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Old 07-02-2009, 10:07 PM
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I am badly wanting a watts link setup but I'm wondering if it will work with my 4" mufflex cat-back. Also, I have strano springs if that matters. I will take some pics this weekend.
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On my 2000SS with the SLP dual -dual catback (3") I could not get the bolt in from the back. The instructions allow you to reverse the bolt / nut direction to bolt the propeller to the bar and that gave me the clearance that I needed. There was lots of room between the bar and the muffler but not enough to get the bolt in from the back.
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So if i reverse the nut and bolt, your guess is that everything would fit.

Thanks for the info
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It might be pretty tight for the over axle pipe to fit between the chassis and the watts frame. There isn't a huge amount of clearance for my 3 inch pipe.
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I had lots of room after reversing the nut and bolt to assemble but not for getting a torque wrench on them. I just used large 1 1/8 and 1 1/16 (I think that what it is) box wrenches and tightened to about the same as my LCAs. With the nyloc they have not loosed after hundreds of miles of driving and several hard launches
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I used the nuts with the nyloc on the passenger side, away from the exhaust heat.
Make sure your over the axle pipe is tucked up as high as possible.




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