Installed Y-pipe with 85-86 manifolds
08-17-2010, 01:45 AM
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Looks great Tristan, have you driven it yet?
08-17-2010, 03:05 PM
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Haven't had a chance to fire her up yet. My 044 fuel pump AN fitting setup was leaking pretty bad so I decided to fix that while it's on the lift. I should have replaced the rubber hose from the tank to the 90 degree AN fitting before. It crumbled to peices like a 30 year old hose should. Picked up a new section of 1/2" fuel line and I should be back in business.
All in all the spacer is a little tough to get lined up. In my opinion for about the same amount of money I would just get a good muffler shop to lengthen the Y-pipe about an inch and be done. The holes have to be offset (look at 3rd pic) with the adapter so you end up with six bolts holding everything together and the nuts barely fit between the adapter plates. Seems like alot of effort when you can just cut, rotate, and weld in an inch of pipe and use 3 bolts to hold it together. I'll post another pic to better explain what I'm talking about. I'm happy with it though would have been about the same amount of $$$$$ at a muffler shop around here.
All in all the spacer is a little tough to get lined up. In my opinion for about the same amount of money I would just get a good muffler shop to lengthen the Y-pipe about an inch and be done. The holes have to be offset (look at 3rd pic) with the adapter so you end up with six bolts holding everything together and the nuts barely fit between the adapter plates. Seems like alot of effort when you can just cut, rotate, and weld in an inch of pipe and use 3 bolts to hold it together. I'll post another pic to better explain what I'm talking about. I'm happy with it though would have been about the same amount of $$$$$ at a muffler shop around here.