peter's canadian imola ZHP project

[alexandre]

update on Phase 2: had about 4 days of no progress due to everyday life stuff, and replacing a battery and alternator in a friends' 1996 honda civic, which took about 6hrs. battery was 5mins. alternator... forever. tight packaging and one seized bolt that made the job a pain in the arse. however, my friend is happy and that makes me happy.

as for the ZHP, i am still stuck on getting the exhaust off. have spent an hour on it since i posted the pic above, no dice. going at it with a MAPP gas torch tonight, will hopefully pound the studs out at that point.

peter

These studs are a total nightmare. I tried to pull the exhaust when I did my shift bushings and ended up just working around it because they were so seized.

If possible I'd just go to a muffler shop to take it out and drive home with slightly loose studs... Worth the 15 min of shop time lol.

[slater]

alex... these studs ain't goin' nowhere, man. MAPP gas did not work. i'm halfway through drilling them out, but the uppermost one is impossible to get to. i have one side free - the other is the impossible one. i am going to cut through the pipe about 10" downstream of the flange, and then i can remove the exhaust. once i am done with the entire project i will bring the car to my friends' shop and have him weld it back together since he can weld stainless. it's just not worth me spending hours and hours on my back not getting anywhere!

peter

[Vas]

Those studs are a pita. I had to battle them once before.

[slater]

Those studs are a pita. I had to battle them once before.

yep. did you replace with stainless hardware? if so, how is that holding up?

i will be replacing with some zinc-coated hardware i've got in inventory already, most likely. i hate rust. so bad.

peter

[slater]

picked up a set of CLEAN Style 68's with very nice michelin pilot sport AS/3's tonight. got a great deal on them!

peter

[BMWCurves]

Nice, I love style 68s

[Vas]

Sweet

[az3579]

picked up a set of CLEAN Style 68's with very nice michelin pilot sport AS/3's tonight. got a great deal on them!

peter

Nice! What did you pay, if you don't mind me asking?

[slater]

Nice! What did you pay, if you don't mind me asking?

389 + 793 / 6 + 704 * 12 / 6 - 1702 * 5 = x

peter

[danewilson77]

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