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Took my DeLorean to a local cruise Saturday afternoon/evening and parked directly across from about a dozen or so Corvettes that were lined up like soldiers. They didn't seem too pleased as their cars were hardly noticed and my one DeLorean got all the attention. And, of course, many, many photos were taken. I was so busy talking to people, I never did get a chance to eat.
Don't ya just love it when something like this happens? Hee, Hee!
Yesterday, but I FINALLY got my DPI Spec I exhaust installed!
Sure, if it was a piece of arsenic-laden cake with shards of broken glass as a topping.
Crossover pipe issues aside (we needed to use an angle grinder to CUT the old one out), it was actually easier to take out the stock system than it was to put in the new one. Not a single one of the original studs broke - which is good news because the new system didn't come with any - but we ran into really silly problems like having to reuse the original studs, the cat gaskets not QUITE lining up with the end plates to which they sandwich, the muffler mounting bracket looking uncomfortably close to the alternator belt (which I still might end up grinding down), and other pains.
The biggest show-stopper was the pipe on the passenger cat not even REMOTELY being able to fit into its corresponding pipe on the muffler.
It all came together in the end though, and I'm pretty happy with the end result. It definitely SOUNDS a hell of a lot better than it did.
http://i.imgur.com/G5zGyW9l.jpg
stock belt for the alt? I"ve seen longer ones causing issues. Was the inlet on the muffler distorted? This happens easily with the slits for the slip joint. I have expanded a few over the years when this happened.
EDIT: Note on aligning as I learned the hard way years ago. Assembling everything loose other than the headers to cylinder heads is crucial. Right side converter goes on first, slip muffler on and then drivers side converter. The muffler should be centered perfectly on the rear fascia or it will look crooked. I thought a few were off once and went up to SW. Put the parts in the jig and everything was spot on. Ended up being my order of operations.....
I"m not sure if you picked that system up during the once a year give away before or after we started including instructions. Never hesitate to ask though.