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I was skeptical after reading this thread and my friend reminded me about a vid I'd seen on youtube. I was ready to leave the exhaust alone. Engine masters on the motor trend channel had done this a while ago and no, their 514 making like 650+ on the engine dyno doesn't really compare... But all ot...

At 600, you're definitely going to want a full 3" mandrel bent system. Do you need it? NO. Will you make more power with it? Yes, most likely.

Lifting any car by the pinch welds is a terrible idea. The only reason it's a thing at all is because that's how you need to do it on the side of the road with the crappy scissor jack.

Pursuit wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:42 pm I believe that the G8 guys were swapping to the PPV struts as an upgrade...

Maurice

Yep, but who knows if it was actually an upgrade. I think they were doing it for a firmer ride or something, right? Seems like all the Caprice guys want to soften up the ride...

Struts won't change the ride height, but springs will.

I'm not Maurice, but I used the Caprice coupler when I installed my Camaro diff. It mated to the Camaro diff exactly like it mated to the Caprice diff. There was no difference. I don't remember having to support the LCA with a jack. Actually, I had to force it down. This is really an easy bolt in s...

Sanford wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:26 pm I never take mine off of recirculate.

Well, the car does it for you. They do not stay on recirc when set to recirc. They cycle back and forth. I believe most if not all newer cars are like this.

CrashTestDummy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:34 pm Man, I figured the recirc button does that, but I guess there's a 'recirc' and a 'really-recirc' setting, too!

Does what? Pollution mode turns recirc on and off depending on speed. It has nothing to do with recircing more.

Yep, I use it since I have no cats and my exhaust dumps under the rear. It still stinks, though. haha.

Is there any interest in a complete stock exhaust. I have everything from the cats to the mufflers all in good shape almost no rust? $100 local pickup about a half hour north of Pittsburgh PA. I also have a front crash bar. Complete with hardware and mounting brackets. This is a nicer unit that doe...