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right now the y-pipe is soaking in pb blaster and i am pulling it off and drooping an optimized one in place of it.. do i need new bolts or anything or should i be fine with just soaking the bolts.. (Btw: 124k on the car so yea they are rusty)
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Originally posted by Tour4reak:
right now the y-pipe is soaking in pb blaster and i am pulling it off and drooping an optimized one in place of it.. do i need new bolts or anything or should i be fine with just soaking the bolts.. (Btw: 124k on the car so yea they are rusty)
Using PB blaster is smart, if the nuts are in good shape, use them again. Don't forget to remove the bracket nut along with the six others on the flanges. If the nuts are in rough shape don't replace them with zinc. Remember to use antiseize.
Remove the O2 sensor when the Y is off the car, antiseize when it goes back in the new pipe.
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Originally posted by Marky:
Originally posted by Tour4reak:
right now the y-pipe is soaking in pb blaster and i am pulling it off and drooping an optimized one in place of it.. do i need new bolts or anything or should i be fine with just soaking the bolts.. (Btw: 124k on the car so yea they are rusty)
Using PB blaster is smart, if the nuts are in good shape, use them again. Don't forget to remove the bracket nut along with the six others on the flanges. If the nuts are in rough shape don't replace them with zinc. Remember to use antiseize.
Remove the O2 sensor when the Y is off the car, antiseize when it goes back in the new pipe.
that should cover it, take your time also because if you snap a stud off the manifold you are going to kick your self as it is a [censored] to drill out with the car on jackstand, I had to go to a muffler shop and they burned it out
I just went ahead and broke the nuts off since they were rusty and degraded, also make sure you clean the studs before putting it back together
if you have a two bolt cat and the hardware looks shot, you can get a "Help" spring bolt set for a Crystler that works great
make sure you have a new y-pipe gasket if you have a two bolt cat as if it is really old it will leak when it goes back together
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I snapped my manifold studs, but luckily I didnt give a crap because those were coming off too and never being but back on 
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Originally posted by KingpinSVT:
I snapped my manifold studs, but luckily I didnt give a crap because those were coming off too and never being but back on
yup I know they are in my basement at the moment, Pre98 didn't want them after he won the headers so instead of leaving them at the side of the hotel parking lot I dropped them into my trunk, plus I was getting P0420 and P0430 codes at the time also
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try some yoga before the install... and play some Enya while doing the install.
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finally put that thing in eh Mark?
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Originally posted by pole120:
finally put that thing in eh Mark?
yea.. i drilled out the studs to the cat and put in through bolts.. it sealed it a lot better than the other set-up.. other than that.. all my nuts are good  and i felt a BIG power gain above 4k 
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Originally posted by dutchie:
try some yoga before the install... and play some Enya while doing the install.
LOL. Don't do it in a bad mood. Be patient and get as comfortable as you possibly can. 
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Originally posted by MapOfTaziFoShoâ�??¢:
Originally posted by dutchie:
try some yoga before the install... and play some Enya while doing the install.
LOL. Don't do it in a bad mood. Be patient and get as comfortable as you possibly can.
i took my sweet time with it.. i think i spent about 2 hours on it.. about an hour and a half were using pb blaster to losen thoes damn nuts..
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