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Old 09-06-2007, 03:10 PM
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What a pain in the ***!!!! The driver side went it smooth but the passenger side will not slide in! I tried from the top and bottom, took the valve cover off....WTF! People should just buy LT's, pasesetters are cheap good quality and slide right in on both sides.
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dont get discouraged...i went from LT's back to macs..well mainly because they were 25 bucks haha.

did you take the starter out? grind that tab off the block?
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There's a heat shield that you can remove to get a little more clearance. Those macs are 10x's the pain in the *** to install that pacesetters are.
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I got them in. Now the next big thing...the air tubes are not even close to fitting. What in the **** was Mac thinking when they made these headers. They are the biggest **** pipes ive ever seen. I have no idea why anyone would buy this junk.
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Had to make some custom block-off plates for the emissions. Im done.
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Sorry such a pain in the ***. I still have a headache from that drive home without the y-pipe.
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Why would you buy mids over LT's I don't know.
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i bought a pair for pretty cheap and put them on by myself with very little mechanical background.....heres a tip ...just leave them alone for a few mins and come back to it...somehow i did that and they slid right in haha hope this helps
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Originally Posted by joblo1978
Why would you buy mids over LT's I don't know.
because I didn't want long tubes and to have to deal with scraping over bumps, also because I got them for a lot cheaper *1/3 the price* than the set of LTs that I was looking at.
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To the OP, why the switch? Not trying to dog you on the choice I'm just genuinely curious because you seem to absolutely hate these things

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Originally Posted by lastcall190
To the OP, why the switch? Not trying to dog you on the choice I'm just genuinely curious because you seem to absolutely hate these things

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He did the swap on my car, not his. His car has LTs and is sick! I just didn't want to go that route.
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Originally Posted by 2000KCTA
He did the swap on my car, not his. His car has LTs and is sick! I just didn't want to go that route.
Oh well, they are on the car now and thats all that matters. I want to see the threads on here where people are bashing Pasesetters so I can go in and set them strait. How does it sound with the GMMG hooked up?
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Originally Posted by 2000KCTA
He did the swap on my car, not his. His car has LTs and is sick! I just didn't want to go that route.
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