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Tuned
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Downpipe
My downpipe was delivered from clay this evening.I'm impressed that it got here so soon as I just ordered it Sunday night. Anyways I was thinking I would use a blow torch to get the old one off 
) haha. On a serious note how much time should I set aside for this? I'll have a sawsall and I got the 2 piece dp.
) haha. On a serious note how much time should I set aside for this? I'll have a sawsall and I got the 2 piece dp.
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It was actually the easiest project I've done on mine excluding the 6637. I did one cut from the bottom as hig up as I could reach. Out with the old, in with the top of the new, cut firewall just a hair, bent it back, in with the new bottom. I had a port a power on standby but didn't need it. Good luck.
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My downpipe was delivered from clay this evening.I'm impressed that it got here so soon as I just ordered it Sunday night. Anyways I was thinking I would use a blow torch to get the old one off ) haha. On a serious note how much time should I set aside for this? I'll have a sawsall and I got the 2 piece dp.
) haha. On a serious note how much time should I set aside for this? I'll have a sawsall and I got the 2 piece dp.
. DONT USE IT!!
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shouldnt take more then a hour mine was easy you will want to cut the old one in two pieces though!!!! i got the two piece dp to now its stuck and wont come apart lol mine started hitting the pinch weld and man it sounded bad!!! so what i did was take the dp off exhaust housing and used a big pry bar fixed it, your gunna want a good half inch id say of space between the dp and fire wall
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Thanks for the tips. Lots of small things i wouldn't think of. I don't have porta power so a prybar will have to suffice.
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So I just got her installed. I do have a slightly different approach to getting the old dp off. Instead of cutting as high up as you can I made a cut at an easily attainable spot where the dp meets the exhaust. Went through pretty quick. Then I loosened the clamp were the dp meets turbo. Since the head of the dp was too big to fit through the firewall I had my brother push it up enough from the bottom so I could cut the head off. Once that was off it fell on it's own the ground. I only suggest this way because it can be challenging to reach up into the firewall and make a cut halfway up the dp. After that was off it went in easily. I used an icebreaker bar to bend the firewall out of the way. I didn't feel a noticeable difference in performance or turbo noise. Granted she already had straight pipes and air intake. Perhaps I will get some better fuel milage. Anyways thanks for the tips. That's the last of the inexpensive mods. Gauges and injectors are next on the list.
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