Recent content by vtmaverick

Guys / gals, I just ordered my new MagnaFlow y-pipe and cats and my Borla cat back. After all that expense I hate to use regular rust-prone hardware to bolt my stainless steel components together, so I'm trying to track down stainless fasteners as well. There's lots of documentation on the...

Sorry to revive an older thread, but this seemed to be the most applicable to my question. I too have a rotted exhaust system, particularly the cats, but even the O2 sensors look like they went down with the Titanic. Based on this thread I'm looking to replace the Y-pipe back with these parts...

Got the answer. I had the O'Reilly's guy reorder 7447M and when I picked it up this morning there were two belts in the sleeve instead of one. So word to the wise, make sure there are two belts in the sleeve before you pay.

Follow up... When I bought the 7447M at O'Reilly's in Wisconsin there were two belts in the pack, which was good because it cost like $39. But when I just went to pick up the 7447M at my local O'Reilly's here in VA there was only one belt in the packaging. Anybody know whether it should be one...

The belt I removed was a 7448, which was the other reason why I went with the 7448 rather than the 7450. That's interesting about the cogged belts causing noise, my engine is noisy so I think I'll take a stab at the 7447M again. I can't remember if I tried removing the idler pulley but if you...

I tried the 7447M just before Christmas and it was too tight (granted we were installing it in an unheated garage in Wisconsin in December). Looked it up on the Advance/Carquest site and it called for a Dayco 15450. Showed up at the local Carquest and they hand me a Gates 7448 belt with a...

So is this dead?

PM'd my info last night.

Dan does this mean no intercooler is required for the set-up or that I'll need to source my own? Thx!