Re: new-headers

From: Bruce (bruces@idworld.net)
Date: Sun Jun 28 1998 - 23:08:01 EDT


Thanks for the info guys. I also was wondering what you thought of the
Super street throttle body from Magnum performance. Is it really worth it?
Magnum performance said I should go with the throttle body before the
headers. What do you all think?

Bruce

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> From: Hoopgj@aol.com
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: new-headers
> Date: Sunday, June 28, 1998 9:06 AM
>
> In a message dated 6/28/98 2:24:16 AM Central Daylight Time,
> stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu writes:
>
> << George, how hard was it to unbolt the stock manifolds from the
> Y-pipe? If my y-pipe is rusted up anything like my exhaust was, I'll
> probably end up just cutting it off. >>
>
> When I unbolted the y pipe from the manifolds, the bolts had only a
little
> rust on them. I just sprayed them with wd-40, let it sit for about 5
minutes
> and broke them free. The thing I found that made it hard was access and
wrench
> turning room. I had about 2 feet of extensions put together to get to
them.
> Then I used an attachment on my cordless power driver ((14volt drill) to
spin
> them free. I then snugged the header bolts to the y-pipe in the same
manner,
> and then wrench tightened the rest of the way. If you have access to air
> tools, or have the same tool setup I refered to, then you wont have any
> problem. But just remember, if the y-pipe to maniflod bolts are rusted to
the
> point you would rather cut the entire y pipe off, imagine what the cat
bolts
> are gonna be like.
> hope this helps, and if not ask me more.
> George



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