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My96z
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Post subject: Holy Hell! Hooker long tubes installed.  Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:13 pm |
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Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2001 5:14 pm
Posts: 646
Location: Landstuhl, Germany
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Well during a day and a half of getting my butt kicked installing these things I was saying some pretty mean crap to myself. I swore I was going to get out of a f-body and into somthing more easier to work on. I did this all be myself in the craft shop here. I had bought some coated longtubes with the mufflex Y-pipe.
I had to loosen both sides of the motor mounts, jack up each side to get them in, cut-splice and reroute wires, no easy task, man was I pissed at the F-body...
But all that came to a end when I fired it up and took it for a spin.
It pulls so hard now, all the way up to 6200 where I shift. The firehawk tires have no chance. I couldnt play with it too much cause I have no exhaust on it and its loud as hell and there's a 35 MPH speed limit on post I didnt want any MP's to see me. It gave me that sick woozy feeling on acceleration. My car is a beast now!
I have to take it down to the muffler shop to have my new piping installed this week and have everything mated up. I still have to tuck a few wires away, custom fit most of my Taylor over the valve cover wires and retourque bolts. But I am tired of wrenching on it by myself for this weekend.
BTW Bruce, Greg sent me a new wiring harness.
Jeff
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Hawk
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 5:51 am |
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Joined: Tue Jun 26, 2001 4:25 pm
Posts: 4288
Location: Vilseck
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That guy is really good to deal with. I know long tubes rock 
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badazzlt1USA
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 7:55 pm |
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Joined: Tue Oct 15, 2002 3:21 pm
Posts: 192
Location: Houston, TX, USA
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yeah when I had my 'maro going 13.03 with manifolds, and street tires I thought it was nice, then I put long tubes on thinking it would blast me into the 12s............no! It litterally SMOKED the tires all the way down untill 3rd gear!!! ran high 14s lol....
Then I put the 4.10s and 29.5" slicks on and ..........well........what the "He said doin the nasty" I dunno whats wrong 13.022 @ 105.15.......
Gonna borrow 26" slicks for this weekend if it dont rain.
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LT1 Edit, B&M shift kit, Long tube Headers, 4.10 Gears, M/T ET Drags
13.022 @ 105.14
1.869 60'
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badazzlt1USA
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Post subject: Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 1:54 am |
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Joined: Tue Oct 15, 2002 3:21 pm
Posts: 192
Location: Houston, TX, USA
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*important lesson* This sounds like im on crack, but it took me 2.5 days to put in my headers, and it took me 7 hours at a highly relaxed screwin off pace to drop the motor out the bottom cross member and all,
if you got a buddy and a lift you can get that motor on the ground in 4 hours, put the headers on, and put it all back together in about 9
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LT1 Edit, B&M shift kit, Long tube Headers, 4.10 Gears, M/T ET Drags
13.022 @ 105.14
1.869 60'
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