[tonythetiger]

OK, we had success! it was pretty brutal, but it is done and I think I've earned myself the fabspeed 2nd cat delete pipes to replace the mid-pipes and muffler. passenger side took forever and I was forced to drill out the stud (this should be done from the front looking back) and this lossened every thing, then I melted the remaining studs and wiggled the secondary pipe off. Driver side only took about 15 minutes. I heated 2 bottom nuts red and creaked them off with a socket. Pipe was still stuck rock solid and I melted the top stud while wiggling the pipe. It broke free and the pipe dropped off. the remaining stud in the top hole was still in the manifold/header flange, but pounded out once I cooked the weld on the front. there is a little distortion (elongation of the hole) on the passenger side flange of the second pipe, but dont think that will make a difference, plus, I am kinda serious about the fabspeed upgrade, so...:+)