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How to Install a Flowmaster Exhaust System

For as long as there have been muscle cars, there has been a desire by some owners to make their cars louder and more powerful. One modification that accomplishes both of these tasks is to install a Flowmaster exhaust system on your vehicle. The reduced exhaust backpressure associated with this installation will raise your engines horsepower slightly, as well as give your machine a classic muscle car sound. The Flowmaster exhaust system can be installed on your vehicle in just a few hours with regular mechanics tools.

Instructions

1

Back your vehicle onto a set of car ramps and apply the parking brake. Chock the front wheels to prevent any unwanted movement.

2

Crawl under the vehicle and apply penetrating fluid to the fittings on your present exhaust system to allow for easier removal. Allow the fluid to work in for several minutes be continuing.

3

Don safety goggles and gloves for protection against falling rust particles and sharp metal edges. Loosen the pipe clamps on the exhaust system by turning the clamp nuts in a counterclockwise direction with an adjustable wrench.

4

Remove the bolts from the exhaust hangers at the rear of the car with an adjustable wrench turned in a counterclockwise direction. Work the exhaust system towards the back of the car to separate it from the exhaust head pipes. Use a twisting motion on the exhaust pipes to separate them from the head pipes if necessary. Lower the exhaust system from the vehicle. Remove the rubber isolators and pipe hangers from the mufflers with an adjustable wrench turned in a counterclockwise direction. Save these parts for the installation of the Flowmaster system. Discard the old exhaust system..

5

Install the rubber isolators and hangers to the new Flowmaster exhaust system with the original bolts turned with an adjustable wrench in a clockwise direction. Note that the hangers will install to your Flowmaster system in the same fashion as your stock exhaust.

6

Place the Flowmaster system under your vehicle with the mufflers facing the rear. Raise the system up and fit the front of the Flowmaster pipes into the vehicles head pipes until they are fully seated. Attach the pipe hangers to the bottom of the car using the original mounting holes and bolts tightened with an adjustable wrench in a clockwise direction. Install the pipe clamps supplied with your Flowmaster kit onto the joint where the pipes meet the cars original head pipes. Tighten the clamps with an adjustable wrench in a clockwise direction.

7

Remove the wheel chocks, release the parking brake, and carefully drive the car off of the ramps.

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