stang_gang
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Alright guys so I bought a x pipe to bolt up to the stock exhaust manifolds last week. I tried to install it myself but could not break loose the bolts on the header to exhaust. I decided I would take it to a local shop that is well known for working on mustangs. They broke all 4 studs on the header and said they cant drill them out because cast iron is too hard to drill through and tap. So now they decided to take off the headers and said that I am probably looking at 400 bucks. Initially they said it was a 100 dollar job. In the process of taking off the headers they broke 1 stud on each side of the block so now they have to get those out too. CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU CANT JUST DRILL OUT THE EXHAUST STUD IN THE FIRST PLACE AND REPLACE IT WITH A FUCKING BOLT????