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Bo White · 02-04-2019, 01:56 AM

OBX

camguynj · 02-04-2019, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bo White

OBX

3" ?

Bo White · 02-04-2019, 05:33 PM

Yes

camguynj · 02-06-2019, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bo White

Yes

Thought so. I'm pretty much convinced that only a 3" exhaust can compensate for aluminum engine harmonics, and along with LT hdrs and no or HF cats, is the only way to make our car truely sound close to a cast iron block muscle car like yours does

Bo White · 02-12-2019, 05:03 AM

Thanx bud

PepeLePew · 02-12-2019, 11:43 AM

Nice work Bo! I found this thread right after I started teardown for my cam swap before I pulled the timing cover. I was a nervous wreck that my tensioner was going to be broken... thankfully it wasn't. I am not sure I am brave enough to go through what you did!

camguynj · 02-12-2019, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PepeLePew

Nice work Bo! I found this thread right after I started teardown for my cam swap before I pulled the timing cover. I was a nervous wreck that my tensioner was going to be broken... thankfully it wasn't. I am not sure I am brave enough to go through what you did!

How many miles on your engine? Are you going to stay with a tensioner or go with a dampner?

PepeLePew · 02-12-2019, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by camguynj

How many miles on your engine? Are you going to stay with a tensioner or go with a dampner?

I have 130k miles. I finished the cam swap with the stick tensioner last week. Starting to wonder if I should go back in and replace it though. Everything looked good when I hade the timing cover off and the tensioner was really tight still.

camguynj · 02-12-2019, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by PepeLePew

I have 130k miles. I finished the cam swap with the stick tensioner last week. Starting to wonder if I should go back in and replace it though. Everything looked good when I hade the timing cover off and the tensioner was really tight still.

If it ain’t broke don’t fixit. Did you reuse the original tensioner? 130k is a good run. Did you drive it hard at WOT a lot?

02-04-2019, 01:56 AM	#71
Bo White Drives: 2015 Summit White 2SS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Vance Alabama Posts: 8,094	OBX

02-04-2019, 05:33 PM	#73
Bo White Drives: 2015 Summit White 2SS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Vance Alabama Posts: 8,094	Yes

02-12-2019, 05:03 AM	#75
Bo White Drives: 2015 Summit White 2SS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Vance Alabama Posts: 8,094	Thanx bud

02-12-2019, 11:43 AM	#76
PepeLePew Drives: 2010 2SS Coupe; 2011 2LT Vert Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Prosper, TX Posts: 458	Nice work Bo! I found this thread right after I started teardown for my cam swap before I pulled the timing cover. I was a nervous wreck that my tensioner was going to be broken... thankfully it wasn't. I am not sure I am brave enough to go through what you did!