i finally got time to put my dynomax super turbo exhaust in tonight. it was a biatch... i had to bend the hangar at the back completely down to fit it over the rear end. after that it was a breaze. 2marrow i have to adjust everything though it hangs a little low on the driver side. i have a few ques about it though...
1) why does it smell so bad? i thought i had burning wires under the car when i test drove it.
2) how much should it take off my quarter mile times?

 

1) why does it smell so bad?

You didn't happen to leave the stickers on it did you? not that I would know about that or anything...

 

Mine smelt for about a week after install. Dunno why, but it did.

My left side sits higher then right side.

 

new exhaust always smeels bad.
Aside from the stickers, there is usually a nice oil film somewhere you can't reach, and all of the grease and grime from your hands is burning off. give it a week or two, smell should go away.

if its got chrome tips, its worth 75 horse.
if its a honda, 150.

will drop you into the 11's in the quarter if it's a mitsy-bitsy.

 

Sounds about right!

 

The easiest way for guys like me without a lift in their garage to install a cat-back is this:

Block the front wheels
Remove rear wheels/tires
Raise up car with hydraulic jack under center of rear axle
Place jackstands under the rear subframe (just in front of rear lower control arm attachment points)
Lower hydraulic jack to place car on jackstands
Check to make sure car is secure on jackstands
Unbolt and remove the rear axle's anti-sway-bar's end links
Unbolt lower shock bolt
Unbolt rear-brake-hard-line-to-body bracket
Lower axle enough to push lower shock bolts out of axle flanges
Lower the axle to the ground, careful not to bend rear brake line
Reach up, remove rear springs

With the axle down as far as it'll go (without bending the rear brake tube or stressing the rear brake hose), you just have to pull the old cat-back out from the back of the car, and slide the new one in.

 

Lol....the parts are all coated with protective oils and crap...I guess to prevent rusting in the box. They all burn off when you drive it. It looked like I was burning oil like CRAZY for about 2 1/2 days until all that crap burned off.

 

TomP likes working on his car so much he'll take the longest route to getting things done.

1. Back the car up on to a pair of ramps.
2. Remove track bar (2 bolts)
3. Remove track bar brace (4 bolts).
4. Maneouvre I-pipe into place. (You might have to jack the car body up a bit, and you might want a jack on the car body for support.)
5. Reassemble.

Don't worry Tom, I'm not ragging on you. I just found this was the easiest way to do it.

 

LOL, no problem! Anything's easier (and safer) then raising the car 20 feet in the air with jacks and jackstands and pieces of wood, and trying to loop the new intermediate pipe over the axle!!

Although actually I did leave removal of the track bar and brace out of my list...

 

You wanna talk about unsafe? You should have seen the setup my dad and I used to take out the fuel tank. Ha!

 

when i got my exhaust system put in it had a nasty smell for a couple of days dont worry it will go away i think its from the welding and what not.