Creative
25-04-2004, 01:07 AM
AND I LOVE IT!!!!!!
Woke up at 10:30, running a bit late I rang some places and they all told me that they close at 12 and cant install today. I called 3 places and the 4th didnt even answer. They all said yer for sure Monday 8am but that was no good too me was it!!!! :D
Faced with the fact I wasnt getting installed today, I went and met my mate and got the exhaust from him. We were chatting and I said noone can do it and did he know anyone and he said maybe his mechanic could do it. So I rang them up and yep, come down!!! :)
Went down....had to wait a little bit. My mate then came down too and thats when they started working on the car. This was 3pm. When we first started, I noticed that the guy was looking like having problems so I went up and asked and he said the flange on the small pipe that came with the exhaust - sorry, dont know name - didnt fit between the CAT and Bpipe....and also the flange was wrong size. This would have been from when we cut the OEM Bpipe.
After some chatting and some measuring, it was agreed that we would cut that small pipe in half and then cut the flange off the OEM Bpipe and weld it to the end that was naked on that smaller pipe. Thus the proper flange could connect to the new Bpipe and then the old welded on one would connect to the CAT :)
They had to disconnect the battery for some reason, I didnt understand that....and when they removed a teminal from the battery, the alarm went off and kept going off. I dont have master key on me so they got another battery and did something with jump leads....again, I dont know what they were doing there, and didnt really ask....:/
Aftwerwards when the hoist was down, I asked if I could start it....with anticipation, I turned the key and was greeted to a nice throaty roar of her starting....followed by the nice usual idle that she has had since the header install. We checked her over and everything was good and no leaks or loose bolts etc etc.
Paid my $80 bux for the work done and then drove off and took some pics in the carpark. Blue smoke was coming out, and I have read this happens yer? It also happened with my CAI install - I rekon its the fuel mixtures changing etc etc....but yer....SHE SOUNDS FRIKKEN AWESOME!!!!!! Ive got a soundfile here that I took before and will host that also.
All in all, Im VERY impressed. I was worried when I realised it was 4" tip and not 3" like I thought that it might be a little big but nup, she looks quite nice and doesnt look out of place at all :)
Here are some pics of the install....beginning from when they were in my boot when I picked them up at 11:30am....to when I picked my mate up at his work at 5pm. Kind of like a Timeline, it starts at the beginning and works thru the install :)
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/Boot2.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/InstalledHoist.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/RearViewUnder.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/SideInstalled.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/TipGap.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/RearView.jpg
Now for the bad news - and 2 parts of it too.....
1) When I started the car to hear it etc at the end, the guy said to me straight away "you have a cracked header" and I said to him that tbh, I thought so too. He has told me that it can be welded back and fixed but it will take about 3 hours and I can get it it done on Monday. Will this be the same as original? I couldnt even see the crack, but he said he could and tried to point it out to me...its down near the 2-1 section is I think.....AND I might lose my heatwrap he says....:(
You see they installed ****ing new speed humps in the road next to me and didnt put white lines on them for a few days. Now I had been up in Sydney for 3 days and didnt know they were there. The road has SHIT lighting and so Im cruising down at 40kmph and then in the headlights I see this ****ing speed hump...tried to break.....only got to about 30 and then BANG BANG BANG.....I pull up and get out and have a look but no torch or anything so cant see shit.....Get home and take some pics and nearly cry seeing the two huge gashes on the engine pipe. Nothing toooo bad though so I thought it would be ok....I thought wrong :(
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/Header.jpg
2nd thing is that I was leaving KFC and the driveway is ****en steep as and I ALWAYS go slow and on an angle down the driveway. Anyways, I am exiting tonight and have a mate in the car with me....we exit slowly, on an angle...and then as usual I release the brake slightly after the front wheels are down and then we hear this SCCCRAPE!!!! I looked at my mate and he says I was as white as a ghost lol....he then says it wont be as bad as you think...and I said **** how bad it is...ITS ONLY BEEN ON FOR 2 HOURS!!!! :(
We get to his place and have a look and yep, theres a small scrape on the tip now....but atleast i know that u have to break for the front AND rear now...:)
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/Scrape.jpg
As I said, Im VERY happy and now just have to think of something to say to the old man - Im thinking something along the lines of "Its just a muffler" :D :lol:
Cheers guys :)
[Edit: Pics removed and condensed into 1 post]
Woke up at 10:30, running a bit late I rang some places and they all told me that they close at 12 and cant install today. I called 3 places and the 4th didnt even answer. They all said yer for sure Monday 8am but that was no good too me was it!!!! :D
Faced with the fact I wasnt getting installed today, I went and met my mate and got the exhaust from him. We were chatting and I said noone can do it and did he know anyone and he said maybe his mechanic could do it. So I rang them up and yep, come down!!! :)
Went down....had to wait a little bit. My mate then came down too and thats when they started working on the car. This was 3pm. When we first started, I noticed that the guy was looking like having problems so I went up and asked and he said the flange on the small pipe that came with the exhaust - sorry, dont know name - didnt fit between the CAT and Bpipe....and also the flange was wrong size. This would have been from when we cut the OEM Bpipe.
