anyone with pacesetters and duals come in.

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Jan 29, 2009 | 02:57 PM

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lemons12

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Welded to the header. Wish me luck guys. haha.

please dont do that if you dont have to..
it is a MAJOR pain in the ***..

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anyone of you guys with tds want to do me another huge favor, my cars in storage right now and will need to be worked on asap once i get it out (bottom end getting rebuilt) and if anyone has anyone dimensions lengths writeups etc on making your duals could they pm them. while the cars getting fixed i want to put together my duals set up in welding class in school. i just dont want to throw anything together and not have it fit because of wrong lenths/bends etc.

you cant use someone elses dimensions.... you have to get your car and start bending... if you do, you will be pissed when you go to put it on the car... 1/2 inch make s a big difference..

Jan 29, 2009 | 03:15 PM

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I too welded mine due to putting the motor back in and LT's and everything on during a weekend. I was able to pull the transmission without disconnecting the exhaust though. I just bought a universal x-pipe kit from jegs and two 3" connectors and some hangers. Worked good for me.

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Jan 29, 2009 | 03:29 PM

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its just a pain in the *** to do anything if you have to take the heads off..

Jan 29, 2009 | 05:49 PM

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I use stepped band clamps for 3". They came with the TSP x-pipe setup.

Jan 30, 2009 | 08:36 AM

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alright cool, yeah ill just wait until i can draw something up myself and work on it while the cars getting the rebuild.

Jan 30, 2009 | 08:48 AM

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please dont do that if you dont have to..
it is a MAJOR pain in the ***..

Glad I am not the only one who did it. I thought about welding flanges on, I think I can manage, although as you said it will be interesting.

Jan 30, 2009 | 08:50 AM

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yeah i was also thinking of fabbing the flanges on but...i think ill just see how the clamp works first and go from there.

Jan 30, 2009 | 10:57 AM

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What do you do when you go from a 3 inch collector to a 2.5 inch pipe???

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Jan 30, 2009 | 11:12 AM

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What do you do when you go from a 3 inch collector to a 2.5 inch pipe???

Pipe bender, or you can "wedge" it in there if your heart desires.

Jan 30, 2009 | 05:02 PM

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What do you do when you go from a 3 inch collector to a 2.5 inch pipe???

take it to someone and have them blow up the 2.5 side enough for it to slide snug in your 3 inch side...

Jan 30, 2009 | 05:19 PM

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take it to someone and have them blow up the 2.5 side enough for it to slide snug in your 3 inch side...

what he said^^^

oh and to OP def just use a reg set of band clamps... easiest and work the best...

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