE OUT OF STOCK ON THE HEADERS AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE 3 WEEKS TO GET THEM IN FROM JET HOT. HE THEN OFFERED ME A BLEMISHED SET THAT HAD A DIME SIZE DING ABOUT 1/4 INCH DEEP ON THE BACK OF ONE OF THE DOWN TUBES. THE DING HAPPENED BEFORE COATING SO IT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND WAS NOT WISIBLE AFTER INSTALLING THEM ON THE CAR. THAT LITTLE DING SAVED ME $75. ANYONE WANT TO POINT ME IN A DIRECTION FOR MUFFLERS TO GO ON THE BACK OF THE STOCK EXHAUST. I WANT B&B BUT THEY DO NOT SELL MUFFLERS SEPERATE AND I WOULD JUST BE THROWING MOST OF THE SYSTEM AWAY. ANY IDEAS......BORLA? :steering:
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 10:08 PM
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Good job :thumbs: You put yours in much less time than I did. I've been looking at putting Magnaflows on mine. I have Elim's on mine now too and they attracked alot of attention. When I do the cam and heads I think i'll bolt the magnaflows on too.
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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Sweet! If I could get away with it I'd get LTs too :thumbs:
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