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Old 11-22-2020, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000_Dakota
Nice, I hope you mean mufflerS. I think you will like it, seems the exhaust is begging to be updated given your mild motor mods.
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Ya I think next step is headers for this thing
 
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Originally Posted by 96albertaram
Did you install yourself ? How much of a pain was it
I installed the JBA headers myself. The biggest pain was getting the old exhaust manifolds off. The bolts holding the exhaust manifolds to the head were hard to remove due to rust/age, but with a torch and some candle wax, I got them all off. The JBA headers were very easy to install from there and I connected them to the stock Y pipe. Later on, I had a local muffler shop install the new cat, 3" muffler, 3" pipes and new O2 sensors.
 
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I installed the JBA headers myself. The biggest pain was getting the old exhaust manifolds off. The bolts holding the exhaust manifolds to the head were hard to remove due to rust/age, but with a torch and some candle wax, I got them all off. The JBA headers were very easy to install from there and I connected them to the stock Y pipe. Later on, I had a local muffler shop install the new cat, 3" muffler, 3" pipes and new O2 sensors.
Notice any "gains" with the headers ? Or better response ?
 
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There are gains to be had with headers, but, whether you will notice or not is open to debate. They help everything else work better though too.....

The throttle body spacer does nothing on a port fuel injected engine. Aside from lighten your wallet.

I think a tune to go with that cam would help as well.
 
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Originally Posted by 96albertaram
Notice any "gains" with the headers ? Or better response ?
Better seat in the pants throttle response, cooler underhood temperatures with the coated headers and a sweet exhaust note.
 
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There are gains to be had with headers, but, whether you will notice or not is open to debate. They help everything else work better though too.....

The throttle body spacer does nothing on a port fuel injected engine. Aside from lighten your wallet.

I think a tune to go with that cam would help as well.
I got the spacer from a junkyard truck and threw it in my pocket so costed me nothing lol I am aware of that just put it on anyways looks Shiney haha.

And I want a tune but flying ryan won't sell me one without intake work and I don't really wanna do a airgap
 
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Talk to Hemifever.
 



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