ok , heres the story. i was under the pony and takin the cat exhaust out. everything was going tickety boo untill i got to the pass side. i got the 1 bolt out when i realized that somebody before me must have had a broken stud at 1 time or another. i heated up the flange with my propane torch to get her hot to remove the bolt that was in place of the stud. i gave it a couple of turns and i was happy until " ping". i know that sound well as when i was a punk i worked at a midas. sh.., f..kn, c..ks..ker. now what , i have no welder, i have a tap and die set but no bolt extractor. it snaped off with 2 threads showin. now my question, these bolt extractors, i know how they work but how far do i drill into the bolt to get the extractor in? also ive heard that if you dont go far enough and snap the extractor your f..ked? any help apreciated

 

Man that blows!!!!Might be a good time to get some headers ,shorties or long tubes!!!!

 

i have tried a few of those extractors, and even if you do get a good hole drilled, they still break pretty easily.

i have broke just about every one of them that i have tried.

what about just drilling it out and tapping a new hole?
is that possible?

 

i thought about the headers but it looks like a total pain in the *** to try to get some headers in there. i would probably go shorties as i hear that long tubes you will lose bottom end but gain top end.

 

thats what i was thinkin. ill just drill out the bolt , retap and new stud it.

 

where yours is broken you can drill it right through (that way if you break off an easy out you may be able to drive it through) might be a good idea too soak it in weasel **** tonight and try it tomorow sorry id help ya but ive gotta rig move to be on in the mornin

oh make sure that you drill a centered as possible or that could cause problems

 

thing is f..ked. so now im on the hunt for some headers. now what i need is a how to install headers on this thing as the research ive been doin says remove the k member

 

here's the mounting instructions for a set of flow tech's go to the bottom of the page and download the instructions and modifacations needed


http://www.holley.com/12115FLT.asp

 

im bonned....lmao. REMEMBER WHEN I SAID IT WOULD BE NEXT WINTER before i am done. *** me.if anybody knows of a how to section for me that would be cool

 

There is a stud remover that can likely get that out, go to Canadian tire and see if you can rent/borrow one, it's a stud remover just for this purpose, it's not an extractor or "easy-out", it's a socket type of tool with a hole and a slide with teeth to bind on the stud and walk it out, the tool I use is made by Snap-On, they may have an off brand one there though, it works well, just make sure you heat up the manifold around the stud, but don't heat the stud itself.