A mechanical fuel pump would go on passenger side of the block. Remember that you are not limited to making it stock appearing if you would like a cleaner look.
Wow. That looks clean. Sorry I can't help with value as a whole. I see that it has injectors, harness, rails, egr, throttle body water neck, coolant/heater lines, temp sensor, tps, iac, fpr, and other little pieces to add up to a greater value.
You may be talking a OEM/bolton/modded and power but, O.P. sig shows a 535 horsepower rev happy stroker engine. He also said "It's not about power but sound I'm looking for. "
If you don't want an H- pipe or X-pipe than you don't have to install one. It is as simple as that. Old muscle cars didn't have them. Heck even many new cars don't. They have been shown to change the exhaust flow and many people will install one on their street cars for the power and sound...
The tuner or the headers could give you a performance but, the headers will give you a more noticeable sound difference. Both together will give more performance of course. I know that eliminating the muffler can be too loud for many but, I don't see how it could damage the manifold. A single...
I found that your car is a 2001. Are these the ones you are looking at? http://www.americanmuscle.com/pacesetter-ltheaders-black-0104v6.html Did you notice that they are out of stock? Did you see other customer photo?
Also, where are you located? State laws and driving conditions are why I...
People will post answers regardless of age of first or last post. This user searched the forum and found a thread with info in area they were looking. If user started a new thread someone would come in and say "use the search function".
As far as the outcome goes we may never know since...
It is better to have a full tank than a nearly empty tank when something unfortunate like this occurs. Fumes are more prone to lighting than liquid.
Glad you survived and hope you get a full compensation for pain and loss.
Some disadvantage to the solenoid in the rear I foresee would be if you were trying use a jumper switch to test something under hood or bump for top dead center. As others have said it will also mean running wiring from ignition all the way to the hatch. If the solenoid sticks you have to go...