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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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SL exhaust manifold questions....

Hey has anyone ever tried to take there stock headers off there SL? I was looking at it and it seems like its a B*tch to do. I was thinking of upgrading the exhaust manifolds to performance ones and doing it myself.


Does anyone have aftermarket headers and is it even worth the money to do it?
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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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Johnny, have u bought wheels yet?..........lol ............................now u are into exhaust manifolds?
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ROMEO550
Johnny, have u bought wheels yet?..........lol ............................now u are into exhaust manifolds?

hahaha.... Im putting the wheels at a stand still for a while after pondering for the longest time for style or power. Im thinking of keeping the stock look for now but going to tweek the motor as much as possible. I really want to force induct the car either turbo or supercharger but dont know if I want to go through the same hassle like I did with the M3 I have. So Im just looking for little mod's that will help me increase the power and torque a bit more without going major.
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 06:39 PM
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Damn johnny that hammer hurts lol................. back at ya... I just want to see you make a move......its like were in a chess game and your paralysed come on j5 make a move
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ROMEO550
Damn johnny that hammer hurts lol................. back at ya... I just want to see you make a move......its like were in a chess game and your paralysed come on j5 make a move

lol....yeah I know. I just cant decide what I want to do. I have a M3 that I have been working on and turbo charging as well but its so much of a headache and I dont know if I really want to do it to the SL so thats why I was pushing more towards styling but Im a power hog and really want to add more power with less of a headache! I should have gotten a SL55. But whats done is done. Plus it being end of the year I got alot of stuff on my platter I need to work on work related so by next year Ill be ahead of you in the chess game!
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Old Oct 31, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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OK Ok ......I am giving u shiiiit.......What is it that you do professionally?
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Old Nov 1, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ROMEO550
OK Ok ......I am giving u shiiiit.......What is it that you do professionally?

I know your just giving me ****. Everyone does since I keep changing my mind on shiiit. I own a Real Estate Firm.
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Try this just do some mod no matter how small..... u know one small step ....a hood emblem or somethin lol.............and everything will just flow from there

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Originally Posted by ROMEO550
Try this just do some mod no matter how small..... u know one small step ....a hood emblem or somethin lol.............and everything will just flow from there

Do u want that thing we talked about? Send me a message


hahaha.....***** if I end up doing that Ill probably end up dropping like $10k right than and there. Im taking things a little to slow as is. I think Im going to do style afterall after talking with Cyrus from the forums. He had good points!

As for the wing Ill send you a PM.
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