Installing H-pipe

Nasty Nate

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Hey guys, I'm about to go put in a new h-pipe in the 91. Any tips I should know before I start on it? It's snowing like crazy outside, so I figured I might not be working tomorrow.... why not install my new goodie tonight?

 

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hmmm... are your mufflers simply clamped to the old one? If so I say Go For It!!!

Pretty easy job

 

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A little wd40 for those nuts and bolts at the header collectors and at the h pipe to cat back connectors. Without some lubricant they will be a bitch to turn all the way out.

 

Nasty Nate

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You guys put the car up on jack stands?

I got some ramps from a buddie, but I have no clue how to get my car up on them... they just scoot in my garage.

 

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I love it when ramps kick out it's the best.

 

Nasty Nate

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Yeah, it makes me so happy, I wasn't excited to put on the h-pipe or anything... so now I gotta come up with some damn way to get the ramps to stay on place... and tricks with that?

 

JBeezy53

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Have someone put there foot behind the ramps and keep they from sliding. I would use jack stands though.

 

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I did my LT's and H-pipe in a parking lot in February a few years ago. Do it!

 

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pretty easy but i had a lift so it was sooooo much easier. You might consider new o2's while your there.....

 

JBeezy53

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llwood said:

pretty easy but i had a lift so it was sooooo much easier.

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I hate you, a lift. That's one of the first things I'll get after I finish school.

 

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JBeezy53 said:

I hate you, a lift. That's one of the first things I'll get after I finish school.

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The first one, presumably, will be a house with a garage with 10-foot+ ceilings?

 

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Try convincing the wife that parking next to a lift is normal when non of her friends have one in their garage. The best place for a lift is in your fathers pole barn so you can use all his tools.

Tips:

Jack the car up and place the ramps under the front tires. Don't drive up the ramps because they can slide around and do some damage to your paint / body (expensive)

Use a lot of WD-40 or PB blaster on all of the nuts. Let it soak in for a 1/2 hour prior to starting. Then respay as required

Chances are your mid pipes are rusted on or stuck. You might end up removing more than just the original H-pipe durring the install.

Wear gloves. Bloody knucles are not cool anymore

 

Rynb15

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wythors said:

The first one, presumably, will be a house with a garage with 10-foot+ ceilings?

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that would be sweet

 

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JBeezy53 said:

Have someone put there foot behind the ramps and keep they from sliding. I would use jack stands though.

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Not the best of ideas, should the car go off the side of the ramp or the driver run the car over the top--resulting in injury for the assistant.

A great way to keep ramps from sliding is to put scrap carpet pieces underneath the whole ramp (both sides). It sounds ghetto, but it's how I do it when working alone.

 

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use a 2x4 or golf club or something and butt it up against the wall and then put the ramps against those to keep them from sliding.

 

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A couple of lead in"s to the ramps made from some 2 x 6's have worked well for me for years - allows the botttom of the front fascia to clear the bottom of the ramp assuming that your car is not excessively lowered.

 

Nasty Nate

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My car is stock height... I will try the 2x6 idea though, it may keep the ramp held down.

 

JBeezy53

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wythors said:

The first one, presumably, will be a house with a garage with 10-foot+ ceilings?

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The garage will probably be separate from the house. The house part is takin care of.