I dont condone paying a shop to install youre easy parts for you, so I figured I would tackle hanging the flps by myself. Here are some things I found as I tore more skin off my fingers and forearms than I knew I had.

Pulling the drivers side stock manifold off and Y-pipe took me from 9pm till almost 11:30. Copious amount of WD40 were used. Seeing as that I only had 2 jack stands and could only get the nose off the ground made it a little tricky trying to weasel everything out (excessive amounts of skin left in engine compartment).

The following day I got the passenger side manifold off. Las 2 bolts were the worst! About an hour to get them out. (More skin left on that side).

*Note*
If you ever attempt this on your own, take the friggen coil packs off to save your forearms. Mine look like a cheese grater had a field day on them.

Then sliding under the car with the passenger side FLP, I wiggled it in. that went alot quicker than I had expected. The driers side wasnt so easy. Ended up destroying a brnd new oil filter that had just been put on it 3 days prior. Once everything was in placed I went to put the O2 sensors in...........oops! To short. Now I have to order some O2 extensions and 2 O2 sims for the car.

The FLP's look great in the car and also give you much more room to access the spark plugs.

Total band-aid count=5 on one hand
Total swear count= lost count when I realised one of the bolt holes was stripped on the head
total beers consumed=22 over day and a half time period

Just thought I would share with everyone.

BTW, also installed the new NX MAF distribution system....that baby is going to be a Killer set up!

<small>[ June 10, 2002, 11:57 AM: Message edited by: NataSS Inc ]</small>

 

i finished installing mine a week ago in my garage. Well worth the experience!

 

I just finished installing mine last Friday and I had a problem hooking it up to the catback.(SLP Loudmouth) I had to cut about 5 in. off and I still don't think thats enough because I had to muscle the y-pipe together and it was very hard to get the clamps on. Also it made my car really loud but I think it sounds kind of dumb. By the way I went with no cats. Also I have qeustion the black crossmember that has 4 bolts in it wouldn't fit back on did you all have the same problem?

 

I havent ried to get anything back together yet. My flowmaster mid pipe ran right through the cross member so I dont think is going to be a problem. Tonight i am going to try and test fit everything. I have a cut out and a QTP going on this week so Iam probably going to have to hack some pipe out with for that. the car isnt my daily rig so I can let it sit til I get it right. I can see how getting the clamps on is going to be tough. Its a tight fit right at the collector flange.

 

Took my friend and I a total of 2.5 hours from start to finish to install my FLP's <img border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" title="" src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" />

<small>[ June 10, 2002, 06:04 PM: Message edited by: I8COBRA ]</small>

 

Commiserations on the loss of skin, did you have any problems hooking the FLPs up to the existing exhaust?

 

havent got that far yet. Just have the headers hanging on the car. Once my O2 extensions and sims get here I will complete it. I have a flowmaster cat back on it and from what I can tell it shouldnt be to tough.

 

It took me and my friend like 9 hours. It was really starting to **** me off.