ts_vaj

Coming home from work today.....I was in the left lane doing about 60mph in a 55 zone and I was tailgated by a a guy speeding in a 02-03 TL-P...and behind him was a bruised up silverado with a big guy in it grinning like he was looking to mess around. I could see them coming up through all the traffic in my rear view. (I thought to myself, Hey it's a TL!)

He tailgated me for a while and I couldnt move over for them because of the traffic so i tried to get ahead of the cars because the freeway was clear ahead.

I moved over when the freeway was clear and there was a big stretch of 4 lane road ahead for about a good 2 miles so from 65mph I let em start to pass by, then turned off VSA gunned it on D5 for the hell of it...pulled on em and passed them up until about 130mph, then we were coming up on traffic again up ahead so i slowed down to 60 and they passed by weaving through the traffic.

iforyou

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DId you get your headers installed already??

ts_vaj

Yeap...it pulls a bit nicer now and it's a bit louder.

GLowrdr

I get trucks that want to race all the time. Word to the lurkers - if you don't drive a lightning or R/T, don't race us...lol

I've got a Ram 1500 that I drive when not in the TL, and it pisses me off how slow the thing is - I get passed all the time and there's nothing I can do about it.

iforyou

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a bit only??

anx1300c

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You'd better read up on diesels if you think Lightnings and R/T's are the only threats to a TL.

ts_vaj

Actually it pulls alot nicer now....but it's still really quiet.

GLowrdr

That's true. But most of the diesels are 6 liter+ with turbos, so I'd respect that loss. It's the 1500's and F150's with ram hoods that think they are quick. The fast one's don't look like anything - they know it rather than show it.

iforyou

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makes me wanna get a set too....

ts_vaj

Cheapest performance mod with the most gains. Go for it when ya got a hundred bucks laying around.

My headers didn't line up correctly because it wasn't bent enough to connect to the front header so we had to re-bend the pipe a little bit. Most people havent had problems though. I was at the Twin Cities meet and saw the other guys installing a set on Slepybear's with no problems.

iforyou

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did you install yours by yourself?

ts_vaj

Nope...I saw them put it on Slepybear's...he has a 99-01 TL....It iseemed pretty straightforward......then I went home and looked at my engine bay and it's alot more cramped so I didn't wanna do it myself. I took it to a guy with a garage and he did it for me. If I did it myself I probably woulda had a hard time getting the old bolts out...had to torch the bolts...not to mention I woulda been screwed after I found out the headers didn't align correctly lol. We reheated the metal and bent it slightly to make it fit perfectly.

say when

why would you turn your vsa off when you are already going 65+ that makes zero sense.

ts_vaj

Just a habit when I need to speed up lolzz...I had to mention it. It means I'm officially in race mode lol.

iforyou

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I have a friend that works on car, hopefully he's nice enough to help me. By the way, do you know if used headers are any good?

say when

race mode... that is sweet

ts_vaj

I dunno...I think it shouldn't be a problem if the headers are still good though.

ts_vaj

Yeah lol...the whole exclamation mark pops up and all! Danger!