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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 12:49 AM
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Tomorrow morning I'm gonna put it on the car, the headers and y-pipe will be installed in a few weeks.

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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:38 AM
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Looks great Zeke!!! Is your head as shiny as the GMMG?
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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How much does that set up Wiegh
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 10:07 AM
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Holy **** boy, you have some time on your hands!
Looks good.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by TwoFast4Lv
How much does that set up Wiegh
The UPS tag on the box it came in says the whole exhaust weighs 54 lbs, but that also includes the i-pipe, tips, mounting hardware, and the box it came in. I'd say this one piece is about 30-35 lbs.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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Here's the finished product...



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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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Nice, so how much louder is it?
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 05:48 PM
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Nice, so how much louder is it?
Suprisingly, not much. It's still relatively quite, but does have a nice low rumble to it now. At WOT it sounds sweet as hell. I really like it. Of course, the quietness is going to last about as long as it takes to get my headers and y-pipe on it.
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 99LSS1
Looks great Zeke!!! Is your head as shiny as the GMMG?
Very funny.

BTW.. do you realize that once I get everything together, our cars are going to be almost identical mechcanically? I'm even planning on going the next step and making a fake Blackbird out of it... I'll probably pick up the wheels later this summer.
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Looks great Zeke!!!
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 11:33 PM
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Looks purdy! Nice tires there, too
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 12:06 AM
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Looks purdy! Nice tires there, too
I got tired of changing wheels at the track.

I figured if it's raining, I'm not driving it.. so no reason not to run DRs all the time on it. I can't wait to try them out at the track.
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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That looks really cool zeke! good job! :thumbs:
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Looks ****'n awsome Zeke. I sure wish I had polished mine before I installed it. It is amazing how different it sounds once you get into the rpm range!!!
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looks great! i love the sound of that exhaust. lookin to get it eventually after everything else is in order.
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I loved that exhaust too, best catback available in my opinion. Always wanted to do a true dual using that system just a little modified.

Looking great Zeke!!
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 04:03 PM
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Thanks everyone, it was a lot of work to get it looking like that.. about 7 hours of polishing, but it really stands out from behind the car, and sounds awesome. I just want it to be louder now, and those headers should do the trick. And yeah, Doug, when you get on it, the way the tone changes is incredible. God I love the way this car sounds now.

I had to take a reciprocating saw to the old exhaust to get it out, and I had to drop both PHBs to get it in there. The installation instructions from GMMG must be made for someone who has access to air tools and a lift, because there's no way you can get that kind of angle with the car on jackstands.

Once I rethought how to put it in, it was a piece of cake, but if you do it the way they suggest, it's damn near impossible.

I think the only bitch about having it polished like that is now it's gonna drive me nuts if it even gets a speck of dirt on it.

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Damn I love that exhaust, looks great all polished up.

I pulled my stock exhaust out in one piece, then cut it up with a sazall. I like doing things the hard way.
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Hey, that sway bar has some black stuff on it. Let's get that cleaned off pronto!

Looks great Zeke!

I acutally polished my Magnaflow up before I installed it. Never thought I'd do something like that to my daily driver.
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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Hey, that sway bar has some black stuff on it. Let's get that cleaned off pronto!

Looks great Zeke!

I acutally polished my Magnaflow up before I installed it. Never thought I'd do something like that to my daily driver.
Actually, the black stuff is permanently there, it won't come off. If I want it to look as good as the rest, I will have to replace the sway bar.. which I will probably do at some point. That's sardog's old sway bar kit on there, so it's seem some pretty hard use.
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