Well, I took my stock manifolds off last weekend, got rained out, and finally got the job done today. Everything went pretty well; some of the bolts are a little hard to reach, but I made out okay. All I have to say is PBBlaster is one of mynew best friends.Now,I justhave to get some piping welded up out the back and I'll be complete. As is I have ceramic coated Edelbrock Shorties into the Magnaflow Hi-flow Cat stock replacement setup with just straight pipe that ends just before the end of the cab. It's loud, deep, and sounds great to me. I'm going to get it y-ed out off of the converter and out the back to either my current 3.5" tips or maybe get some 4" tips; I haven't decided yet. The last guys welded my post cat O2 sim in, so I couldn't remove it from my old piping, soI have to pick one of those up this week some time, but other than that everything is good. I'd say it was a good learning experience and I'm pretty proud of myself for doing it.Here are some pics:

Stock Manifolds




Passenger Side




Driver's Side


Cat Assembly


Super 44's plus the void where I had to cut out the pipe.


Just a shot of the back of the truck.

 

Looks very good. Like mine did when I first installed them. Make sure to check the tightness a couple times over the next few weeks, and then regularly about every 3-6 months, and you should never have any problems with them. Congrats.

 

haha now im not the only one with mufflers like that! good job mate.

 

looking good.... need to post video of the sound

 

they look purdy, what kind, and diff in sound and performance????

 

Good job on the headers
Is the pic angle deceiving or is that inside muff very close to the driveshaft and partially above it? If it is close, with a heavyload or trailer outback Id be nervous of contact with the driveshaft going over bumps.

 

good looking intall, are those shorties still full length. I didn't know they made those. Also how much $$$$$

 

Good work, thanks for the pics. Hope you enjoy the new system!

 

Thanks man. Yeah, I hope that they will stay nice and shiny for a while. I'll be sure and keep a check on them and make sure they stay tight. Hopefully no problems will arise. Thanks again for the installation tips as well, they really helped out.

haha thanks man. yeah, it looks kinda funny but you can't tell from the outside. I'll be getting them cut out soon and getting some new pipe welded up. Now I just gotta decide on the exit style and if I'm gonna keep my current tips; decisions decisions.

 

Thanks man, I'll get some vids up as soon as I can. I just didn't have my camera around this weekend, just my cell phone and the sound quality is a little lacking.

Thanks a lot. They are Ceramic Coated Edelbrock Shorties. There is a huge difference in sound; mainly because I no longer have mufflers hooked up, which is the best sound ever, imo. It's just great. As far as performance, it does seem to get up to speed a little quicker, but nothing over the top. I'd say they are definitely worth it though. I'm really happy with them.