Washed and waxed the 2012 this afternoon. She cleans up real nice. Of course she gets washed at least every other week in the summer and never sees salt in the winter because we don’t commute.
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That’s a better look, for sure.Yeah I just did the passenger side in less than a half hour.View attachment 461935
Yeah I just did the passenger side in less than a half hour.View attachment 461935
Ah ok, good to know. And no change to rev limiter; its the wife's DD so I'm already hoping the new cam and everything isn't too 'noticeable' by herThe spring harmonics and the weights of the springs, retainers, pushrods, and valves would only matter to the tune if you're increasing the rev limiter RPM, and the valves would only affect tuning if their edge profile and/or stem size changed the flow more than a few percent.
What brand/company's header and Y-pipe kit is this?Got the headers and y-pipe mocked up on my basement floor, and have some initial thoughts: They recommend four clamps as an optional upgrade, but don't offer a 3.5" band clamp to connect the y-pipe to the first extension, so I had to order one of those separately.
They forgot to include a bung for that downstream O2 sensor on the pipe that runs along the transmission crossmember.... maybe I can find an old sparkplug to jam in there.
The transition diameters from the 3.5" y-pipe to the factory exhaust connector leave a little to be desired. In that 2nd pic you can see the severe step-down from 3.5" to 3", then down to 2.75". I think I can just make it work with 3" back to my existing cat-back system, but I might order a 3.5" to 3" reducer cone to make the transition less abrupt.
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I'm still waiting on the back-ordered spark plug wire fire sleeves, and they say the restock is due on 7/31, so I have time to work on how I'm going to undo those six annoying manifold downpipe to cat. bolts.
Speed Engineering.What brand/company's header and Y-pipe kit is this?
One reason it took so long is I am far enough north that, in the summer time, it doesn't start to get dark until around 9:15pm and isn't completely dark until almost 10pm and that's past my bedtime.
I'm retired so I often stay up past midnight but since the town is so small, pretty much everything is closed by 9pm.FYP
45.5° N
Hmm where is that? … sounds like my type of town…I'm retired so I often stay up past midnight but since the town is so small, pretty much everything is closed by 9pm.
I live in Cody, WY.Hmm where is that? … sounds like my type of town…
Meh, too far north and west…. Im east coast kinda peeps… plus nobody gets my humor out that way…I live in Cody, WY.
Gateway to Yellowstone and home to Cody Nite Rodeo.
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I love it out here.Meh, too far north and west…. Im east coast kinda peeps… plus nobody gets my humor out that way…
Definitely beautiful country out there, not gonna deny you that. I would move out of NY in minute but wife’s family, 2 kids have graduate yet…. blah blah……. A few (a little more than a few but i feel better saying few) more months and i will retire with 30 years at my job and ill be in a better mood to deal with NY a h o l e s… myself includedI love it out here.
An immeasurable improvement from living in Calif.
At any of the local watering holes, you can have people with 8 plus figure bank accounts casually chatting with some guy that operates heavy equipment or works on a local ranch.
And the rich guy usually drives a 1 ton pickup.
At this point, you couldn't pay me to live in NY state.Definitely beautiful country out there, not gonna deny you that. I would move out of NY in minute but wife’s family, 2 kids have graduate yet…. blah blah……. A few (a little more than a few but i feel better saying few) more months and i will retire with 30 years at my job and ill be in a better mood to deal with NY a h o l e s… myself included
Crazy right? Good folk getting lumped into the bs of city politics…meh… my lifeAt this point, you couldn't pay me to live in NY state.
Yes, I know the northern part is beautiful and nothing like the city, but it's all shackled together.
Just like the really nice parts of Calif, they are dragged down by the politics of the big cities.
too small for me I couldn't survive thereMeh, too far north and west…. Im east coast kinda peeps… plus nobody gets my humor out that way…
My kind of town. I definitely could live there.I live in Cody, WY.
Gateway to Yellowstone and home to Cody Nite Rodeo.
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Just a cheap eraser wheel followed by a buffer and Meguiars Fine Cut Cleaner.What steps did you follow to remove the residue from the paint?