at least I was.... 
Kooks are going on today!
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Le Mans Master
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From: Still cruising the BVI in my head.
St. Jude Donor '08
Kooks are going on today!
Gonna take the FRC to the local performance shop in an hour to hae them installed...it's like the day before Christmas! Hopefully I'm not getting too excited over nothing...
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '05
Are you planning on getting the car dynoed? I would be interested in the before and after results. Sounds like you have a fun day planned for yourself. Enjoy! 
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Le Mans Master
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From: Still cruising the BVI in my head.
St. Jude Donor '08
Originally Posted by Icemanskis
Are you planning on getting the car dynoed? I would be interested in the before and after results. Sounds like you have a fun day planned for yourself. Enjoy!
I'll probably get a dyno tune after a couple more mods, but not yet...
Hey, nice color vette!
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St. Jude Donor '06 & '12
Originally Posted by RacrX
Gonna take the FRC to the local performance shop in an hour to hae them installed...it's like the day before Christmas! Hopefully I'm not getting too excited over nothing...
What ever you do "Dont" use the cheap paper gaskets that Kooks sends with the kits. Buy a set of OEM metal gaskets or else you will be taking the car back to the shop to replace the paper one cause their leaking.
I just did it myself.
Safety Car
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You are not getting too excited over nothing. They will pay for themselves after every mod you do on your engine from now on. I would recommend installing an LS6 intake manifold next. With the headers you will pick up another 7-10hp.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
Originally Posted by EB20003
Congrats on the KOOKS. You are in for a real treat. 
Burning Brakes
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What ! Sure they do.
Is it because of the AIR connection?
Just have them rip that crap out !
Longtubes will send you over the edge you may as well pick out your head/cam package now while your waiting for the shop to pull its head out of its ***.
Is it because of the AIR connection?
Just have them rip that crap out !
Longtubes will send you over the edge you may as well pick out your head/cam package now while your waiting for the shop to pull its head out of its ***.
Team Owner
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Originally Posted by vettenovice
TTT
WTF? What happened? I am thinking of putting Kooks on my '01 C5.
You're scaring me....
WTF? What happened? I am thinking of putting Kooks on my '01 C5.
You're scaring me....
Apparently the guy he bought them from sold him the wrong headers.
His car is a 2000 and the headers he has is for a 2001 and up. The air tubes don't match for the different model year.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1008874
Le Mans Master
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Originally Posted by EB20003
Apparently the guy he bought them from sold him the wrong headers.
His car is a 2000 and the headers he has is for a 2001 and up. The air tubes don't match for the different model year.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1008874
His car is a 2000 and the headers he has is for a 2001 and up. The air tubes don't match for the different model year.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1008874
As I posted in the other forum. I removed the headers from Fastbassers car. His car is DEFINATELY a 2000 A4. It's in my shop for more goodies as I write this.
FB represented the headers correctly as coming off a 2000 A4.
If there is an issue with the dipstick or air tube, they could be changed to work with the headers.
Melting Slicks
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The 2000 air tube connects to the rearmost port, the 2001 and up air tube connects to the second to rear port. The air tube can be replaced ($66 from GM) or modified (cut and lengthened or bent). It's a hard steel pipe, not easy to bend when the back end is bolted in. I tried.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Still cruising the BVI in my head.
St. Jude Donor '08
Originally Posted by blu00rdstr
The 2000 air tube connects to the rearmost port, the 2001 and up air tube connects to the second to rear port. The air tube can be replaced ($66 from GM) or modified (cut and lengthened or bent). It's a hard steel pipe, not easy to bend when the back end is bolted in. I tried.
yep...as you can see from the pic the air tube is on the secnd to last port; strange, will have to deal with it when i return to the states. sorry for the late post, not getting email very often.
