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Made it out of 2", black, PVC pipe. There is a guy who posted a quick how to on here a few months back and i liked the look AND the "wallet friendliness"....usually its hard to get both of those together as I'm sure you guys will agree.

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That's hilarious!!!!:lol::lol:

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Thats a pvc catch can???????

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PVC starts to soften at 120*, not sure about ABS. I am sure the 400 mile run will prove its road worthyness.

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any updates??? :)

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Hope your not stuck out in middle America somewhere!! Probably having too much fun to worry about us. :lol:

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Well, I went to leave last Sunday to drive up to Norfolk, walked into the garage at my friend's house where I've been staying since I rennted my house out (obviously a good friend, they gave up their garage for the suburban) and there was a sea of red on the floor. I've put about 500 miles on it with ZERO leaks and all of the sudden there's a pool of tranny fluid underneath on the day I need to leave. I didn't have any time whatsoever to work on it so i left it in the garage and drove my Touareg up to Norfolk. I drove back down here yesterday to work on it. It was one of the tranny cooler lines. Not sure why it started leaking. I pulled it off, cut it, and re-flared it and it seems to be doing fine now. Going to take it up the highway in a minute to make sure.

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I hope you got your leak under control now.

Not sure if I missed it or what, but what engine do you have in your 'Burb?

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Its a 402.

Also, found a cool place on my test run to snap some pics.

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Killer pics !!

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x2

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That looks real familiar! Hope your trip goes well and I'm very glad I was able to meet you and see the awesome work you have done! And let me tell everyone it sounds AWESOME in person!

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I wonder how many cars have been photographed there? Good picks.

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nice burb

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right...i wish i had one of those here in rosenberg.

is that one open or is it just for show? would be cool to see one that is actually open and in business...

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thanks!!!

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Just show. I think its actually a shoe repair place or something like that.

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Your alive! How did the trip go? We were talking about you at Bessingers the other night. Your ears must have been burning!

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Re-did my exhaust. Came out AWESOME!! I'll post some pictures from underneath to show you how I did it ;-)

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nice touch

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haha you ran it like mine except not all the way out the back, which i may change it to like that (how yours is now). been thinking about it for a while just not sure yet, or i may run the exhaust under the axle and out the back instead of over the axle and out the back :)

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Very cool! How was the trip across the country?

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As far as the trip goes...it died a painful...painful...death. When i was putting the transmission together I didn't want to put the pan back on without a drain plug. Instead of drilling it and welding a nut on the inside (like I've done 20 times in the past) I decided to buy the pretty chrome one from summit for like $30 or something like that. Biggest mistake I made on anything I've done. That POS will not seal. Fluid just POURS out of the gasket area. After yesterday, I've now had the pan off 5 times trying to get it to seal. I've tried everything I know (rubber, cork, black RTV, sand blasted the surface to get the chrome off, etc) and nothing works. I pulled it off last night and beat it with my sledge hammer to take my frustrations out on it. I have one of the B&M cast aluminum ones coming today. It better seal. So.....since I couldn't get the tranny to stop leaking and was running out of time, I ended up just having it shipped. It was just leaking too much. I'm so pissed at that pan for ruining my drive its not even funny (I made sure it knew it yesterday though...).

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well that sucks, im sure you would have loved to drive it over here.... cause i know i would have :)

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You would've liked to drive mine or yours...? Hahaha! Are you gonna bring yours down to Temecula tonight or tomorrow?

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both :)
no unfortunately not..... cant afford it, and it has a few minor issues i need to fix :(

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Nice!

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Dang Chief....you showed that pan who was boss didn't you!!!:lol:

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New tranny pan is here. If it still leaks, I'm either going to weld the mf-er on or I'm going to drive it off a cliff. I HATE LEAKS!!!!!!!

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YUP!!! I'll try to remember to snap a pic and put it up.

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if it leaks you can send it to me, or the whole truck ;)

edit: how much did that run you and where did you get it from???

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Summit, $117 I think plus $25 for next day air. Its part number 20280.

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how many extra quarts is it and do you think it would it hang below the frame on a stock location (non raised) trans setup??

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Some underneath pics of the exhaust. I am absolutely thrilled with how it came out!

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Its a +2 quart sump. I can measure the height for you if you want.

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is your trans raised to compensate for the raised motor due to the dropmember or no, it looks like it is?

yah sure why not, how much taller than a stock depth one?

and your exhaust looks good by the way, looks like the front part hangs slightly below the frame or is that just the angle of the pic?

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Looks good! It's seem pretty close to the wheels but I guess it's clearing. Did you take those noisy mufflers off?? ;)

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nah they are not really that close, just looks that way from the pic. mine is done almost exactly the same and it doesn't hit the tires at all from lock to lock laid out or lifted up :)

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Yes, its raised with the motor for the dropmember. I'll measure the pans for you(there may be a good corner left of the old one to get the height...). Its all above the frame line, probably just the picture angle.

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No way!!! One chambered flowmasters are still there! It clears fine with no issues.