Is It Safe with Just the Rear End Lifted?
08-23-2007, 08:41 PM
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For a 996 muffler swap,I chock the front wheels, jack up the car using the rear jacking points, in front of the rear tire. Put a 4x10 block under each rear wheel. Jack up one side enough to remove the rear tire. Remove/ replace one muffler. Replace rear tire, let car down onto wood block, switch to other side and repeat.
08-23-2007, 11:26 PM
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Ok, I ended up buying a pair of ramps from Walmart, and went with Orient Express's recommendation.
But I didn't remove the wheels, nor did I remove the bumper cover.
And I was very surprised it only took me a whole 37 minutes to remove both mufflers!
Well, actually it could be 35 mins, I had to go inside to get my eye goggles, and applied some eyedrops,
got some dirt in my eyes in the process of the removal, but of course!
The cans slid right off, downwards, with a little wiggling, I wonder if it could be due to the couple of inches extra on the widebody?
Anyway, the only pain was the single nut towards the rear, that was in a really tight spot, I was turning barely 1/8 of a turn at a time!
And I was surprised those cans are that Heavy! I couldn't imagine just by looking at the pics.
If you get rid of them, that's probably the equivalent of 10HP gain!
So, tomorrow morning, I'm off to search for a surgeon...Oooh...can't wait.
And I'm going in my Chevy S10 truck...bet you it'll be cheaper to weld them now!
But I didn't remove the wheels, nor did I remove the bumper cover.
And I was very surprised it only took me a whole 37 minutes to remove both mufflers!
Well, actually it could be 35 mins, I had to go inside to get my eye goggles, and applied some eyedrops,
got some dirt in my eyes in the process of the removal, but of course!
The cans slid right off, downwards, with a little wiggling, I wonder if it could be due to the couple of inches extra on the widebody?
Anyway, the only pain was the single nut towards the rear, that was in a really tight spot, I was turning barely 1/8 of a turn at a time!
And I was surprised those cans are that Heavy! I couldn't imagine just by looking at the pics.
If you get rid of them, that's probably the equivalent of 10HP gain!
So, tomorrow morning, I'm off to search for a surgeon...Oooh...can't wait.
And I'm going in my Chevy S10 truck...bet you it'll be cheaper to weld them now!
08-24-2007, 01:10 AM
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Ok, I ended up buying a pair of ramps from Walmart, and went with Orient Express's recommendation.
But I didn't remove the wheels, nor did I remove the bumper cover.
And I was very surprised it only took me a whole 37 minutes to remove both mufflers!
Well, actually it could be 35 mins, I had to go inside to get my eye goggles, and applied some eyedrops,
got some dirt in my eyes in the process of the removal, but of course!
The cans slid right off, downwards, with a little wiggling, I wonder if it could be due to the couple of inches extra on the widebody?
Anyway, the only pain was the single nut towards the rear, that was in a really tight spot, I was turning barely 1/8 of a turn at a time!
And I was surprised those cans are that Heavy! I couldn't imagine just by looking at the pics.
If you get rid of them, that's probably the equivalent of 10HP gain!
So, tomorrow morning, I'm off to search for a surgeon...Oooh...can't wait.
And I'm going in my Chevy S10 truck...bet you it'll be cheaper to weld them now!
But I didn't remove the wheels, nor did I remove the bumper cover.
And I was very surprised it only took me a whole 37 minutes to remove both mufflers!
Well, actually it could be 35 mins, I had to go inside to get my eye goggles, and applied some eyedrops,
got some dirt in my eyes in the process of the removal, but of course!
The cans slid right off, downwards, with a little wiggling, I wonder if it could be due to the couple of inches extra on the widebody?
Anyway, the only pain was the single nut towards the rear, that was in a really tight spot, I was turning barely 1/8 of a turn at a time!
And I was surprised those cans are that Heavy! I couldn't imagine just by looking at the pics.
If you get rid of them, that's probably the equivalent of 10HP gain!
So, tomorrow morning, I'm off to search for a surgeon...Oooh...can't wait.
And I'm going in my Chevy S10 truck...bet you it'll be cheaper to weld them now!
08-24-2007, 01:25 AM
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FYI...Yes you can remove the mufflers on a C2 without having to remove the wheels, I did, OK it was on a lift, but still the wheels were not removed.
08-24-2007, 08:51 AM
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I did not have access to a lift, so I put the car on jack stands. There was not much room to move around so it would have been very difficult with the wheels still on the car.