After some chatting and some measuring, it was agreed that we would cut that small pipe in half and then cut the flange off the OEM Bpipe and weld it to the end that was naked on that smaller pipe. Thus the proper flange could connect to the new Bpipe and then the old welded on one would connect to the CAT :)
They had to disconnect the battery for some reason, I didnt understand that....and when they removed a teminal from the battery, the alarm went off and kept going off. I dont have master key on me so they got another battery and did something with jump leads....again, I dont know what they were doing there, and didnt really ask....:/
Aftwerwards when the hoist was down, I asked if I could start it....with anticipation, I turned the key and was greeted to a nice throaty roar of her starting....followed by the nice usual idle that she has had since the header install. We checked her over and everything was good and no leaks or loose bolts etc etc.
Paid my $80 bux for the work done and then drove off and took some pics in the carpark. Blue smoke was coming out, and I have read this happens yer? It also happened with my CAI install - I rekon its the fuel mixtures changing etc etc....but yer....SHE SOUNDS FRIKKEN AWESOME!!!!!! Ive got a soundfile here that I took before and will host that also.
All in all, Im VERY impressed. I was worried when I realised it was 4" tip and not 3" like I thought that it might be a little big but nup, she looks quite nice and doesnt look out of place at all :)
Here are some pics of the install....beginning from when they were in my boot when I picked them up at 11:30am....to when I picked my mate up at his work at 5pm. Kind of like a Timeline, it starts at the beginning and works thru the install :)
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/Boot2.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/InstalledHoist.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/RearViewUnder.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/SideInstalled.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/TipGap.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/RearView.jpg
Now for the bad news - and 2 parts of it too.....
1) When I started the car to hear it etc at the end, the guy said to me straight away "you have a cracked header" and I said to him that tbh, I thought so too. He has told me that it can be welded back and fixed but it will take about 3 hours and I can get it it done on Monday. Will this be the same as original? I couldnt even see the crack, but he said he could and tried to point it out to me...its down near the 2-1 section is I think.....AND I might lose my heatwrap he says....:(
You see they installed ****ing new speed humps in the road next to me and didnt put white lines on them for a few days. Now I had been up in Sydney for 3 days and didnt know they were there. The road has SHIT lighting and so Im cruising down at 40kmph and then in the headlights I see this ****ing speed hump...tried to break.....only got to about 30 and then BANG BANG BANG.....I pull up and get out and have a look but no torch or anything so cant see shit.....Get home and take some pics and nearly cry seeing the two huge gashes on the engine pipe. Nothing toooo bad though so I thought it would be ok....I thought wrong :(
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/Header.jpg
2nd thing is that I was leaving KFC and the driveway is ****en steep as and I ALWAYS go slow and on an angle down the driveway. Anyways, I am exiting tonight and have a mate in the car with me....we exit slowly, on an angle...and then as usual I release the brake slightly after the front wheels are down and then we hear this SCCCRAPE!!!! I looked at my mate and he says I was as white as a ghost lol....he then says it wont be as bad as you think...and I said **** how bad it is...ITS ONLY BEEN ON FOR 2 HOURS!!!! :(
We get to his place and have a look and yep, theres a small scrape on the tip now....but atleast i know that u have to break for the front AND rear now...:)
http://users.bigpond.net.au/batmaun/car/exhaust/Scrape.jpg
As I said, Im VERY happy and now just have to think of something to say to the old man - Im thinking something along the lines of "Its just a muffler" :D :lol:
Cheers guys :)
[Edit: Pics removed and condensed into 1 post]