Road King

With what I have read here, don't get too aggressive on the trans. mount, the very stiff ones are known for transmitting significant NVH into the car. Others can chime in but my buddy went too aggressive and he hates the Torque Solutions semi-solid 75a trans mount.

You can hear my Kline in person if you wish since I'm local.

Good luck.

RngTrtl

600 bones of "savings" since the motor is out and the bumper is off??? Sounds like your mechanic needs to make a boat payment or something. The bumper comes easily and having the motor out doesnt save much in time as far as replacing exhaust components.

PaleAle

THe $600 savings for the engine out/bumper off was incorrect. I just ordered a 2.5 quite from John at Speedtech and I'm going to install it myself in a couple of weeks (my coolant fix is hopefully done Saturday). The best advice I had was to replace the front O2 sensors on the stock exhaust which will help make the Speedtech install a breeze.

Once done I'll post all the changes. A quick description is that my coolant lines are now pinned, hoses, o-rings, water pump, spark plugs and a coil replaced..... and I talked my wife into a kick *** exhaust. John.........you better come through!

I hope to get my car back Saturday before leaving for another week.

dprantl

I replaced my exhaust without removing the engine or the bumper... I suppose it would save a little bit of time if the engine was out, but not much.

Dan

Dock

When I installed my Europipe Stage II Loud, I did it in my garage with the car on jackstands, and with the rear bumper removed.

PaleAle

It's done, I picked her up this afternoon!! It's unbelievable how much I missed driving it.

Replaced:

Water pump (good thing I did....the seal was starting to go)
all seals
all hoses
everything pinned!!
drive belt
Plugs (they looked bad, definitely not replaced at the 60K)
New coil on #6 cylinder (2 previous error codes)
Obviously, oil & filter, coolant, p/s fluid
Oil filter stand
coolant expansion tank
recharge AC

25 hours of labor which is less than I was expecting. All in all the cost was about $1500 less than expected.

Now I'm waiting on a new 2.5 "Quiet" X-cellerator Exhaust from John at Speedtech. I'll be replacing the O2 sensors (front) with the new exhaust. I may have to replace the 2 back O2's as I'm now getting an error code that says they are aging. I've heard the back sensors aren't vital. However, my Indy recommended I change them since I'm replacing the front. Should I order the bypass pipes from John if I'm ever going to track the car?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Lastly, I can't wait to wash the car tomorrow morning!

vogz

Awesome! Glad to hear all is well! Enjoy it now.
Cat delete pipes are good for a power bump but unless you are drag racing it I wouldn't bother. Cats won't hurt you any noticeable amount on a road course.

BMiller33

Hoping not to have to drop the engine....I'm borescoping tonight to try to locate the source. Any thoughts? It is not the reservoir tank or water pump to housing joint.





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911mhawk

Hope in one hand poop in the other...

bugeyemilo

OP you'll love your Speedtech 2.5.

sounds wicked!!

BMiller33

You are not helping

Seriously though, any thoughts? I didn't get the borescope done last night.

Kevin

BMiller, you have 6 coolant fittings right above your leak. 3 fittings are fairly easy to fix, the other two require a partial strip down of the engine. The last fitting at the oil/water heat exchanger will require a engine drop.

BMiller33

Yea....I am starting to disassemble the top end Y pipe, TBody etc and then will do some scoping. I just had the gearbox out (sans engine) for a clutch/LWFW swap no less than 6 mon ago

911mhawk

Sorry to hear you have to do this just after having the trans out, I had to pull my trans just after install too because I left the wrong guide tube on the trans when I swapped to a LWFW (wouldn't have been an issue if I'd have used the one Kevin gave me in the kit!). Clutch went to floor at the track and ended my day early...

Really depends on your plans for the car and budget. If you can drop the trans and engine yourself on a Harbor Freight table, I'd go that route and replace everything rubber and old while doing the fittings. Your peace of mind while driving it and resale are both better when you do more preventative maintenance but the cost can climb quickly.

I did a bunch of stuff while mine was out for a trans rebuild because it's a lot easier on a table. There are a couple threads that show people doing this fix in-car but they may be small handed masochists. At least you have some nice relaxing bird sounds to help with the trauma

BMiller33

Once I got the alternator off this little s_h_i_t-head was right there....no room to pin it w/o engine drop. For now I will use the knurl+JB weld fix.