Putting my Bassani X-pipe on Saturday,any FYI?

Just be sure that you have an assortment of extensions and swivels. And PB blaster may come in handy. I bought an oxygen sensor socket after rounding of one of me 02's. You probably won't need it though. Only one of mine was frozen.

air tools and swivels will save you life. I did the swap in 45 min start to finish. If I had not had swivels I would still be under there proably.

it'll be easiest with the starter out of the way. if your useing a tourch, be VERY careful of your firewall gromet on the passenger side. have water handy as always.

you dont really need a swivvel for the passenger side if you get the starter out.

best way to get the starter out is alot of extensions,(edit and swivvel) slid in from infront of the crossmember, and the top bolt is a female dog. ive heard you can use a bunch of extensions for that, going right along the manifold, but i made my own 5 15/16th's inch extension, with either a deep well, or standerd socket,(cant remember) and slid it up between the starter and k member. you'll see.

best way tho, is to use a tourch, pb blaster didnt help me much cause i didnt even try, and pb blaster sparyed twice a day for a week straight broke studs on my buddies 03 gt. i used the tourch with flawless completion, other then my gromet is now gone, but thats cause the tip on the tourch was too big. useing a smaller tip woulda saved it tho. and watch for melting vaccuume lines. didnt happen to me, but i kept a close eye.

all i can say is good luck, and your gonna love the results.

p.s. leave the top starter bolt out. it makes for really easy matinence on tightening your flange after a week. the top bolt IS pointless. mines been mr 2 bolt for a year now.

PB BLASTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA on all the nuts you are removing

what year car?

the blaster might work on a brand new 04 yeah, but a 03 with i think right around 27,000 broke studs. im tellen ya.

and honestly, i wish i woulda had someone else do it, even with a 25 dollar stud replacement fee.

make sure you have deep well sockets, or at least mid deep ones. just get a swivel and 1.5 foot of extension and the sockets and you should be set. Make sure you get the upstream o2 sensors diconected before you unbolt anything. They can be tough, especially on the stock h pipe with the 4 cats. good luck

You might wanna put some liquid wrench on the manifold bolts and let it sit over night. The next day they will come right off.

I know I sound stupid, but what is a swivel?

Swivel is where the connector can swivel freely from the extension, easier to get into tight places. I didn't have these, so I took it to a shop. Also, unplug your battery, when I was trying to do it myself, a wrench I was holding accidently touched the starterand SPARK! They flew everywhere, scared the ***** out of me!