North East SSoM Members!!!

Dan_Soprano said:

back in Maine. the old Bruiser made it.

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That just goes to show you that my winter beater truck is more of a POS then yours b/c I highly doubt mine would make that trip. I would have to stop about 4-5 times to check the oil level plus it hates interstate driving.

cold96snake

shocks are easy to do. getting those out of the way will help a little when putting the exhaust in. As Travis said, you will need to support the subframe not the axel. I put tall jackstands under the subframes to hold the weight of the car and then let the rear axel hang down, especially if you disconnect the shocks. A couple of years ago I did that while replacing my lower control arms. With those lower arms disconnected the rear end will hang down even more(support it with a jack). Doing this allowed me to remove the whole cat back in one piece(each side). You probably don't want to keep your old cat back so I would just cut the pipes in two and make it easier on your self. If you can get the old pipes out yourself then you can get the new one in by yourself. Before you tighten up the new exhaust for good, make sure move the jack stands under the axel and let the weight of the vehicle sit on those. That will show you how much room you have between the mufflers and the driveshaft. It will also allow you to see how much room you have between the mufflers and subframes. Adjust the exhaust until you have enough clearence on all side and that the pipes hang evenly in the back. Take you time and make it look good.
I have problems with one muffler hitting the subframe when I take corners and one muffler hits the driveshaft when I go over bumps. NOT MY WORK. It was the previous owner. It is very annoying to hear those thumps and screechs of metal scraping metal. I will fix this this winter. As I said take your time and make it fit properly.
As for the struts, those aren't bad either. Just support the A arm that the spring sits on. Be real careful with that because that spring could do some serious damage to you if it pops out. Make sure you support it with a floor jack. Its also not a bad idea to attach a chain to the spring and attach the other end to the frame or engine. You will need a imact gun on the top nut of the strut that goes up into the engine bay. If you don't have one then findsome one that does. Have them just loosen it a little for you so you can still drive it home and remove it youself. That is what I did last year.
After you replace the struts then I think you need a front end alignment. If you are going to go this far with the struts then you might want to think about Caster/Camber plates. I suggest Maximum Motorsports because they are made of steel and have a spherical bushing to support the strut and not a chunk of rubber or poly. This is what I have on my car.
Those Illumina as supposed to be real nice. Also hear great things about Bilstein. Sooner or later I have to upgrade my shocks and struts as well.
Damn I think this is my longest post ever.

http://www.maximummotorsports.com/index.asp
If you look at the caster/camber plates section and click on the part # you need it will open up Adobe Acrobat Reader and show you the whole installation instruction sheet. Give you a little info before you decide to dive right into that.
There is also info on other products like the shocks and springs.

wow brian made a post and it dident have anything to do w/ getting high, poop, or putting it in the butt

Striped5.0 said:

wow brian made a post and it dident have anything to do w/ getting high, poop, or putting it in the butt

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don't start the poopy talk.

Striped5.0 said:

Its up to Me Brain and Chris to make sure that the 5.0's rule SSOM, damn 4.6's

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so are you saying that Chris is still holding on to his car?

gaslight said:

so are you saying that Chris is still holding on to his car?

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well no I just automaticly included him out of habbit.

gaslight said:

don't start the poopy talk.

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Poo is always funny.

this is what the 4.6's are going to do to the 5.0's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Travis' hero.........

Sweet!!!!...Hey Dan while i am in Brunswick today i'll stop by and see the bruiser if your home, i gotta get the Jetta inspected today.

You remember that Red Turbo GT we saw at the MU show last year????SNKYPETE he post in this forum sometimes... anyway his car is in MM&FF this month

DoubleONegative said:

You remember that Red Turbo GT we saw at the MU show last year????SNKYPETE he post in this forum sometimes... anyway his car is in MM&FF this month

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that is a sweet car. did you see the other one in MM & FF recently? Red 93 cobra Turbo. I saw a couple of videos of the cobra. Real fast and that turbo sounds sweet. Page 158 of same issue. Title 10 stock blocker.

I saw that M. Jackson thing being used as someones avatar recently. Sicko Jacko.

DoubleONegative said:

Sweet!!!!...Hey Dan while i am in Brunswick today i'll stop by and see the bruiser if your home, i gotta get the Jetta inspected today.

You remember that Red Turbo GT we saw at the MU show last year????SNKYPETE he post in this forum sometimes... anyway his car is in MM&FF this month

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call the cell when you want to come by so I know to be here....522-2554


here's a link for everyone else......
FUNNY STUFF!!!!

Dan
that Funny stuff link is seriously retarded.

gaslight said:

Dan
that Funny stuff link is seriously retarded.

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ahh, you had to laugh though