3" cat back install, gutted post cats, boost guage flutters.......

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09-01-2006, 10:32 AM

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so fluttering is a deffinate sign of a leak?

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09-01-2006, 10:40 AM

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not deffinite , but most likely imho.

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09-01-2006, 10:54 AM

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brax, how did you gut your post cats?

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09-01-2006, 11:17 AM

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i just cut em open in a "U" shape with a cutting tool, then bent" the flap down, empty'd and reweld'

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09-01-2006, 11:18 AM

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turns out the fluttering was the k03s run'n out of breath and drop'n to 15. i did a highway pull ...

and looks ok now, should i log my maf?

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09-01-2006, 11:18 AM

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"with the downpipes on the car" ^^^^^^^^

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09-07-2006, 10:13 AM

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what cutting tool did you use?

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