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Exhaust Replacement Help
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From: Vettemod.com For the C3 People
St. Jude Donor '06
Exhaust Replacement Help
Is it possible to change out factory exhaust without a lift? About how high would I need to go with rearend?
I would rather do it myself if possible.
Thanks in advance
tt
I would rather do it myself if possible.
Thanks in advance
tt
Melting Slicks
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Add another 6-7" more lift to that pic to get out the passenger side. I used a 2 x 12 under the floor jack to get it high enough and then had to remove the left side jack stand to swing the muffler out.
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Holy &%^$! Looks like something I would do! Thanks so much for the info, I would have never thought it needed to be that far up. Wish me luck.......
I'm coming to your place!
Thanks
tt
I'm coming to your place!
Thanks
tt
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Originally Posted by bb609
Add another 6-7" more lift to that pic to get out the passenger side. I used a 2 x 12 under the floor jack to get it high enough and then had to remove the left side jack stand to swing the muffler out.
What did you do to prevent the vette from rolling forwards or backwards, while in the process of jacking it up that high?
I just tried to do mine and even though I had the front up on some 12" homemade ramps, AND the tranny in park, AND the parking brake on, AND the front wheels blocked, it still tried to roll backwards on me when I had it about the height you have in your picture. (It was on level ground too).
To say that it was really spooky, is a gross understatement! I said to hell with that idea...put it back down and came inside to come up with some other way of doing this.
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From: NH
Originally Posted by MagikDraggin
What did you do to prevent the vette from rolling forwards or backwards, while in the process of jacking it up that high?
I just tried to do mine and even though I had the front up on some 12" homemade ramps, AND the tranny in park, AND the parking brake on, AND the front wheels blocked, it still tried to roll backwards on me when I had it about the height you have in your picture. (It was on level ground too).
To say that it was really spooky, is a gross understatement! I said to hell with that idea...put it back down and came inside to come up with some other way of doing this.
I just tried to do mine and even though I had the front up on some 12" homemade ramps, AND the tranny in park, AND the parking brake on, AND the front wheels blocked, it still tried to roll backwards on me when I had it about the height you have in your picture. (It was on level ground too).
To say that it was really spooky, is a gross understatement! I said to hell with that idea...put it back down and came inside to come up with some other way of doing this.
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From: Gold Canyon AZ
Originally Posted by MagikDraggin
What did you do to prevent the vette from rolling forwards or backwards, while in the process of jacking it up that high?
I just tried to do mine and even though I had the front up on some 12" homemade ramps, AND the tranny in park, AND the parking brake on, AND the front wheels blocked, it still tried to roll backwards on me when I had it about the height you have in your picture. (It was on level ground too).
To say that it was really spooky, is a gross understatement! I said to hell with that idea...put it back down and came inside to come up with some other way of doing this.
I just tried to do mine and even though I had the front up on some 12" homemade ramps, AND the tranny in park, AND the parking brake on, AND the front wheels blocked, it still tried to roll backwards on me when I had it about the height you have in your picture. (It was on level ground too).
To say that it was really spooky, is a gross understatement! I said to hell with that idea...put it back down and came inside to come up with some other way of doing this.
Not sure if you have a manual or an auto, but I think the auto is a MUCH tighter fit.
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From: Spring Tx
I had a local muffler shop do mine for $40, no way I'd go to all that trouble, to save $40. took them all of 30 minutes, 10 minutes of which was aligning the tips.It was the first C5 they had done, and I got to supervise the job....