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Old 03-23-2009, 09:23 PM
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yeah between these long tubes and the new performance part i just bought for the truck (i'll reveal it later hehehe ) this thing is going to be a god damn torque monster.
 
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what are the following tallies for the header installation?

beers consumed:
wrenches heated/bent to fit that tight spot:
cuss words audibly spoken:
cuss words mentally thought to self:
wrenches thrown:

 
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Originally Posted by magnethead
what are the following tallies for the header installation?

beers consumed:
wrenches heated/bent to fit that tight spot:
cuss words audibly spoken:
cuss words mentally thought to self:
wrenches thrown:


beers consumed: four 12 packs
wrenches heated/bent to fit that tight spot: 3
cuss words audibly spoken: i have no idea, too many
cuss words mentally thought to self: about 5 times more than above answer
wrenches thrown: a few, one of which left a nice dent in the garage door

heres some more

packs of cigarettes: 8
police called: 1
broke down and cried: i'm not saying
sleep lost: hours...

the driver side is almost finished, it's all bolted up in a mock up position, just waiting for header bolts to come in, summit tracking says tomorrow. the passenger side is giving me a fit, i cant get it in because of the A/C canister. i guess i'm just going to have to kick and scream it in. oh, and i'm doing an oil chance too, i'm at 3,500 miles since the last one and i have to remove the oil filer to get these in there anyway.
 
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Originally Posted by magnethead
I think longtubes period are PITA's on the newer vehicles.

We put hedman's on our 454 dually, went on without having to remove anything but the old manifolds. Granted, you can fit an entire person between the engine and framerail on both sides with no exhaust installed
I've done three sets of LT's, two on my own vehicles ('98 1500 5.9 & my current Hemi) and one on a buddies '97 Chevy 350. I thought the easiest by far was the Hemi. Didn't even remove the tires, just the well liners, everything is right there, bottom bolts from underneath, tops from inside the wheel well, I even used my tires as a "work bench" to set things on...
 
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so when your done wanna come put a set on for me??? , ill order them as soon as i know when you can make it out here lol


they do look good, just hope that you survive the install
 
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lol...this threads funny!

would you b so kind and move the pictures so they are under each other rather then next to each other so i and others dotn have to scroll 12miles from left to right

looks like you have your hands full....



oh and why were the cops called?
 
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and whats the count on bandaids for busted nuckles?
 
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and whats the count on bandaids for busted nuckles?
haha no bandaids, you just rub some grease in the wound to stop the bleeding.
 


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