Stock H pipe removal?

[Warrior 102]

Hey guys,tomorrow me and my buddy are planing of removing the stock H pipe of his car and installing the of road one,can anyone tell me how hard is to do this,what is the most difficult thing about that?
Please post your experience with this, and any tips if you have for this job...
I appreciate your help.
Thanks........

 

[gunmetal5.0]

Impact wrench with good hardened impact wrench sockets. Gloves. You will bust your knuckles.

 

[ZIncGTSTANG]

Start by hitting the all the nuts with penetrating lube. You will need a 12'' extension, a swiveling socket end, and I think a 15mm deep dish socket. A breaker bar may also help if the nuts are siezed up. The nuts on the passenger side manifold are the hardest to get at....you will need the swivel for these. Be careful when taking the midpipe to manifold nuts loose. If they are taking a lot of torque to loosen them after you have them broke lose,lube them up more and be careful so that they dont break the studs off the manifolds. You will also need M.I.L. sensors to plug into your rear O2 sensors so you dont get a code since you are installing an offroad midpipe.

 

[Warrior 102]

So this is not going to be an a easy task a?

 

[gunmetal5.0]

If you follow either of our methods, it will be.

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

wont be that bad, the upper passenger bolt to header is hardest. I just used a 3/8" 12" extension w/ a universal swivel and some muscle - a 1/2" drive would be much better. Should be an hour to and hour and a half job. takes me 15-20 mins now, lol (w/ the aftermarket one, the stock one weighs like 60 lbs w/ the 6 cats on it)

 

[trailblazr81]

Its not too hard. Ive probly done this 5 or 6 times on my car. Changing cat-back, putting in original for smog, removing for tranny dropping... I just use a socket, extension, and ratchet.

 

[Tim2002GT]

It's really not that bad. Just take your time and definately soak the bolts with something like "PB Blaster". That will make everything go a lot smoother. Good luck!

 

[COramprat]

The PB Blaster is a must. A medium dish socket (18mm) is what I used. The regular shallow socket won't be deep enough for the stud to clear and the deep dish won't hit the wheel well on a 1/2 inch drive wrench. Not sure about a 3/8 but you want something you can get some torque on. Otherwise it is a fairly easy job. I can pull mine and replace it in 30 minutes now.

 

[BurningRubber]

Easy breezy.

Swivel socket and extensions will save yo azz.

 

[Warrior 102]

Can someone tell me what is swivel socket? picture if pasiable......
Thanks

 

[Kilgore Trout]

If you are doing the work tomorrow, soak all the fasteners with PB Blaster today

 

[Dusstbuster]

Can someone tell me what is swivel socket? picture if pasiable......
Thanks

There is a wonderful tool called Google...
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=swivel+socket&gbv=2

 

[trailblazr81]

Got one for my tranny removal. When I get the cash I want to get a set. Its 3/8 drive impact 13mm. Tho you will want a deep socket. A U-joint socket will only go to so much of an angle then bind. Like CV joint axles, your driveshaft, etc. A swivel will have no problems at any angle because of its ball in socket design. Dont confuse it with a wobble witch only moves a little bit.
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[Warrior 102]

Thanks for the help guys,I am all set,I finish the installation to day everything went nice and smooth................
O by the way the stingers whit the of road H sounded pretty bad azzz..............

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Good job

 

[topless98gt]

Congrats man! Glad everything went well.

Any chance you could post a sound clip of the exhaust? We ALL wanna hear it!

 

[Warrior 102]

Congrats man! Glad everything went well.

Any chance you could post a sound clip of the exhaust? We ALL wanna hear it!

that is my old exhaust set up I sold it to my boddi,I have video clip in my signature..............

 

[topless98gt]

that is my old exhaust set up I sold it to my boddi,I have video clip in my signature..............

How do you like the VT Stage II cams? How much did they cost? Did you install them yourself? If so, how hard was it? If not, how much was it?

TIA!

 

[Warrior 102]

VT cams are pretty good,I didn't install the my self,people that build my motor take care of that,so I can not teal you how much was for installation,
The cams alone cost around 600$.............