Wsp Ss Tig Welded Y Pipe Arrived!
06-12-2002, 10:35 PM
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from what i hear its fairly easy to install if u can jack car high enough, but the later models 96 and down (possibly even higher) have rusted bolts which are impossible to get off...so u may have no choice but to go to shop....
06-13-2002, 06:25 AM
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I haven't even unwrapped it yet...still in the box.... 
I have been super busy. Sunday I am aiming to put it on. Welded SS usually can have some discoloration, but it's ok...it's not like you can see the thing anyway heheh. I will have the car up on a lift, I hope, for the install. The wait for me was pretty long; they just got some more people to weld for them, though, so hopefully the backlog will be diminished. They're really nice to deal with too; I wanted to track my pipe, so I got the tracking # yesterday, and then it arrived a few hours later lol.
I have been super busy. Sunday I am aiming to put it on. Welded SS usually can have some discoloration, but it's ok...it's not like you can see the thing anyway heheh. I will have the car up on a lift, I hope, for the install. The wait for me was pretty long; they just got some more people to weld for them, though, so hopefully the backlog will be diminished. They're really nice to deal with too; I wanted to track my pipe, so I got the tracking # yesterday, and then it arrived a few hours later lol.
06-14-2002, 11:25 AM
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Some tips:
- Don't bother trying to remove the O2 sensor leads and all the clips. Just twist out the O2 sensor and leave it wound up, then when you reinstall it'll unwind and be ok.
- Use anti-seize on the O2 sensor threads - Very important, if you ever end up taking the pipe back off.
- Check the clearence around the Y-pipe/Cat bracket. You might have to bend it back so it doesn't hit the body.
- Reset the ECU
- Have fun
Do some 60+MPH testing, you'll notice a difference
- Don't bother trying to remove the O2 sensor leads and all the clips. Just twist out the O2 sensor and leave it wound up, then when you reinstall it'll unwind and be ok.
- Use anti-seize on the O2 sensor threads - Very important, if you ever end up taking the pipe back off.
- Check the clearence around the Y-pipe/Cat bracket. You might have to bend it back so it doesn't hit the body.
- Reset the ECU
- Have fun
Do some 60+MPH testing, you'll notice a difference
06-14-2002, 12:09 PM
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Originally posted by breaux124
Some tips:
- Don't bother trying to remove the O2 sensor leads and all the clips. Just twist out the O2 sensor and leave it wound up, then when you reinstall it'll unwind and be ok.
- Use anti-seize on the O2 sensor threads - Very important, if you ever end up taking the pipe back off.
- Check the clearence around the Y-pipe/Cat bracket. You might have to bend it back so it doesn't hit the body.
- Reset the ECU
- Have fun
Do some 60+MPH testing, you'll notice a difference
Some tips:
- Don't bother trying to remove the O2 sensor leads and all the clips. Just twist out the O2 sensor and leave it wound up, then when you reinstall it'll unwind and be ok.
- Use anti-seize on the O2 sensor threads - Very important, if you ever end up taking the pipe back off.
- Check the clearence around the Y-pipe/Cat bracket. You might have to bend it back so it doesn't hit the body.
- Reset the ECU
- Have fun
Do some 60+MPH testing, you'll notice a difference
06-17-2002, 05:51 AM
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WSP RULES!!!!!!!!!
Okay, first off, the install wasn't too bad. THe bolts on the cat and heat shiel were rusted through, so we had to cut break the HS bolts right off, and then slice through one fo the cat bolts and replace it. That was the worst part. With some special liquid wrench, the other bolts were no problems. O2 sensors were cake. It wasn't bad!
Performance after resetting ECU: AWESOME!! Had a rubbing of metal under there, but we fixed that up and it's phatt now! I have to take a nice test drive today; it was raining a lot yesterday, and I have bad tires, so I was unable to really test the car.
Performance after resetting ECU: AWESOME!! Had a rubbing of metal under there, but we fixed that up and it's phatt now! I have to take a nice test drive today; it was raining a lot yesterday, and I have bad tires, so I was unable to really test the car.
06-17-2002, 07:15 AM
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Re: WSP RULES!!!!!!!!!
notice any exhaust noise difference?
Originally posted by Lime
Okay, first off, the install wasn't too bad. THe bolts on the cat and heat shiel were rusted through, so we had to cut break the HS bolts right off, and then slice through one fo the cat bolts and replace it. That was the worst part. With some special liquid wrench, the other bolts were no problems. O2 sensors were cake. It wasn't bad!
Performance after resetting ECU: AWESOME!! Had a rubbing of metal under there, but we fixed that up and it's phatt now! I have to take a nice test drive today; it was raining a lot yesterday, and I have bad tires, so I was unable to really test the car.
Okay, first off, the install wasn't too bad. THe bolts on the cat and heat shiel were rusted through, so we had to cut break the HS bolts right off, and then slice through one fo the cat bolts and replace it. That was the worst part. With some special liquid wrench, the other bolts were no problems. O2 sensors were cake. It wasn't bad!
Performance after resetting ECU: AWESOME!! Had a rubbing of metal under there, but we fixed that up and it's phatt now! I have to take a nice test drive today; it was raining a lot yesterday, and I have bad tires, so I was unable to really test the car.
06-17-2002, 10:10 AM
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glad to hear yours worked, mines on the way back to arkansas right now, the bung for the O2 sensor was in the wrong place, and made the sensor rub against the axle, fortunately i made contact with them, and they are going to fix it, otherwise we had no problems at all, even with almost 7 year old bolts
06-17-2002, 10:23 AM
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Originally posted by RedMax95
glad to hear yours worked, mines on the way back to arkansas right now, the bung for the O2 sensor was in the wrong place, and made the sensor rub against the axle, fortunately i made contact with them, and they are going to fix it, otherwise we had no problems at all, even with almost 7 year old bolts
glad to hear yours worked, mines on the way back to arkansas right now, the bung for the O2 sensor was in the wrong place, and made the sensor rub against the axle, fortunately i made contact with them, and they are going to fix it, otherwise we had no problems at all, even with almost 7 year old bolts
really?! that sucks! I wonder what happened!!! Mine was like...perfect! I'm really sorry!
06-17-2002, 11:49 AM
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Re: WSP RULES!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by Lime
Okay, first off, the install wasn't too bad. THe bolts on the cat and heat shiel were rusted through, so we had to cut break the HS bolts right off, and then slice through one fo the cat bolts and replace it.
Okay, first off, the install wasn't too bad. THe bolts on the cat and heat shiel were rusted through, so we had to cut break the HS bolts right off, and then slice through one fo the cat bolts and replace it.
That was the worst part. With some special liquid wrench, the other bolts were no problems.
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