hlaalu

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Finally finished the install this weekend. Couldn't have done it without my new friend Jason (ss.slp.ls1) who did most of the work, and my friend Dave, who welded everything in my driveway lol.
Installed were my new stainless long tube headers, highflow cats by thunderbolt, 3" y-pipe from pacesetter, Spohn motor mounts, NGK plugs, and alot of blood and sweat. It sounds amazing, feels amazing and the coolest part of all is that it was done 100% in my freaking garage!


all the new parts layed out


high flow thunderbolt cat


old y-pipe, what a joke!


the setup- done in my garage. managed to jack the car up with some pretty good room to work under.


the old rusty manifolds and cats lol


out with the old, in with the new!


Jason performing surgery


looks nice without the egr and air pipes everywhere


has some decent clearance, i haven't hit anything yet


they look awesome from underneath!

My next mods will probably be the ls6 intake and a tune. Oh end I need to get some nicer looking air block off plates!

cruiSSin LS1

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nice job!!!!!!!!!1

blackhawk_02

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Nice!

Wanna trade that Porsche for an 04 Gixxer???

Nice sig David!

lt1 hawk

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very nice. I am jealous. Just biding my time right now for my duals. What did those mufflers run you?

droptopT/A

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nice ilike the cats how much did u pay for the cats im thinking of puting cats on mycar

Raptor_WS6

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same here,i might put the cats on aswell

droptopT/A

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were do u get those cats they look bad ***

eddielb

same Q about the cats, mine where gutted and car sounds too raspy w/out cats !

LS1BLKSS

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looks really nice!!! how are those motor mounts handling???

94'BLKBRD

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http://www.performance-curve.com/ind...OD&ProdID=1181

eddielb

yep soon as you posted tht i looked in google and found them... 50 bucks is cheap !

hlaalu

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Yup thats where I got them, you can't beat the price either! I like them because they are so compact they are a really nice fit for our cars! The motor mounts are sweet the engine barely moves

djsanchez2

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I got the same cats but the ceramic version. Didn't even see the metallic version. Looks like i'll have to upgrade in the future.

Oh and it sounds SOOOOOOOOO much throatier with cats!!! I ran w/o them for 6mos and it was really raspy and higher pitched.

hlaalu

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yea i agree, sounds alot better with cats. We fired it up with just the straight headers and OMG it was the loudest thing ive ever heard in my life! makes me want to get cuts outs

ss.slp.ls1

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Wow, I look pretty dirty in that picture.
The first startup with open headers...OMG!
I took his car for a spin the other day, sounds great, power is great, mounts make it real stable. I'm jealous.
Waiting to help you install the LS6 intake and TB.

ae13291

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tell me how hard it was to do the motor mounts?? i want to do the exact same things. did u install both cats right off the outlet of the headers??

Benny Blanco

super sic !!!!! nice job ...............BB

FormulaZ

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Nice!! Should have my headers done tmw, motor mounts were a bit much on the fun. I was thinking about cats but wasnt sure where to place them since I have a cutout.

hlaalu

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both cats were welded to the y-pipe and clamped right to the headers. on the driver's side, what we did was take an inch off the header and an inch off the cat and it managed to fit perfectly in this little pocket under the car.

ss.slp.ls1

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We spent several hours on the motor mounts, majority of the time trying to figure out how to line everything up to insert the pins. But after many hours we realized that you had to loosen the pedestals, then we were able to manuver the engine until the mounts and pedestals lined up and tapped the pins in until they were fully seated.
If I had to do it again, I'd say it would take a couple of hours to complete, assuming you have the headers removed.