Originally Posted by SPOHN I strongly suggest against a swivel. It makes it that much harder. If you take the intakes out you can use straight extensions to remove thus
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08-03-2011, 12:30 PM | #62 (permalink) |
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Yes. That's what I did and it worked perfect for me. It's tighter on the drivers side but it will slide in there straight. If I remember right you will need a couple of extensions up to about 32". Plus I had a two foot breaker bar. Just be carefull when it gives. Don't want it to slam into the motor.
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Taking the stock air boxes out helped a good bit, but 4 out of 5 installs you'll have to break the head off the bolt to get the stock cats out. Try to use some sort of lubricant like PB Blaster or WD-40 and let it soak for a while. Make sure the car is cooled down, otherwise the bolts will still be expanded and you'll be setting yourself up for even more fail. If you're able to get the bolt a 1/4 of a turn, use more PB Blaster and try to hit the threads if possible and work your way back and forth.
If you have to snap the head of the bolt, so be it. It's not the end of the world and you can drill and re-tap. That's what had to be done on my car.
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Forgot to mention that I was installing the stillen g3 at the same time, so the strut bar and intakes were out.
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I found that if you PB blast it on both sides when mildly hot and put a blunt point tip on a air chisel and vibro shock the flange around the outer circumference of the bolt, it will crack the rust in the frozen up bolt.
It can make the difference between snapping Vs unscrewing the bolt. |
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My car has 34k miles and has been owned and driven in NY through all seasons and I took mines off by torching it and having someone turning it counter-clockwise at the same time. Took some time and strength but it worked. I did this with an extension as well so I was able to keep my G3's in there
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Quick question.. isnt one of the bolts permanently in the factory header? Aka welded to it on the top so its not removable? or is that the one that has a star fitting on the top which can be removed from the engine bay with an extension?
Mine is a bit stripped out so if it gets loose I want to remove that factory bolt, dremel out the hole a wee bit and use some heavy duty replacements.
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I think the stud you are thinking about was in the cat, not the header. Once you convert to after-market it is just 3 straight bolts.
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Pretty sure one of those is a stud that is in the header, maybe they left it from the OEM cat when they removed it?
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