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I think that's all of us now. Impressive looking aren't they? Now who's gonna be first with the install? I'm nervous about cutting off my SLP Y. Mine had to be welded in - on the 98's it was not a bolt on. Don't want to cut in the wrong place, measure, measure, measure!
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1998 SS - Black All Options - Mods Whisper Lid, K & N, Lou's Short Stick, Shift Light, Skip Shift, SLP Y, Borla, 4:10's, BMR STB, SLP SFCs, Granatelli MAF, Hypertech III, 160 Stat, Mallory Billet Pedals, Metco Aluminum LCAs,Fast Toys Ram Air Mod, Spohn Panhard Bar, BMR Torque Arm, free EGR mod,power antenna, BMR LCA brackets, Gentex Temp/Compass Auto Dim Mirror, AllMaxx Strobe and Wig Wag, BAER Eradispeed rotors,PPC Headers with Random Technology Hi Flow Cats, BMR Drive shaft Loop,FAST 78MM Throttle Body, FAST 78MM Composite Intake, Mobil 1 & lots of Zaino.
Wife & Best Friend Mary - copilot. Posts: 5558 | From: Windsor, Ontario. Canada | Registered: Feb 2000
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I haven't installed mine yet. I think I was about the 2nd or 3rd to get mine in. I was hoping to do it this weekend but I don't think it is going to work out. Maybe the next weekend.
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Since your first - you can report back and tell us
My plan is to put a 2 X 4 under my front ramps and use the jack and stands in the rear. I think that should give my enough height.
-------------------- Hawkeye: SSOA F98-C98
1998 SS - Black All Options - Mods Whisper Lid, K & N, Lou's Short Stick, Shift Light, Skip Shift, SLP Y, Borla, 4:10's, BMR STB, SLP SFCs, Granatelli MAF, Hypertech III, 160 Stat, Mallory Billet Pedals, Metco Aluminum LCAs,Fast Toys Ram Air Mod, Spohn Panhard Bar, BMR Torque Arm, free EGR mod,power antenna, BMR LCA brackets, Gentex Temp/Compass Auto Dim Mirror, AllMaxx Strobe and Wig Wag, BAER Eradispeed rotors,PPC Headers with Random Technology Hi Flow Cats, BMR Drive shaft Loop,FAST 78MM Throttle Body, FAST 78MM Composite Intake, Mobil 1 & lots of Zaino.
Wife & Best Friend Mary - copilot. Posts: 5558 | From: Windsor, Ontario. Canada | Registered: Feb 2000
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quote:Originally posted by Hawkeye: Since your first - you can report back and tell us
My plan is to put a 2 X 4 under my front ramps and use the jack and stands in the rear. I think that should give my enough height.
That will work for the passenger side and all the Cat and Y-pipe stuff but not for the drivers side!
This worked great for everything except the Drivers side. I had Rhino ramps under the back wheels also. After driving onto the front Rhinos, I jacked up the rear and placed ramps under the rear wheels.
I had to jack up the car to this height to get the Drivers side in. (Once again just the right position and turning, It's there don't get frustrated and requires no forcing!). Once I had the header in, I lowered the car back down to the Rhino ramps to finish the connecting.
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who ever gets done first, let me know how the ground clearance is please. thanks.
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thanks for the photos. That drivers side jack looks scary. I may use a friends shop that has a hoist.!
-------------------- Hawkeye: SSOA F98-C98
1998 SS - Black All Options - Mods Whisper Lid, K & N, Lou's Short Stick, Shift Light, Skip Shift, SLP Y, Borla, 4:10's, BMR STB, SLP SFCs, Granatelli MAF, Hypertech III, 160 Stat, Mallory Billet Pedals, Metco Aluminum LCAs,Fast Toys Ram Air Mod, Spohn Panhard Bar, BMR Torque Arm, free EGR mod,power antenna, BMR LCA brackets, Gentex Temp/Compass Auto Dim Mirror, AllMaxx Strobe and Wig Wag, BAER Eradispeed rotors,PPC Headers with Random Technology Hi Flow Cats, BMR Drive shaft Loop,FAST 78MM Throttle Body, FAST 78MM Composite Intake, Mobil 1 & lots of Zaino.
Wife & Best Friend Mary - copilot. Posts: 5558 | From: Windsor, Ontario. Canada | Registered: Feb 2000
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Worked about 8 hours today and made good progress. The headers are in and torqued down. Had a little scare though. (Beware that the exhaust manifold bolts are installed with a thread locker...that means you will need a wrench for every turn.) Anyway I was using a somewhat cheap 12 point socket, wasn't paying attention and sort of rounded off one of the bolts. This gave me an excuse to buy a new 6-point socket set which fortunately, with some careful attention allowed me the remove the troublesome-bolt. I highly recommend that you use 6-point sockets for these bolts. The drivers side went in fine but you have get the front bumper up 32"-36". I used blocks of wood on the rear wheels, about 4" worth, rhino ramps + 2x12" + bricks to support the front wheels. The last few inches was a floor jack and a single 4x4x4 under the side frame for the last few inches. More than that on the jack was too scary for me.
A few other things, my shop manual said to use thread locker on the new bolts. You will have to move the passenger side coil packs over to reach the last bolt on the new manifold, and you should disconnect the battery. Also I removed the cats from the existing manifold before I pulled them. This gave me little more room and reduced the weight considerably.
Gordon's instructions were pretty good overall, but didn't provide any torque specs, and a few steps.
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Great news, thanks for the report. Good tip about the 6 point!
-------------------- Hawkeye: SSOA F98-C98
1998 SS - Black All Options - Mods Whisper Lid, K & N, Lou's Short Stick, Shift Light, Skip Shift, SLP Y, Borla, 4:10's, BMR STB, SLP SFCs, Granatelli MAF, Hypertech III, 160 Stat, Mallory Billet Pedals, Metco Aluminum LCAs,Fast Toys Ram Air Mod, Spohn Panhard Bar, BMR Torque Arm, free EGR mod,power antenna, BMR LCA brackets, Gentex Temp/Compass Auto Dim Mirror, AllMaxx Strobe and Wig Wag, BAER Eradispeed rotors,PPC Headers with Random Technology Hi Flow Cats, BMR Drive shaft Loop,FAST 78MM Throttle Body, FAST 78MM Composite Intake, Mobil 1 & lots of Zaino.
Wife & Best Friend Mary - copilot. Posts: 5558 | From: Windsor, Ontario. Canada | Registered: Feb 2000
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