Well, I hope I can get mine to fit pretty well once the header studs are repaired.mustangramair said:My BBK X-pipe was the same way. First i took it to an exhaust shop and he had tons of trouble with it, he said he would never do another X after he installed mine. I have had the X-pipe disconnected many times and every time i go to bolt it back on to the headers its the BIGGEST PITA ever! I won't ever buy another BBK mid pipe, especially since BBK didn't seem to give a d*mn when i called.
Henceforward said:Paying a shop to do the work is a waste if you have access to tools, jackstands, and a jack.
ryan218 said:hmm. didnt take me long when I put on on todds 88 gt
:shurg:
My studs broke when my friends and i were bolting the BBK headers up to the BBK X-pipe after we were done with my H/C/I.88 Fox GT said:Well, I hope I can get mine to fit pretty well once the header studs are repaired.
I got the passenger side header repaired and replaced the broken stud. I'll probably do the other one tomorrow night because I have college work to do tonight (yay).
While I was removing the driver side header, I managed to snap the dipstick tube off inside the block.... I guess I have to figure out a way to get that fixed now.
The guy at the shop did that with mine alittle also!aaron11272 said:And a blowtorch :SNSign:
I'm telling ya - the shop had to change the angle of the pipes going up to the headers. There was NO way my H-pipe was going to fit the way it came.
Henceforward said:Paying a shop to do the work is a waste if you have access to tools, jackstands, and a jack.
aaron11272 said:What brand is it? I'm not saying all are the same. I'm just talking about BBK.
Darkwriter77 said:PB Blaster, fo ****zle, m'nizzle!
FWIW, the only headaches as far as installs with X-/H-pipes go seem to be regarding the one-piece units, or those whose only connection made during install is right in the middle of the H-connection. Those off-road pieces whose designs allow for one or more extra ball-and-socket type connections ahead of the X- or H-connection (Pypes and UPR X-pipes, for example) are a total breeze to hook up, partly because you can just hang everything in place finger-tight and then cinch it all down nice n' snug when you have everything in position ... and partly because neither of those designs require you to fight those friggin' tranny mount hangers, either.
Jeg's does have a heckuva nicely designed off-road X-pipe, however, that I've been giving some serious consideration. It does feature tranny mount hangers, which eliminate the problem that my stupid cat'ed UPR X-pipe has always had with sagging under its own weight and scraping on every little bump ... BUT it has TWO ball-and-socket connections AHEAD of the X-connection. What this means is you can hook up the two downpipes off the headers, slide the 2nd half onto its hangers while hooking it to those two, and then work your way back from there. Sounds complicated, but it definitely looks like it would make the install SOOOOOOO much easier, and be a lot more firmly-mounted up in the long run than the hangerless X-pipe designs.
88 Fox GT said:DON'T BUY BBK H PIPES
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