[Dansby]

Oh you could definitly have it done in a day, no problem.

Some of the things you will need to make it "easier" are either a jack and some good, preferably tall, jack stands. Or if you have access to a lift that would be ideal. The hardest part you will run into is removing the stock manifolds and replacing them with the longtubes.

The rest of the exhaust is fairly easy, but being able to weld is definitly a plus. Grinders are a must if you need to cut any piping. You can either buy a full catback system already pieced together, which from personal experience, have never fit to great, or you could just buy the pipe yourself and cut/weld/(bend if neccessary), and buy the mufflers of your choice. Only thing that you'll have to order in that case would be the lts.

Hope that helped a little.

[Dragondj11]

It does, I am trying to come up with a set of BBK shorty headers. I will have to do the headers myself, the rest I will have done by another muffler guy I have lined up. He just don't do headers. No idea why. Yep, got the lift lined up. Always nice to have friends lol.

Hope it does not take too much work overall lol.

[Dragondj11]

Originally Posted by JASonic Agree'd. But before you do anything else, tke it to another shop and get a second opinion. the Ford dealership was telling me my manifold was cracked. When the other shop took them off and gave them to me guess what? NO CRACKS. The crack was actually still in the mid pipe that THEY fixed under warranty. BTW- for anyone that may be from Bradenton area. Never use Autoway Ford here.

Dude, nice call. My welder/muffler guy pulled of the front cats, and that pipe section that welds to the header is what was bad. $120 bucks, and pipes are fixed, sensors are relocated, and she is running so much better. Still have some issues, but now all my play and upgrade money is being drained by my ex wife going to court to try and take my kids away, so the attorney gets rich.

But anyway, I disconnected the battery and the CEL is still on. I thought that would reset everything. Any ideas there? Other then that, she runs great until WOT and then I have a miss or a bog. So until I get it tuned, I do not know if that is a rich issue or a spark issue, or what.

Thanks for all the input guys, it has been amazingly helpful.

[Trick Tuners]

Originally Posted by Dragondj11 He just don't do headers. No idea why.

Because headers are a major PITA on mod motors. You pretty much need to drop the K member to get to the bolts.

Originally Posted by Dragondj11 But anyway, I disconnected the battery and the CEL is still on. I thought that would reset everything. Any ideas there?

Try hitting the brakes when the battery is disconnected. You need to drain the last bit of juice out of the system to reset the codes.

[C MY 4D]

Dude you need to stop letting idiots work on your car. How the hell do they know its got a cracked manifold if you can barely see the manifold. I have never seen a manifold crack on a mod motor. More than likely it is a leak at the manifold/mid-pipe connection. I don't even know what to tell you about the 02 sensors. If they don't even know that the rear 02 sensors go behind the cat to monitor the cat there is no telling what the hell they did. Your computer could car less if the rear 02 are even in the car. All they do is monitor the cat and have no effect on how the vehicle runs.

[Dragondj11]

Originally Posted by C MY 4D Dude you need to stop letting idiots work on your car. How the hell do they know its got a cracked manifold if you can barely see the manifold. I have never seen a manifold crack on a mod motor. More than likely it is a leak at the manifold/mid-pipe connection. I don't even know what to tell you about the 02 sensors. If they don't even know that the rear 02 sensors go behind the cat to monitor the cat there is no telling what the hell they did. Your computer could car less if the rear 02 are even in the car. All they do is monitor the cat and have no effect on how the vehicle runs.

Well I would tend to agree with you in the idiots working on my car. The problem is I live in a little backwoods area where I do not have access to people that do this all the time and know what they are doing or talking about. And being a single father of 2 driving two hours one way to someone that does is just not in the books. lol So I am stuck picking everyone's brains here and getting by with my limited options as I learn more and more about all of this myself

[Dragondj11]

Well ok, update. Fixed the cats, and placed the sensors where they go. Changed plugs, and a new coil pack. All have made improvements. So atleast we are headed the right way lol. Now I have a tuner on the way, and we will see if Joe (tricktuners) can finish getting her ready to run. I think she is just running really rich still. Everything runs fine, other then the exhaust smells like it is rich, and I have a bog at about 4200rpm. Maybe, just maybe we will be good to go by next week!!

[graystang01]

congrats on gettin everything workin

[Trick Tuners]

Originally Posted by Dragondj11 and we will see if Joe (tricktuners) can finish getting her ready to run.

werd. I shipped off the X3 today. Shoot me an email with that excel file if you haven't already.

[Dragondj11]

Originally Posted by Trick Tuners werd. I shipped off the X3 today. Shoot me an email with that excel file if you haven't already.

Sent you an e-mail in regards to the excel file.