WHY does GM put that bolt there???
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WHY does GM put that bolt there??? Did a set of headers on an 01 firehawk last night, and it was a virgin, un touched. pretty much stock.
i swear it took longer to get that rear bolt off the pass side coil pack then it did to do the hole job!!
besides the fack it was 10000* in my garage, and my hands wear sweatty and i dropped the wrench 100000 times. lol
what a PITA that one bolt is. i'll tel you know, that bolt isnt going back in!!
came out nice tho, spark plugs will be in today, and finish up on the t-stat swap.
last night i did the header swap, and the tq arm install
Kooks race headers, and y-pipe. should be nice when its done.
Thanks for buying me dinner and beer Matt! once she is done tonight, we are going to ESP tommorow to tune it, and then
to the track she goes!
i swear it took longer to get that rear bolt off the pass side coil pack then it did to do the hole job!!
besides the fack it was 10000* in my garage, and my hands wear sweatty and i dropped the wrench 100000 times. lol
what a PITA that one bolt is. i'll tel you know, that bolt isnt going back in!!
came out nice tho, spark plugs will be in today, and finish up on the t-stat swap.
last night i did the header swap, and the tq arm install
Kooks race headers, and y-pipe. should be nice when its done.
Thanks for buying me dinner and beer Matt! once she is done tonight, we are going to ESP tommorow to tune it, and then
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Originally Posted by iamsickofitall
yeah that is the worst bolt ever - it took me a long *** time to get that thing off and about 2 seconds flat to throw it in the garbage can
im going to put it in a import
car just to torcher it like it did to me. 
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Originally Posted by ace68
I got a few of those extra bolts also there nice.
I'm ready for the suspension check anytime when you are ready, thanks again.
I'm ready for the suspension check anytime when you are ready, thanks again.
well, i have a car on the lift today, tommorow im going to |ES|P, thursady im finishing B-Mans car get ready to race friday or sat.
can you make it thursday? around 6pm?
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i usually take the bolt off the back of the head that holds on the AIR assembly on. then spin the nut off the bracket, pry it off the stud..
take the bracket and nut out back..and smash it with a big hammer.
take the bracket and nut out back..and smash it with a big hammer.
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Did a set of headers on an 01 firehawk last night, and it was a virgin, un touched. pretty much stock.
i swear it took longer to get that rear bolt off the pass side coil pack then it did to do the hole job!!
besides the fack it was 10000* in my garage, and my hands wear sweatty and i dropped the wrench 100000 times. lol
what a PITA that one bolt is. i'll tel you know, that bolt isnt going back in!!
came out nice tho, spark plugs will be in today, and finish up on the t-stat swap.
last night i did the header swap, and the tq arm install
Kooks race headers, and y-pipe. should be nice when its done.
Thanks for buying me dinner and beer Matt! once she is done tonight, we are going to ESP tommorow to tune it, and then to the track she goes!
i swear it took longer to get that rear bolt off the pass side coil pack then it did to do the hole job!!
besides the fack it was 10000* in my garage, and my hands wear sweatty and i dropped the wrench 100000 times. lol
what a PITA that one bolt is. i'll tel you know, that bolt isnt going back in!!
came out nice tho, spark plugs will be in today, and finish up on the t-stat swap.
last night i did the header swap, and the tq arm install
Kooks race headers, and y-pipe. should be nice when its done.
Thanks for buying me dinner and beer Matt! once she is done tonight, we are going to ESP tommorow to tune it, and then
to the track she goes! . when everything is done, ill post pics for y'all to see the quality install by Noyzee Garage, Inc.
Ace, you finally getting some headers on that car? If so bout time LOL. Watch it make not difference....
And another thing.. Brad, how many damn cars are you working on!?!? Christ, what do you do for a living, do a/c work, or this stuff?
At least I know that when we rip mine apart.. it won't be the first one you have done LOL!
And another thing.. Brad, how many damn cars are you working on!?!? Christ, what do you do for a living, do a/c work, or this stuff?
At least I know that when we rip mine apart.. it won't be the first one you have done LOL!
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the brackits are extra weight also, thats why mine are gone. lol
ace didnt get headers, matt did.
JL, i work 40-50-60+ hours at my company, then go home and work on cars till 12-1 am, then up at 6 to work again. lol i think i have done just about everything on these cars atleast once. lol
ace didnt get headers, matt did.
JL, i work 40-50-60+ hours at my company, then go home and work on cars till 12-1 am, then up at 6 to work again. lol i think i have done just about everything on these cars atleast once. lol
Sounds good to me. Just think, this spring I'm putting up a garage, steel one with a pretty high ceiling, cause I'm gonna get one of those drive on ramps so I can start being side job johnny too, and do as much to my own car as my ability will allow, which should be a good amount.
I'll be stealing your side jobs from south of the mass border LOL
I'll be stealing your side jobs from south of the mass border LOL
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i dont realy do it for a side job, i mainly do it for fun, and to help people out. my prices are very fair and somtimes i work for just beer. lol
i do very few large jobs, i send them to ESP, i do clutches, headers intakes, suspention stuff, small stuff, i cant tie up my garage for to long
i do very few large jobs, i send them to ESP, i do clutches, headers intakes, suspention stuff, small stuff, i cant tie up my garage for to long
I know the deal, just razzin ya. I know that the job we gotta do on my car is no picnic... but that's probably why we'll do it on a Friday night/saturday morning at ESP. Speaking of that... when the time comes after I pay you off, whenever we set up to do that, you are welcome to crash at my house that Friday night.. I'll but hte beer and whatnot, got a good spare bed, and the couch is comfy, I made sure for when the wife gives me the boot LOL. I figure that I'll take that friday off, get teh car there mad early so it will be cool by the time that I start, and when you get there, I'll have everythign done that I can myself, and then we can really dig in... maybe with any luck, we'll have the thing all done that same weekend. I'm thinking about what has to get done to do the job, I can probably get all the external's off and fluids drained and whatnot myself that morning, as long as Ken's cool with it, and if you come down that afternoon or whatever, we'll have the rest apart, and maybe start getting it back together that night, and then we can inlist ken to help finish it off Saturday morning with any luck. Not sure how long that job is supposed to take, but after looking it over, it doesn't seem that bad. With me doing asmuch as I can in the morning, and get teh major parts off that evening when you get there, should take maybe 15 hours from the time I start. Water pump, all that stuff on teh bottom of the front of the motor, radiator, all that stays in... so it shouldn't be that bad right? I'll talk to ya bout it tomorrow.
I'll finally be able to get that last piece of my AIR system off my car that's on the back of the driver's side head LOL!
I'll finally be able to get that last piece of my AIR system off my car that's on the back of the driver's side head LOL!
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there isnt much to pulling it apart as long as we have all the part to throw it together we are all good. id say once it is apart in 1/2 day we can have it all back together.
I do mine in about 6-8 hours thats with taking it apart. Ken can do it faster then me im sure, maybe we will race, your car is perfect to use as a test dumby of who is faster. |LMA||O, just kidding.
I know ken wont mind us taking it down, but smart idea is letting him do his work putting it together. its his name on it, so it will be done A+
I do mine in about 6-8 hours thats with taking it apart. Ken can do it faster then me im sure, maybe we will race, your car is perfect to use as a test dumby of who is faster. |LMA||O, just kidding.
I know ken wont mind us taking it down, but smart idea is letting him do his work putting it together. its his name on it, so it will be done A+