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Mar 5, 2006 | 09:43 AM

Charlie@LsXperts

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From: woodstock GA

pacesetter nightmare!

i installed my pacesetters yesterday by myself and it was a pain in the *** gettin the stock manifolds off one of my head bolts towards the back didnt go in all the way but i couldnt see it so i kept torquin and i look back there when it got really tight and its still a 1/4 inch out???? i may have to tap the head what do yall think, it sounds terrible

Mar 5, 2006 | 09:49 AM

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From: Texarkana, Tx

Yea, sounds like you'll have to tap that hole, maybe even helicoil it if it's bad enough. It's always a rear bolt for some reason..can't be up front where you can get to it easier.

Mar 5, 2006 | 09:54 AM

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you can reach the rear ones better, when you have air and all that CRAP i love the way it sounds its just that you can hear the poppy header leak, i didnt think one bolt would make a difference. considering there is 1 on 1 side of it a 2 on the other.

Mar 5, 2006 | 12:07 PM

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From: Morris IL

Or you can take the bolt back out and put washers on it so they press in on the header when the bolt is in a s far as you had it before....thats what a kid aroud here did and He says it worked, I saw the bolt half way out with washers on it but he has no leaks. Depends how fast of a quick fix you want.