Installing a set of Macs in a car right now...

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Sep 6, 2007 | 03:10 PM

Stangkilr

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Installing a set of Macs in a car right now...

What a pain in the ***!!!! The driver side went it smooth but the passenger side will not slide in! I tried from the top and bottom, took the valve cover off....WTF! People should just buy LT's, pasesetters are cheap good quality and slide right in on both sides.

Sep 6, 2007 | 04:37 PM

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dont get discouraged...i went from LT's back to macs..well mainly because they were 25 bucks haha.

did you take the starter out? grind that tab off the block?

Sep 6, 2007 | 04:47 PM

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There's a heat shield that you can remove to get a little more clearance. Those macs are 10x's the pain in the *** to install that pacesetters are.

Sep 6, 2007 | 05:02 PM

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I got them in. Now the next big thing...the air tubes are not even close to fitting. What in the **** was Mac thinking when they made these headers. They are the biggest **** pipes ive ever seen. I have no idea why anyone would buy this junk.

Sep 6, 2007 | 07:39 PM

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Had to make some custom block-off plates for the emissions. Im done.

Sep 6, 2007 | 08:39 PM

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Sorry such a pain in the ***. I still have a headache from that drive home without the y-pipe.

Sep 6, 2007 | 10:06 PM

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Why would you buy mids over LT's I don't know.

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Sep 6, 2007 | 11:37 PM

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Why would you buy mids over LT's I don't know.

because I didn't want long tubes and to have to deal with scraping over bumps, also because I got them for a lot cheaper *1/3 the price* than the set of LTs that I was looking at.

Sep 7, 2007 | 06:41 AM

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To the OP, why the switch? Not trying to dog you on the choice I'm just genuinely curious because you seem to absolutely hate these things

-J

Sep 7, 2007 | 07:23 AM

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To the OP, why the switch? Not trying to dog you on the choice I'm just genuinely curious because you seem to absolutely hate these things

-J

He did the swap on my car, not his. His car has LTs and is sick! I just didn't want to go that route.

Sep 8, 2007 | 07:14 PM

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He did the swap on my car, not his. His car has LTs and is sick! I just didn't want to go that route.

Oh well, they are on the car now and thats all that matters. I want to see the threads on here where people are bashing Pasesetters so I can go in and set them strait. How does it sound with the GMMG hooked up?