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1106 hits | 61.81 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
Why not stick with dual 1 7/8" pipes ? 1.) too small 2.) no crossover pipe 3.)duals promote horsepow...

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We loosened off the headpipes with heat, impact chisel, penetrating fluid and the ratchet.

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Knowing we're only going to use one of the air pump pipes, we cut one and loosened off the other one...

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We saved the two headpipes, with pre-cats and cats, intact. Didn't even break the air pipe nipples. ...

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967 hits | 64.06 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
Although we saved the driver's side air pipe, intact, the Y-pipe (after the stock cats it "Y"s back ...

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905 hits | 54.31 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
Got bent over the stealership counter for these manifold studs, but believe me it's best to put new ...

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903 hits | 63.58 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
New studs back into the manifolds. The calipers told us that the passenger manifold side stud center...

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A little work with the hacksaw and we're back in business, on the passenger's side.

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This was my idea to get us from the 2" headpipe flares back out to 2 1/4" pipe to head for the Flowm...

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1102 hits | 71.48 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
First he cut off the last 4" of the flared pipe, the part which is expanded to accept a 2" pipe. His...

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1511 hits | 68.63 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
Jumping ahead a few steps, looks like he was pretty smart to do so. In the top right you can see thi...

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1083 hits | 60.88 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
Trial bent 105 degree pipe slips over the flared pipe stub and clears the TV cable with plenty to sp...

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983 hits | 77.62 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
Nice direct bend in 2 1/4" pipe, in spite of the 105 degree turn leaving us little room to make the ...

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The driver's side headpipe makes another 90 degree towards the rear, completely clearing the transmi...

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We got the Y collector perfectly centered under the crossmember and as close to it as we could get i...

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Look down that collector and see why they reckon this Y collector to be worth 25-40 ft/lbs of torque...

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1132 hits | 70.1 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
Now that we've clocked the header flange on the Y collector to the best setting for the Lincoln's ch...

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969 hits | 51.09 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
The heatshield will go towards the trans crossmember and floor.

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When the welds cooled down enough I cleaned them up with a wire brush. Then I nailed them with Plast...

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1113 hits | 69.04 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
Couldn't resist cleaning the grease off the pipes and spraying them as well. Note the ample clearanc...

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1768 hits | 61.5 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
Even happier with the clearance around the tranny lines. Everything is tucked up as close to the flo...

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988 hits | 74.52 KB | Posted: 9/19/05
How's that for nice direct runs off the manifolds into the Flowmaster Y collector ! The lowest point...

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866 hits | 63.26 KB | Posted: 9/25/05
As you can see there is an offset to match up with the stock muffler. I ran 2 1/4" all the way into ...

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990 hits | 44.76 KB | Posted: 9/25/05
There's plenty of room for the driveshaft to clear the muffler and connecting pipe.

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858 hits | 63.06 KB | Posted: 9/25/05
Ground clearance is good and everything is actually higher than the engine crossmember.

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1203 hits | 62.5 KB | Posted: 9/25/05
Another shot denoting the good ground clearance and the typical nightmare of a tailpipe, that TCs ha...