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[flareside_thunder]

Junior should know. I'm pretty sure he plugged his heads when ported them. Shoot him a PM.

Ahhhhh thanks for the ego boost.....heh heh heh....9/16 course thread.....I used copper rtv on mine to seal em...it withstands the heat alot better than regular rtv.

 

[Mr. Stroker]

OK sweet thanks man, How much stuff did you eliminate when u took all that stuff off?

 

[flareside_thunder]

uhhhhhhh EVERYTHING????except for the vacuum lines for the ac stuff i think I used 2 vacuum lines outta that little messed up weird lookin harness......Chris has good pics of the vacuum setup.....

 

[Mr. Stroker]

Wish i woulda known about all this before i started.... I found the leak, JR idk if you had this problem but where the Y pipe meets the header, Mine is not sealing right and creating a huge leak on both sides of the motor.

I plan on taking it into the exhaust shop next week for them to expand it or whatever they have to do. Then Get my EGR eliminators, Make a block off plate. And see what goes on from there... Hopefully i can get it straightened up soon.

 

[Mr. Stroker]

Well.... I think ive come to the concludion of putting my stock manifolds back on. I miss when it use to run, and not be tore apart in the driveway. I could get the exhaust flanges streached, and all the EGR stuff... But i need to save money and fix some real problem areas like rust and stuff. It was a shot. Il just sell them. Thanks for the hell everyone tho.

 

[Skandocious]

Wow... All that for NOTHING?! Jeez.. That really sucks man.

 

[Mr. Stroker]

That was help not hell lmao, hahaha even tho this has been hell from the start haha.

 

[flareside_thunder]

Sorry to here about that dude......on the other hand when you do get the itch you can just go buy some long tube header and throw em on there.....RUST!What RUST??!! You're kiddin right????that damn thing is PRISTINE as opposed to "Christine" the movie...and we all know how that turned out.....Sorry fer puttin you through hell man.....

 

[TheRoadVirus]

Least you tried, like JR. said.. when you start thinking about it go for the longtubes and you'll be much happier.

 

[eco]

I never understood the idea of "cleaning up the engine bay". If we're being perfectly honest, I don't think, unless you are taking it to shows, that anyone really cares about how "cleaned up" their engine bay is.

Cleaning up the engine bay isn't just about looks. Less parts to fail, less vacuum lines to leak, less to troubleshoot when a problem arises, easier to work on due to less clutter etc. etc.