H-pipe installation... PITA?

Bad89stang · 04-12-2002, 08:49 PM

O.K. it is time for inpection and I need to bolt the stock H-pipe back on. Should I take it somewhere and let them do it? The only thing that I am worried about is the rubber hangers. Are they hard to free up? Maybe they just unbolt from the body. All of my flanges look good. Can I go without the hangers? I just need to run up to the inspection place and then I will bolt the O/R pipe back on... After it is cool of coarse.

exgmguy · 04-12-2002, 09:42 PM

Just spray the hangers with WD-40 or something similar and you should have no problem wiggling them off. It is an easy job. I just installed and H-pipe and a cat-back on my car in about an hour, by myself.

1BAD89 · 04-14-2002, 01:08 AM

Yeah, it's a pretty easy job. If you had a lift it would be real easy! Putting the stock h-pipe back on, 30 min-1 hour(or more if you have to search for tools, etc...). Don't take it to a shop, because hey will charge you at least $30..

Bad89stang · 04-14-2002, 01:18 AM

Does the EGR tube just slide off after you loosen it? Didn't since the tube seems pretty rigid. Thanks for the help. It will be going on tommorow along with a new smog pump. Of coarse, with all of this practice... I'm just going to have to take it all off again.

Coupe5oh · 04-14-2002, 01:35 AM

man cant you just find a shop to inspect it anyway? I did, just had to drive to a not so good part of town

Bad89stang · 04-14-2002, 01:40 AM

I went to one that was recommended by the local speedshop. It is a bad part of Fort Worth. Just when I thought he was finished... He slapped on the sniffers and I passed all but one area. Oh well, I need more projects.

Coupe5oh · 04-14-2002, 02:15 AM

what ya'll have the sniffer's? i didnt think tx had it yet, maybe houston...lol, wow, i dont know what im gonna do if they sniff my car, it burns little rich with the h-pipe, and i trashed my old stock one.

Bad89stang · 04-14-2002, 10:05 AM

I just bought a stock one off of Ebay for $20

Mach 1 · 04-14-2002, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bad89stang
Does the EGR tube just slide off after you loosen it? Didn't since the tube seems pretty rigid. Thanks for the help. It will be going on tommorow along with a new smog pump. Of coarse, with all of this practice... I'm just going to have to take it all off again.

That tube going to your h-pipe is not an EGR tube. The EGR system takes gasses from the heads and routes them back into the intake.

That tube is from the smog pump, which is separate from the EGR system.

Bad89stang · 04-15-2002, 12:36 AM

It is done. Thanks for all the help.

04-12-2002, 08:49 PM	#1
Bad89stang Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Ft. Worth, TX Posts: 456	H-pipe installation... PITA? O.K. it is time for inpection and I need to bolt the stock H-pipe back on. Should I take it somewhere and let them do it? The only thing that I am worried about is the rubber hangers. Are they hard to free up? Maybe they just unbolt from the body. All of my flanges look good. Can I go without the hangers? I just need to run up to the inspection place and then I will bolt the O/R pipe back on... After it is cool of coarse. __________________ You're gonna need your seatbelt

04-12-2002, 09:42 PM	#2
exgmguy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Utica, Michigan Posts: 2,631	Just spray the hangers with WD-40 or something similar and you should have no problem wiggling them off. It is an easy job. I just installed and H-pipe and a cat-back on my car in about an hour, by myself. __________________ 1988 Mustang GT stock bottom 302, C4 10.9 @ 128 with 8 psi of Novi 1000 boost!----STOLEN 1989 Mustang notchback Warmed up 306 with a Procharger.

04-14-2002, 01:18 AM	#4
Bad89stang Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Ft. Worth, TX Posts: 456	What about the EGR tube? Does the EGR tube just slide off after you loosen it? Didn't since the tube seems pretty rigid. Thanks for the help. It will be going on tommorow along with a new smog pump. Of coarse, with all of this practice... I'm just going to have to take it all off again. __________________ You're gonna need your seatbelt

04-14-2002, 01:35 AM	#5
Coupe5oh Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 734	man cant you just find a shop to inspect it anyway? I did, just had to drive to a not so good part of town __________________ Police package 5spd 90 Lx, Stock original motor, 3.27grs, BM fan, fms 10.5 clutch, D&D quadrant, and adjuster, ADS chip, 180 stat, mac cai, mac h-pipe, mac subframe connectors, ASP crank pulley, ripper shifter, 26x10.5 M/T sport pros welds. 246 hp according to analyzer Race weight: 3,120 E.t-13.57 with 26x10.50's e.t. streets. 1.88 60' mph- 99.92 mph

04-14-2002, 01:40 AM	#6
Bad89stang Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Ft. Worth, TX Posts: 456	I tried already... I went to one that was recommended by the local speedshop. It is a bad part of Fort Worth. Just when I thought he was finished... He slapped on the sniffers and I passed all but one area. Oh well, I need more projects. __________________ You're gonna need your seatbelt

04-14-2002, 01:08 AM	#3
1BAD89 Tubbed and Juiced Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 1,861	Yeah, it's a pretty easy job. If you had a lift it would be real easy! Putting the stock h-pipe back on, 30 min-1 hour(or more if you have to search for tools, etc...). Don't take it to a shop, because hey will charge you at least $30..

04-14-2002, 02:15 AM	#7
Coupe5oh Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 734	what ya'll have the sniffer's? i didnt think tx had it yet, maybe houston...lol, wow, i dont know what im gonna do if they sniff my car, it burns little rich with the h-pipe, and i trashed my old stock one.

04-14-2002, 10:05 AM	#8
Bad89stang Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Ft. Worth, TX Posts: 456	Ebay I just bought a stock one off of Ebay for $20 __________________ You're gonna need your seatbelt

04-15-2002, 12:36 AM	#10
Bad89stang Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Ft. Worth, TX Posts: 456	It is done. Thanks for all the help. __________________ You're gonna need your seatbelt

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