I just got home from installing my BBK L/T headers and off road x pipe.
WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I spent 12 hours at work installing it. It took me about 2-3 hours to take off everything. I was thinking wow this is no sweat. Talk about putting my foot in my mouth. it took me a bit to get the passenger side in. I had to jack up one side of the engine. I then found out I should have taken off the starter....ARGHHHHHH.
After that the passenger side went in with out a hitch. On the driver side. The header took about 10 seconds to get into place. It took about an hour and a half to get everything lined up. the bolts wouldn't go in.
after I got them in I started with the x pipe. OMG the FU**in thing was out about 1.5 inches. I started get frustrated. I even called a shop to see if they could line everything up for me but the shop was closing in 30 minutes. I started to panic.
I took a 10 minute break and got my composer back. Then I started to loosen the header bolts. After it was loose everything lined up perfectly. I got the x pipe lined up with the headers, then on to the Magnaflow cat back system. driver side went in with ease. The pass. side wouldn't line up. It was either to close or even touching the drive shaft or else it was going to rub on the gas tank or the upper control arms. Well I finally got it together but on the way home I noticed a clunk when going over a bump, and I know its not the x-pipe but the pass. side cat back. GRRRRRR.
Ok, so back to tightening up the header bolts. Its real tight in there so I used a 1/4 inch ratchet as much as possible. The came the tedious task to using a wrench. Another 1/2 hour goes by. I also got the stage 8 locking bolts. Great idea,....until you have to install them. I dropped so many of them. I was under the car more picking the washers up than I was putting them on. Oh yeah. The pack of stage 8 bolts I got, there were only 12 bolts. I had to use 4 of the supplied BBK bolts. Talk about a kick to the nuts!!!. Remind me to get the other 4 stage 8s from the exhaust company on Monday, Bastids. So everything is tight. So now on to the EGR tube. What a PITA.
Anyhow I think it was all worth it in the end. My car sounds AWESOME. On the way home, I noticed the car hesitated at first when I hit the gas. then after that wow, what a difference. I'm thinking/hoping that its because the battery was unplugged for 12 hours. Any suggestions or helpful hints?
Oh yeah, I post pics of the Magnaflow tips tomorrow when threes light out. Other than that, I'm tired so I'm off to bed.
ARBOC
WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I spent 12 hours at work installing it. It took me about 2-3 hours to take off everything. I was thinking wow this is no sweat. Talk about putting my foot in my mouth. it took me a bit to get the passenger side in. I had to jack up one side of the engine. I then found out I should have taken off the starter....ARGHHHHHH.
After that the passenger side went in with out a hitch. On the driver side. The header took about 10 seconds to get into place. It took about an hour and a half to get everything lined up. the bolts wouldn't go in.
after I got them in I started with the x pipe. OMG the FU**in thing was out about 1.5 inches. I started get frustrated. I even called a shop to see if they could line everything up for me but the shop was closing in 30 minutes. I started to panic.
I took a 10 minute break and got my composer back. Then I started to loosen the header bolts. After it was loose everything lined up perfectly. I got the x pipe lined up with the headers, then on to the Magnaflow cat back system. driver side went in with ease. The pass. side wouldn't line up. It was either to close or even touching the drive shaft or else it was going to rub on the gas tank or the upper control arms. Well I finally got it together but on the way home I noticed a clunk when going over a bump, and I know its not the x-pipe but the pass. side cat back. GRRRRRR.
Ok, so back to tightening up the header bolts. Its real tight in there so I used a 1/4 inch ratchet as much as possible. The came the tedious task to using a wrench. Another 1/2 hour goes by. I also got the stage 8 locking bolts. Great idea,....until you have to install them. I dropped so many of them. I was under the car more picking the washers up than I was putting them on. Oh yeah. The pack of stage 8 bolts I got, there were only 12 bolts. I had to use 4 of the supplied BBK bolts. Talk about a kick to the nuts!!!. Remind me to get the other 4 stage 8s from the exhaust company on Monday, Bastids. So everything is tight. So now on to the EGR tube. What a PITA.
Anyhow I think it was all worth it in the end. My car sounds AWESOME. On the way home, I noticed the car hesitated at first when I hit the gas. then after that wow, what a difference. I'm thinking/hoping that its because the battery was unplugged for 12 hours. Any suggestions or helpful hints?
Oh yeah, I post pics of the Magnaflow tips tomorrow when threes light out. Other than that, I'm tired so I'm off to bed.
ARBOC