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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 06:47 AM
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holy fkk, garage sell time!
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 10:56 AM
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mom...???? mom ???? are you in there???
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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Cant wait to get a ride in this, I wonder if I can buy Short headers, or flip the stock LT1 headers and use the rest of this kit?

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Cam said he wants to play with your car vs the evo
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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My car is slow, how many is he going to give me?
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Monello
Yea i bought

6 x 2.5inch v-band clamps
2 x 3inch v-bands

3 of the 2.5inch are good. There are 3 other sections that are a little smaller then 2.5.
Those are the wrong sizes completley. If anyone orders this kit and needs the clamps, you need 6 3" clamps and two 3.5" clamps. I learned the hard and costly way.
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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lol well i guess my kit is different then yours.

Is your kit even installed like mine is?
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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Qty. Name Product ID Price Total
6-2.5" V-band clamp
25VBAN18.25$ 109.50
2-3" V-band clamp
3VBAN18.25$ 36.50
Sub Total$ 146.00
Shipping/Handling$ 9.20
Sales Tax$ 0.00
Total$ 155.20

There is my invoice of the parts. They are on my car.

Why would you need a 3.5inch v-band clamp for a 3inch downpipe? Why would you need a 3.5inch v-band clamp for a 3inch turbo exhaust outlet?
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Monello
lol well i guess my kit is different then yours.

Is your kit even installed like mine is?
There is only one way to install it. All the smaller v-band flanges are on 2.5" pipes so the actual diameter of the flanges are 3"s. I dont know how your saying 2.5's are too big? All my flanges are with 15mm's, there not all the same but close enough where I i can use the 3" clamps on all of them without leaks.
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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Some new pics





Going to install the BoV tomorrow. I have a problem with one of the pipes blowing off, so hopefully that will fix the problem.
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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Looks bad *** dude
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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Dude...soooooo sexy
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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Looks great Pat, glad to see that it's coming together for ya.
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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Thanks guys.

Frost, you have no idea how much i love driving the car again. =)

I need to fix my headlight, its stickin up a bit. Also need to spray the inside of the bumper black.

I did shred a belt today =(. I need to look at the alignment a bit more tomorrow. I really wish that bracket I bought was test fitted on an engine before it was shipped out.
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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Hey it looks awesome, I just ordered my kit and was wondering which is the real size of the clamps, btw this should be a sticky
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 12:08 PM
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a sticky for a nonsponsor kit
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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ordered mine and using a tial wastegate and masterpower 76 mm i need the clamps size also i got 3 3inch 3 2.5in and 3 2.25inch
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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You should only need 2 vband clamps for the 3inch pipes.
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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the rest is good
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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I bought 6 2.5inch vbands. 3 of them were good. The other 3 i had to crank down all the way until they were touching. So im sure 2.25's would have worked better for those 3.
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 01:17 PM
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I intially ordered 3 2.25" 3 2.50" and 2 3". The 3 inch clamps were the only ones that fit anything. I have 6 3" clamps on order because they fit all the pipes that were 2.5"s. The down pipe is 3"s so it will need a 3.5" clamp. I dont know why my sizes are different than yours.
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