Carpenter Sidewinder Exhaust Installation - Help Needed I think

mully95 said:

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alpental said:

First, clean out all that gunk in your exhaust ports. Pop out the oval copper crush rings, part 8 in the diagram below. You'll want to put in (3) new ones either from your dealer or . While you're out, pick up some stainless steel nuts and stainless steel lock washers because those stock captive nuts won't be deep enough to use. You might want to consider having that exhaust header interface plate powder coated black (just the exposed plate).

If CR didn't provide installation instructions, it should be pretty simple to figure out which of the three pipes go where looking at the photos (that's what I did). Assembly will be easier if you put some grease on the ends of the pipes while fitting them up. It'll smoke and burn off within a few minutes after starting up. Springs are pretty easy to place with just a screwdriver, but they will scratch your pipes, so I recommend wrapping them in something (maybe a high-temp silicone sleeve?) if that's going to bother you.

You're going to want to tighten and retighten those nuts to the exhaust port studs several times over the coming weeks. Be constantly checking on those suckers until they stop wiggling loose. I went out and snapped a couple photos for you to reference... let me know if you want any more. PM me your e-mail and I'll send you the tune I have in my '14 Roadster with Ramair and CR exhaust making 154 hp and 155 ft-lbs tq after my recent dyno tune with @1olbull.

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