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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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Bingo!

I use my weiner for cleaning out the "3 collector on most brands of headers.
You must put it in sideways. YAHTZEE!
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the question has been answered so its ok..
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i didnt do it!
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this threads going south......FASTTT
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^^^^ sad he found that so fast lol
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hmmm??

haha thanks for the responses....


yeah but i changed my drivers side plugs yesterday and now it runs like crap.....ive got some terrible miss but i dont know where from or why....

all wires are plugged in tight....

i must have broken a plug or two or something.....

gonna be pulling them back out early next week
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hmmm??

haha thanks for the responses....


yeah but i changed my drivers side plugs yesterday and now it runs like crap.....ive got some terrible miss but i dont know where from or why....

all wires are plugged in tight....

i must have broken a plug or two or something.....

gonna be pulling them back out early next week
That sucks man. But in all seriousness post back up and we will try and see if we can help out. Sounds like you might have closed a gap when putting one in.
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Well as hp increases you generally go with a colder heat range. But you would stay with the TR55 until 100+ rwhp over stock IMHO.

What kind of modded are we talking about here?

as far as engine just hooker lt's full 3" exhaust, !egr !Air delete, dyno tuned, air lid, free mods, not much - dynoed 351rwhp 365trwq
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Originally Posted by djfargot
hmmm??

haha thanks for the responses....


yeah but i changed my drivers side plugs yesterday and now it runs like crap.....ive got some terrible miss but i dont know where from or why....

all wires are plugged in tight....

i must have broken a plug or two or something.....

gonna be pulling them back out early next week
The end of the plugs screw on with the ngk's Make sure one isn't loose. I had that happen once.
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