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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 03:12 PM
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Default got rid of the dead fish lookin down. pipe

And also got an intake truck runs like a raped ape now and rolls a little coal
 
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 03:45 PM
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Fixing to tackle the downpipe project on mine as well. Did you use a crowbar to do the firewall modifying?
 
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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i used a porta power with a clam shell spreader. and two 2x4's one on the fire wall and the other on the back of the head.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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Would it be worth the hundred dollars to buy a porta power and save a lot of hassle and headache of trying to modify the firewall with a crowbar, or is it not as bad as what I have been told?
 
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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I just used a crowbar and took the isulation out around the pipe such gave me like 2 in. The hardest part is getting the old one out. I used a sawsall and cut the top of the pipe off when it gets skinny from up top and the cut it in half from the bottom
 
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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i just used a porta power because i had access to it. but you can use a crowbar. that will work too. and get rid of the insulation. it doesn't make that much of a difference heat wise on the fire wall.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 04:15 PM
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crowbar or an axe handle anything that is atleast 2-1/2 to 3 feet long, just did this yesterday its the easiest mod ive done to the truck the hardest part is removing the old flat POS downpipe & make sure to have plenty of long sawzall blades too!! moving the seam in the firewall was a slam dunk
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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Exhaust should hopefully be here Wednesday and I will see what damage I can do this weekend. Thanks guys for all the tips, yall have been more than helpful.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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I ordered my downpipe today and will be here tomorrow looking forward to getting that squished one off the truck
 
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