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blksmok
10-05-2008, 04:13 PM
Here is Brian (hondarider552) and Brett (duramaxxx) after deciding they can do a driver side manifold install in the parking lot at speedworld raceway.

Bottle jack to short? Just bring a brick and a 2X4 with you. ):h

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2863.jpg

Yeah, that should be all the tools we need...

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2864.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2865.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2866.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2867.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2868.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2869.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2870.jpg

Looks like the smile of a mad scientist doesn't it? ):h

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2871.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2872.jpg

Why should you block your EGR and reroute the PCV?

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2873.jpg

Spray those bolts to help get them off.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2874.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2875.jpg

All we had to drink was water...

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2876.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2877.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2878.jpg

Awwwww crap!! I don't have a tool for that...

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/Manifold/IMG_2890.jpg

Well, it killed an hour or so anyway, and provided some good entertainment for lots of people in the parking lot and now online.
Thanks guys! ):h
Mike
10-05-2008, 04:43 PM
That's pretty cool. Looks like they had fun. Well maybe not but did they get home?
duramaxxx
10-05-2008, 05:11 PM
it was so funny afterwards cause my steering wheel was upside down when i started driving and then on grand my intercooler boot blew off so i had to put it back on. hahaha such a good time.... hahahaha
duramaxxx
10-05-2008, 05:20 PM
by the way my wrist really hurts trying to break loose that bolt on the manifold. still.......awesome....hahaha when i take it to chevy for the rear main seal i will have chevy put on the manifold cause they might have a tool for the up pipe bolts since the metal tube is in the way. i cant figure out what that pipe is. thanks brian for the help. even though my steering wheel was upside down and my boot came off. hahaha and yeah thanks for the photos im glad i can remember this dave, remember when brian said he was going to have a diy for this hahaha
h2oskibumz
10-05-2008, 10:04 PM
I must say I am pretty disappointed...

I don't see a SINGLE zip tie. :thumb:
hondarider552
10-05-2008, 10:57 PM
I must say I am pretty disappointed...

I don't see a SINGLE zip tie. :thumb:

):h. i forgot my super dooper chrome ones
blksmok
10-05-2008, 11:25 PM
I must say I am pretty disappointed...

I don't see a SINGLE zip tie. :thumb:

I was going to snap pics of all the ones on Brians truck, but I only had 250 photos available on the memory card I had in the camera and I figured you guys would like to see some pics of trucks running too. ):h
RickDLance
10-06-2008, 12:47 AM
A couple of words of advice from the old timers section.

Do not unhook the blue hose from the tube. Unhook it from the CAC from now on. Now to get it to hold you will need to clean everything thoroughly with brake clean and spray hair spray on it just prior to reinstalling it. :)
Josh2002cc
10-06-2008, 12:52 AM
Why didn't they take the wheel and tire off?
hondarider552
10-06-2008, 01:05 AM
Why didn't they take the wheel and tire off?
dont need to.
Josh2002cc
10-06-2008, 01:17 AM
That may be so, but squeezing between the fender and the tire looks like no fun...but to each their own. Looks like alot of fun
hondarider552
10-06-2008, 01:26 AM
That may be so, but squeezing between the fender and the tire looks like no fun...but to each their own. Looks like alot of fun
brett and i are small enough to sit next to the frame when the tire is fully turned left ):h.

he has the lifted truck though. :lol:
Josh2002cc
10-06-2008, 01:48 AM
That makes more sense.
lee
10-06-2008, 02:53 AM
Never put a brick or the like under a jack. Bricks can be crushed, which happens suddenly, and then the weight comes down on you fast.
hondarider552
10-06-2008, 10:33 AM
Never put a brick or the like under a jack. Bricks can be crushed, which happens suddenly, and then the weight comes down on you fast.
that was all we had. ;)
blksmok
10-06-2008, 12:29 PM
Never put a brick or the like under a jack. Bricks can be crushed, which happens suddenly, and then the weight comes down on you fast.

True, it is a bad idea. In the end, they decided not to remove the tire as there was enough room in the fender well without removing it.
Crazy_Steve
10-06-2008, 07:43 PM
Brian, is that you with the mad scientist thing going on? Or is that Duramaxxx?
blksmok
10-06-2008, 07:57 PM
Brian, is that you with the mad scientist thing going on? Or is that Duramaxxx?
Brian is the mad scientist. Brett is the marine haircut. :)
Crazy_Steve
10-07-2008, 04:15 AM
Did bret run his truck?

