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Maurdib · 05-21-2010, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bbktech2

Camaroguy, you better be ready to pay up your bet. LOL! I've torn into a couple of V6 's for the header R&D and your gonna have more than a couple of hours in it. The hardest part is getting the bottom bolts off the stock manifolds. The heat sheilds can be a bit of a pain also. Use a wobbly 15 and long extension for the mid pipe nuts. A 3/8" drive impact really helps on the mid pipe/manifold nuts. The passenger side is the worst to take off. Just real tight on that side. Driver side is easier, remove the airbox to get the front lower bolt. I used 1/4" drive sockets, ratchet and various length extentions, they were easier to handle in the awkward position your hands need to be in. Both manifolds can come out the top when removed. Once you get the stock ones off your home free and the install is pretty much a piece of cake. Would highly recommend using a lift.

Would you have any dyno numbers with your CAI,LT/Highflow Cats all installed on a V6?

camaro guy · 05-21-2010, 04:32 PM

We shall see. I'm a b2 bomber technician and used to working in tight spaces.

BaylorCamaro · 05-21-2010, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ROD1

They are getting about 25 additional HP.

I'm assuming this is to the crank?

Nutbutt · 05-21-2010, 07:29 PM

I would only hope 25HP. After a dyno the best is about 7hp.
Ihave the same headers with a solo exhaust.
Lets please be real !

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Originally Posted by ROD1

They are getting about 25 additional HP.

mr_desmo · 05-21-2010, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by camaro guy

We shall see. I'm a b2 bomber technician and used to working in tight spaces.

as an aircraft mechanic ( canadian army) thats quite an aircraft...how is it to work on that baby? Such a gracefull piece of equipement!

PieNsky · 05-22-2010, 12:22 AM

Stainless Works has an available 1 3/4 tube that I now wish I had got. With the 1 5/8 tube and on 87 octane gas, I dynoed 167HP. I wasn't aware that it was pulling timing with the lower octane as the manual said to use it. Scrming noticed it would pull timing with the lower octane.

PieNsky · 05-22-2010, 12:24 AM

And a shout out to SW. Get that chambered center section out for the long tubes!

devildoc · 05-22-2010, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by bbktech2

Camaroguy, you better be ready to pay up your bet. LOL! I've torn into a couple of V6 's for the header R&D and your gonna have more than a couple of hours in it. The hardest part is getting the bottom bolts off the stock manifolds. The heat sheilds can be a bit of a pain also. Use a wobbly 15 and long extension for the mid pipe nuts. A 3/8" drive impact really helps on the mid pipe/manifold nuts. The passenger side is the worst to take off. Just real tight on that side. Driver side is easier, remove the airbox to get the front lower bolt. I used 1/4" drive sockets, ratchet and various length extentions, they were easier to handle in the awkward position your hands need to be in. Both manifolds can come out the top when removed. Once you get the stock ones off your home free and the install is pretty much a piece of cake. Would highly recommend using a lift.

I couldn't have summed this up any better. Mind you this is a tech saying this. I'm an avg guy doing this. So everything he says is correct and I went about it the same exact way! So have fun if you don't have a lift or an impact drive.

FutureCamaroOwner · 05-22-2010, 12:50 AM

BBK claims it gets 33hp at the wheels. They dynoed it but we will see right. Mind you that was with high flow cats

devildoc · 05-22-2010, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by FutureCamaroOwner

BBK claims it gets 33hp at the wheels. They dynoed it but we will see right. Mind you that was with high flow cats

Also that was mid-rpm not peak just remember that.....

devildoc · 05-22-2010, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BaylorAirForce

I'm assuming this is to the crank?

You KNOW I will dyno here soon. The DA has gone up considerable so I don't want to risk throwing the dyno off to badly!

mrray13 · 05-22-2010, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Maurdib

What are hp gains you got from them?

I got right in the neighborhood of 22rwhp over stock, IIRC. That's ARH long tubes and cats over stock manifolds. ARH have a larger tube then the BBKs.

rd-camaro · 05-24-2010, 10:06 AM

hey found a thread of another member installing BBK LTs...thought everyone would like to check it out...he said he will post videos, pics later today...

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80259

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05-21-2010, 04:32 PM	#16
camaro guy Drives: 2010 camaro LS Join Date: May 2009 Location: missouri Posts: 540 View My Garage	We shall see. I'm a b2 bomber technician and used to working in tight spaces.

05-22-2010, 12:22 AM	#20
PieNsky Drives: Victory Red 1LS Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Louisville,KY Posts: 1,929 View My Garage	Stainless Works has an available 1 3/4 tube that I now wish I had got. With the 1 5/8 tube and on 87 octane gas, I dynoed 167HP. I wasn't aware that it was pulling timing with the lower octane as the manual said to use it. Scrming noticed it would pull timing with the lower octane.

05-22-2010, 12:24 AM	#21
PieNsky Drives: Victory Red 1LS Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Louisville,KY Posts: 1,929 View My Garage	And a shout out to SW. Get that chambered center section out for the long tubes!

05-22-2010, 12:50 AM	#23
FutureCamaroOwner Drives: White 1SS/Black Stripes Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Albany Indiana Posts: 675	BBK claims it gets 33hp at the wheels. They dynoed it but we will see right. Mind you that was with high flow cats

05-24-2010, 10:06 AM	#27
rd-camaro Drives: 2010 2LT Blk IOM stripes IO leather Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 568	hey found a thread of another member installing BBK LTs...thought everyone would like to check it out...he said he will post videos, pics later today... http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80259