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downpipe today
got the tymar two-piece DP and cat delete pipe. sprayed penetrating oil on all the threads last night and i think i might head out and try to knock the project out today. i'd read everything i can find and Dale's instruction sheet is great. that being said, if anyone has any last minute bits of advice- let me know!
oh, and happy new year!
oh, and happy new year!
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well i am done. thanks for the last minute advice! job wasn't too bad- 4 hours. the pipe was hard to cut out. the top elbow had to come out in chunks and then it slid right out. took a fair bit of mutilation to get the seam bent up enough to get the new pipe in there. i wish i had borrowed the porta-power from work, but after some work from above and below, a crowbar did the trick. fitting the race pipe and lower section of DP was super easy.
how close to the heat shielding is too close? i wasn't able to make a very big gap between the DP and shielding.
only bummer is that the flange between the EBPV and DP is leaking a little (it was leaking with the old pipe as well). i want to replace the stock v-band clamp with a more heavy duty one that i can really hog down on. any suggestions on that, or ways to get a better seal in there?
overall the truck does have more giddy-up, idles with a nice low growl, and the turbo whistle is much louder.
how close to the heat shielding is too close? i wasn't able to make a very big gap between the DP and shielding.
only bummer is that the flange between the EBPV and DP is leaking a little (it was leaking with the old pipe as well). i want to replace the stock v-band clamp with a more heavy duty one that i can really hog down on. any suggestions on that, or ways to get a better seal in there?
overall the truck does have more giddy-up, idles with a nice low growl, and the turbo whistle is much louder.
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lucky. it took me 3 days. the last 2 i think were 2 hour days so if i put them together it would be bout 4 and a half total. thanks to Joe i got her done. and just a note to anyone usin a 50 lb diggin bar like me and Joe did, when it slips off the firewall and comes at you it hurts really bad. lol Joe turned round and thought i died cause it threw me back against the garage door lol
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