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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 03:35 PM
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Life is a bitch!! Today i went over a friends house to install my headers and y that have been sitting on the floor in my office for about a month and we had everything almost completely off when he crawled under my car to take off the y from the i-pipe and he said "hey man, got some bad news". It seems when i had my cut-out installed, they welded the y and i-pipe together, making it impossible to seperate without the use of a sawzaw!!! So looks like the headers will sit for atleast one more week!! Im gonna try to find a muffler shop that will cut the two apart this friday
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 03:41 PM
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oh, and to make things more irritating, i was sent headers for a 98-00 with fittings for egr. its a good thing i had decided to go ahead and get rid of my air and ordered some block off plates!!
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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Dude...go to Home Depot or Lowe's and rent one (a sawzall, a.k.a. a reciprocating saw). I doesn't cost much to rent one...you'll have to buy the blades though.
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 03:53 PM
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hahahaha sorry man but thats funny to ane xtent sicne **** like this happens to all of us. better luck next time
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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well, we cant really lift the car all the way off the ground cause we dont have access to a lift so id like to try and get the shop down the street to do it! Today is a bust anyway.
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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preciat the kind words.
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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That sucks. I found out my y-pipe is welded to the i-pipe too. A shop was changing my clutch and showed me it was welded together(by the previous owner) It was kind of in the way. But im glad i found out before i my LT's.

You'll forget all about the irritations after you put them on. I cant wait to put headers on!
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Old Nov 4, 2006 | 06:45 PM
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that sucks man..but it will jsut add to the enjoyment when it finally does happen
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****, i wish i had headers just sitting around . but atleast you know one thats cut, your all good.
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Darren...

I have a sawzall you can use if ya want. Let me know.

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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 08:00 AM
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I have a sawzall you can use if ya want. Let me know.

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hey jeff, think ill take u up on that offer!!
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I had them weld a three bolt flange between the y pipe and I pipe just in case the exhaust ever had to come off.
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Wait till you are doing a head swap and that **** is welded up to your collectors. That is when you kill people.
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hey jeff, think ill take u up on that offer!!

Let me know when. I will be logging data Friday and Saturday for my tune on the 13th. I can swing by if ya want. If you are gonna start during the week I can drop it off.

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