He doesnt have any info in his sig, id like to know what he runs!
hondarider552
10-07-2008, 10:37 AM
Did bret run his truck?

He doesnt have any info in his sig, id like to know what he runs!
he said that he wanted to but with stock everything except a dpf back exhaust...):h
duramaxxx
10-07-2008, 11:18 AM
i would have run but my transfercase had a leak.... we should ask brian why he didnt run since he would of had the fastest truck there. hmmmm?):h
blksmok
10-07-2008, 12:10 PM
I'll bite... Why didn't you run Brian?
hondarider552
10-07-2008, 12:20 PM
i would have run but my transfercase had a leak.... we should ask brian why he didnt run since he would of had the fastest truck there. hmmmm?):h

that 11 second dodge was fast :lol:

I'll bite... Why didn't you run Brian?

didnt want to risk breaking something, and i had a super full tank of LSD that i wanted to conserve ):h
duramaxxx
10-07-2008, 02:40 PM
you didnt race but still had the hood popped):h
blksmok
10-07-2008, 03:53 PM
I think Brian has the hood release connected to the shifter knob. When he puts it in Park, the hood goes up. ):h
Crazy_Steve
10-07-2008, 03:53 PM
that 11 second dodge was fast :lol:



didnt want to risk breaking something, and i had a super full tank of LSD that i wanted to conserve ):h

Lol, break something...pshhh, it's just money...haha.
duramaxxx
10-07-2008, 03:58 PM
I think Brian has the hood release connected to the shifter knob. When he puts it in Park, the hood goes up. ):h

haha):h
Crazy_Steve
10-07-2008, 04:05 PM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/sschmi5519/IMG_2867ed.jpg
lee
10-07-2008, 11:17 PM
Are they scared or what? :)
madmaxdmax
10-07-2008, 11:42 PM
I still say with all of the pics we need to start a funny caption contest for this DDIY, or don't do it yourself write-up. :thumb:
madmaxdmax
10-07-2008, 11:44 PM
Well Brian like you said it wasn't difficult at all finding you guys in the parking lot , I just looked for the hood up on a DMAX HA! HA!. I had a great time watching you guys wrench.

Dave, did you by chance get any pics of the Dodge with the cast iron 8" stacks (WTF ?? ). That would get some interesting responses for sure.):h
madmaxdmax
10-07-2008, 11:46 PM
I thought for sure when I was leaving that your programming was to go on a run Brian:(
blksmok
10-07-2008, 11:55 PM
Dave, did you by chance get any pics of the Dodge with the cast iron 8" stacks (WTF ?? ). That would get some interesting responses for sure.):h

You mean this set of beauties?

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/IMG_2887.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/IMG_2888.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/r3df3ath3r/Speedworld%2010-4/IMG_2889.jpg
Crazy_Steve
10-08-2008, 12:13 AM
...wtf?
duramaxxx
10-08-2008, 12:19 AM
oh yeah i forgot about that. its like he dug up his water line and cut it to make stacks. more people were looking at those stacks than brian and i on my truck. that was so funny. i know the sticker says cowgirl up but wasnt it a old short guy driving it? or am i misinterpreting the meaning of that sticker? good thing you kept those pics dave.):h
hondarider552
10-08-2008, 01:08 AM
Well Brian like you said it wasn't difficult at all finding you guys in the parking lot , I just looked for the hood up on a DMAX HA! HA!. I had a great time watching you guys wrench.

Dave, did you by chance get any pics of the Dodge with the cast iron 8" stacks (WTF ?? ). That would get some interesting responses for sure.):hthem stacks be 10 inchers
hondarider552
10-08-2008, 01:09 AM
I think Brian has the hood release connected to the shifter knob. When he puts it in Park, the hood goes up. ):hdamnit you figured it out! Of course its connected with zip ties
duramaxxx
10-09-2008, 11:09 PM
damnit you figured it out! Of course its connected with zip ties

haha its true
hondarider552
10-14-2008, 01:44 AM
Brett will be uploading some pics of us FINALLY getting the manifold on..found out that the gasket was upside down on the up-pipe side after we tightned the bolts...:mad:

We both played mechanic for about 2 hours and got it done.):h