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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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Remember!!!! The stock downpipe or hogan downpipe WILL have to be cut.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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Cut how William?
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:38 PM
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Cut how William?
Has to be cut 1inch before the cat to be welded to the headers collector.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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did they ever post a video on you tube of the install?
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Haulin_Ls4_GxP
did they ever post a video on you tube of the install?
No, just dyno video.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:02 PM
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O O well just thought I'd ask. Did anyone else get a call from them today saying they would be shipped out on wed.?
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:30 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSXk14SkdCk
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:40 PM
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I love that Video!! Now if we could just put all this power to the ground without spinning so much!
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by 1CL3ANSUP3RSPORT
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westtexastiger,Dude your dealership sucks a**.But I didnt know you needed a new trannie to just thought ISS.My bad
Yup, it sucks. Gotta get the Keyless remote module replaced, too. It sucks having to wait, but about the only reason I haven't gone completely nuts is that it will all be covered under warranty, or least, should be. Also, this happened before I got the headers installed, which would have voided any warranty I had. Timing is everything.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 03:00 PM
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i got the call yesterday so i hope to get them by fri or sat. i'll be putting those babies in either this sunday or next weekend. lets see who gets them on first? hopefully, we won't lose a bunch of bottom end power with 1 3/4" primarys so im a little concerned. i bought headers for my ecotec 2.2 cavalier and i went from a 15.8 to 16.22. from others dyno rereports we all ended up losing 12ft/lbs of torque. mph stayed the same as well as my 60ft times. i have faith that these suckers will work but im still sceptical. i would rather pay 600 then a grand to find out.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DavidGXP
i got the call yesterday so i hope to get them by fri or sat. i'll be putting those babies in either this sunday or next weekend. lets see who gets them on first? hopefully, we won't lose a bunch of bottom end power with 1 3/4" primarys so im a little concerned. i bought headers for my ecotec 2.2 cavalier and i went from a 15.8 to 16.22. from others dyno rereports we all ended up losing 12ft/lbs of torque. mph stayed the same as well as my 60ft times. i have faith that these suckers will work but im still sceptical. i would rather pay 600 then a grand to find out.
Dyno numbers showed a 30 lb-ft increase before a tune...
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 04:02 PM
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Do you guys think it will be possible (enough room) to flare the oem downpipe or hogan pipe to avoid the welding?
Can't wait to hear a vid of the first install, I'm hopin it will be louder!!!!!!!
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by AlabamaGuy
The primaries will dump into the x-over pipe and back bank's dp, then into a 3" collector, which goes into the 3" downpipe, into a 3" system. The only real bottleneck is the muffler.
pics?
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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I am welding a ss interlock flex to the headers into a "special" cat and then welding a 3" flange to the rest of the cat-back. I will also install an O'2 bung right before the "special" cat so I have a place to put the O'2 sensor. Well, that's my plan anyway. I hope it works out ok.

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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:49 PM
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Still no call and I called and left a message with no reply. This is starting to irritate me.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:56 PM
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Mel,

The guy I spoke to was named Erik. He is the guy handling getting the funds so they can ship. He is usually gone out of there by 7 pm EST.

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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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I called them at 2pm Pacific time
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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Ok then that would **** me off too. I wonder if they are just shipping 10 people a day or something? Strange...

-Mike
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 10:02 PM
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I didn't get a phone call either today!!! I'm still convinced that they don't like my money.

Also I guess it means nothing that I'm #6 on the list!!!!!
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 11:15 PM
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As requested, we are notifying you that on MAR 16, 10 at JARDINE PERFORMANCE, $529.25 was charged to your Capital OneŽ VISA PLATINUM account.

Plus the $100 deposit. $629.25 total. Not bad.
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