Nate's 1998 Z28 Project

[OVRKILL]

Looks like its gonna be loud!

....and raspy like a mofo! At least fix the merge....

Buddy of mine broke one of his upper UMI control arms. Of course I bought them anyway Just be sure to check things once in awhile.

[OIF1VET]

SWEET!

[hoogiesngrinderz]

Merge doesn't look to be the greatest but for a DD type of vehicle it should be fine. 2.75" intermediate pipe?

Hope the cops aren't really picky about exhaust dB around you

[nascarnate326]

I fully anticipate the exhaust needing some modification to be perfect as far as fit, rasp, and loudness. Just couldn't do the dumped exhaust.

Wish it were a little larger but should flow much better than my current setup.

Hope I don't break anything, changing this stuff is a pain. Going to wait until I have a K member to throw in there while I am at it.

Cops shouldn't be an issue

[hoogiesngrinderz]

PB Blaster and heat. Nothing I hate more than popping the head off a bolt!

In no way was I going to run a bullet and then dump it. I heard some decent things about the Borla round mufflers, I was going to try one but I got my Hooker catback setup from Larry for a great price before I pulled the trigger

[nascarnate326]

The Borla XR1 is my idea to quiet it down, and end the rasp. Or ....a cat.

[hoogiesngrinderz]

The Borla XR1 is my idea to quiet it down, and end the rasp. Or ....a cat.

I might have a 2.75" Magnaflow cat sitting on the shelf, brand new. XR1 was the exact one I was thinking of.

Not sure if the TR224 would cause problems with a cat (probably not) but the 236/244 in the IROC it throws a "Fast and the Furious" blue flame about a foot into the trans tunnel when the I-pipe is off

[JoeliusZ28]

One of my friend's tips for you:

uppers come out when you do struts

lowers are a little trickier

for the front bolt, you need to turn the wheel lock the opposite direction. This will move the tie rod boot out of the way so you can get the bolt out the front (HORIZONTAL BOLT)

rear bolt mine came out fine... just had to pound it a little theres some clearance issues with body... I had to turn it so the little lock wasn't going to hit my header.
(VERTICAL BOLT)

Some people the bolts are stuck and they have to use heat... i think melting the bushings.
but mine has 156-7k and came out fine /shrug

[nascarnate326]

The massive amount of trouble it's going to be to change them is why I need a kmember if Courtney asks. Lol

[hoogiesngrinderz]

The massive amount of trouble it's going to be to change them is why I need a kmember if Courtney asks. Lol

I can't justify one for the cost, and I'm paranoid of having a weld crack on these crap roads around me. But a HS turbo kit really does wet the palete

[c0ncEpT]

What kills me is that they use a proper merge at the split for the tail pipe and and just ram the 2 pipes together at the end of the ypipe. Other than that it looks mint.

[my95z28]

My advice to kill the rasp, cause it's definitely gonna be there. Flowmaster merge, and GMMG/ Madhammer bullet. Do it once, do it right! You know I'm always preaching this to you.

[nascarnate326]

I can't justify one for the cost, and I'm paranoid of having a weld crack on these crap roads around me. But a HS turbo kit really does wet the palete

I researched the hell out of them and according to UMI and BMR there are less than 3% of these parts that fail. I am pretty alert as to not hit potholes so I said the hell with it I am doing it now the way I want.

What kills me is that they use a proper merge at the split for the tail pipe and and just ram the 2 pipes together at the end of the ypipe. Other than that it looks mint.

I agree. Does the rear merge look like they bought it or built it?

My advice to kill the rasp, cause it's definitely gonna be there. Flowmaster merge, and GMMG/ Madhammer bullet. Do it once, do it right! You know I'm always preaching this to you.

With out a cat or something else just a chambered style bullet would be almost just as loud I think. If I have to hack it up I am going to try the Borla XR1 or a cat with mad hammer chamber.

Only three months until I can install this stuff. Trying to get all the parts to do everything all at once and then just drive the damn thing all summer.

[my95z28]

With out a cat or something else just a chambered style bullet would be almost just as loud I think. If I have to hack it up I am going to try the Borla XR1 or a cat with mad hammer chamber.

Only three months until I can install this stuff. Trying to get all the parts to do everything all at once and then just drive the damn thing all summer.

Merge to clean up the rasp, bullet gmmg to refine the sound a little bit. Borlamouth has been done, GMMG in a loudmouth system hasn't that often, it will be unique. I know the exhausts are a little different, but think of my car compared to Scott's. Mine sounded good, but tame, vs his sounding crazy when he got on it. If you want it quieter, (or are getting *****ed at too much lol) throw the cat on afterward. Super easy for an exhaust shop to throw a cat in there afterwards.

[mcalus]

All the new parts look great Nate. I need to go through my exhaust. I was going to do a flow master merge but my y is stainless like yours and I'm pretty sure the flow y is steel. Correct me if I'm wrong but it'll have to be tig welded right?