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Old May 29, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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Alright so about 26 hours of work and finally the bastards are on.... Def Not as easy as people made it sound... But Now that i KNow how to do it it wouldnt even take me half the time.. Anyways.. The Car seemed a bit slugish down low... but it was pulling hard up high ... Normal for after a more open exhuast system right?? just wonderen if anyways else was the same way
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Old May 29, 2006 | 08:40 PM
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damn, that took you a while to do, did you do it br yourself?

i took everything off myself and a buddy helped me put everything on and it took us a total of 10 hours for everything.

my car feels sluggish down low too but i think a tune would help out with all of that.

after i put my exhaust on, i drove the car for the rest of the day
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Old May 29, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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It might just feel sluggish cuz its getting louder and you're used to going faster when it gets that loud ?
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Old May 29, 2006 | 09:21 PM
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just get some gears now, it will pull harder all the time. I remember when I got my car done after headers slpcars98 and myself beat the **** out of it for a little bit even though it was 11:30 at night
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Old May 29, 2006 | 09:31 PM
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yeah, the sound is bad ***, yeah i did it myself with my bro... neither of us has done it before so it just took awhile every bolt was a battle... but we finally got it
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Old May 29, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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yeah, my car took me a while but now I can do pacesetters with my eyes closed.
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Old May 29, 2006 | 10:04 PM
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CONGRATS DUDE!!!

what did you do to get the car up high enough??

it might be feel less on the bottom end but give it a few miles the computer should adjust for you.
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Old May 29, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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yeah, my car took me a while but now I can do pacesetters with my eyes closed.
And trans lines are a snap as well!
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Old May 29, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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well I got a 2.5 tun jack and put the rear up on ramps, then jacked the front up to the sky pretty much... def was a bitch... but feels good i did it myself though!
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Old May 30, 2006 | 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Schultzp85
well I got a 2.5 tun jack and put the rear up on ramps, then jacked the front up to the sky pretty much... def was a bitch... but feels good i did it myself though!

excellent work dude!

yeah thats the best is knowing you did the job yourself.
Unlike others who buy the cars already completed and modded, I see know sense of accomplishment in that!
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Old May 30, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Schultzp85
well I got a 2.5 tun jack and put the rear up on ramps, then jacked the front up to the sky pretty much... def was a bitch... but feels good i did it myself though!

Congrats on the install, I did my first set of headers and y-pipe 2 weeks ago with my Wife's help...took us about 4.5 hours, sliced 2 fingers open on those damn GM gaskets!! but it was worth it...quality time with the wife and car as well as saving a couple hundred bucks in labor.
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Old May 30, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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yeah vince, seriously, matt and I just stared at each other in awe when we got both lines in in about 4 minutes compared to the 1+ hour fiddleing with those clips the first time. I should have some good news as to how my **** runs in a couple weeks.
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