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"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678) 12/10/2016 at 19:56 • Filed to: None

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My full exhaust, headers to muffler has been installed thanks to my backbreaking labor for the day. I had some help occasionally from a couple guys working on other stuff but I did most of the intensive labor. Somehow I didn’t break any bolts and it went mostly smoothly thanks to liquid wrench! I didnt finish putting on the undercarriage braces and there is an unfinished coolant leak associated with the heater return (it’s a finicky fitting) but otherwise everything is in and there are no exhaust leaks! I have never done any exhaust work before so that’s why it took all day. I had a lift and power tools and thankfully an unused Sawzall. Oh man does it sound nice now though! Plus it is quiet at idle and relatively tame under 4k rpms. So I think this was perfect. Oh man do I need food, water, a shower and sleep now though! It was a hard day!

Ehh not enough grease, I didn’t struggle enough. And I wore gloves mostly haha.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 12/10/2016 at 20:48

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That looks like an MX-5/Miata system to me ;)

Nice work :) are you fitting a stainless one?

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 12/10/2016 at 21:08

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Indeed, all stainless. Cobalt headers and Roadstersport midpipe+muffler. It sounds wonderful at 6k!

JohnH3ASP > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 12/10/2016 at 23:05

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Dare you to dip your exhaust system in magnesium. Won’t end out well for you, but it will produce one hell of a show.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > JohnH3ASP 12/10/2016 at 23:31

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I had some smoke just from leftover penitrant and anti sieze grease. And I burned my finger when the car ran for like 30 seconds. Why stop at magnesium, let’s make it out of thermite!

JohnH3ASP > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 12/10/2016 at 23:38

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Screw it, make it out of Plutonium!

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 12/11/2016 at 05:27

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Good man :) just about to do the same thing on my mate’s MX-5

Should sound kickass too!