It's is a conspiracy I swear.. regarding my recent y-pipe install and stillen headers

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02-01-2003, 09:59 PM

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It's is a conspiracy I swear.. regarding my recent y-pipe install and stillen headers

Hear me out here. Today I got the bright idea to finaly put the rest of my 95-01 stillen y-pipe on, in other words I am basicly making my car a fed spec model. Well things started out smooth, but to make a long story short I just stepped inside after 8 hours of hell. The damn Y-pipe is still not on! I'm not even going to get into the details of the crap I went through. I will tell you this though, I drove 60 miles trying to find the right nut, and I never found it. So I had to drill out the damn studs(not fun!).

Why is this a conspiracy you might ask? Well, I just got word stillen decided to release headers today!! So basicly I just spent 8 hours(more to come) and then stillen has the nerve to do this

This is un-beleivable, I can not beleive how un-lucky I am. Now I am going to have to do headers yet again! DAMN IT!!!! I HATE installing headers!

02-01-2003, 10:09 PM

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Re: It's is a conspiracy I swear.. regarding my recent y-pipe install and stillen headers

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Hear me out here. Today I got the bright idea to finaly put the rest of my 95-01 stillen y-pipe on, in other words I am basicly making my car a fed spec model. Well things started out smooth, but to make a long story short I just stepped inside after 8 hours of hell. The damn Y-pipe is still not on! I'm not even going to get into the details of the crap I went through. I will tell you this though, I drove 60 miles trying to find the right nut, and I never found it. So I had to drill out the damn studs(not fun!).

Why is this a conspiracy you might ask? Well, I just got word stillen decided to release headers today!! So basicly I just spent 8 hours(more to come) and then stillen has the nerve to do this This is un-beleivable, I can not beleive how un-lucky I am. Now I am going to have to do headers yet again! DAMN IT!!!! I HATE installing headers!

I feel for ya man.

02-01-2003, 10:10 PM

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That does suck. But are these headers really available or is it one of those things where they will be out in like 6-12 months. Has anyone actually called Stillen to find out?

02-01-2003, 10:19 PM

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Re: Re: It's is a conspiracy I swear.. regarding my recent y-pipe install and stillen headers

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That does suck. But are these headers really available or is it one of those things where they will be out in like 6-12 months. Has anyone actually called Stillen to find out?

I just noticed they say "TBA". I feel a little better now. My finger nail still kills though

02-01-2003, 10:21 PM

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Re: It's is a conspiracy I swear.. regarding my recent y-pipe install and stillen headers

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I drove 60 miles trying to find the right nut, and I never found it. So I had to drill out the damn studs(not fun!).

That's the primary disadvantage of living in the boonies.

You are starting to sound like me...

02-01-2003, 10:35 PM

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You guys living in the boonies got it made. Plenty of roads with no traffic to test out any new mods

Me, I jump on th highway and just as I'm gettin the feel of soemthing, this silly Metro or something will cut me off

02-01-2003, 10:41 PM

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Just to clear it up I have a few hardware shops about 10 miles away, I went 60 miles because the shops where all either closed or did not have the correct nut. I live in the woods, yes, but I am really only about 10 minutes from busy areas. BTW I grew up in a normal part of town, so dont get the impression I am a back woods hick or something of that sort

Just wanted ot clear up the popular belief.

02-02-2003, 06:23 AM

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Just to clear it up I have a few hardware shops about 10 miles away, I went 60 miles because the shops where all either closed or did not have the correct nut. I live in the woods, yes, but I am really only about 10 minutes from busy areas. BTW I grew up in a normal part of town, so dont get the impression I am a back woods hick or something of that sort Just wanted ot clear up the popular belief.

...cue the theme from "Deliverance".

02-02-2003, 08:54 PM

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The front "fed-spec" piece to the y-pipe did not fit.. I ended up having to put all the stuff back on.. So a grand total of 11 hours in sub-freezing weather, in the dirt and ice WASTED..

02-02-2003, 11:30 PM

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was it severely mismatched, or could it be done with a little cutting and welding?

02-02-2003, 11:47 PM

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was it severely mismatched, or could it be done with a little cutting and welding?

After pushing things to there very limit(one step from something snapping) there was still another CM gap.. I don't know what could be done other then having the pipe modified or replaced.