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Old Aug 13, 2003 | 08:52 AM
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Default Just installed my FLP's

The only thing I have left to finish up is bolting the cat back to the pipes, the install was easier than I thought, the drivers side header went up thru the bottom and I didn't have to disconnect the steering or remove the oil filter like some people recommended.
I did have one small problem with the passenger side, I got the lower support tab tangled in the tranny cooling lines and had to seperate them in order to get the header all the way in.
I had heard people were complaining that the air pipes were hard to position because they're difficult to bend, I just stuck 2 screwdrivers thru each mount hole and twisted until it was positioned correctly, the air tube bolt holes were filled with with junk from the coating process and at first I thought the holes were a different size then the stock so I called FLP and they assured me that they weren't so I just chased the threads, one hole was real bad I had to really coax the tap thru and even had to pull it back out and put oil on it before it would go all the way thru.
The bad news is it's raining today, so no test drive :sad: but the good news is I'm done and I'll atleast get the car down and running again :hurray:
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Old Aug 13, 2003 | 08:56 AM
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Great Combo :) :)

Wait until you hear that baby sing @ 3500+ :) :)
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