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Old 08-18-2006, 04:45 PM
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how many people have put their own headers on an ls1, or how much did you pay to have them put on.
Old 08-18-2006, 04:56 PM
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i put the pacesetters in myself as have a lot of people on this site. other than the fact that you have little room to manuever your hands for certain bolts, its an easy install. do a search on this website. you should be able to find out everything you need to know.
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yeah its easy as hell, hardest part is rehookin up the emmission ****
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Originally Posted by Starz T/A 17
hardest part is rehookin up the emmission ****

who does that
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Originally Posted by cws T/A
who does that
I knew someone was going to say that, unfortunatly somepeople have emmissions
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Only us PC bug-eating, tree-hugging, f@gs in Cali'...

I' ve put in a set of mid-lengths, and three sets of LTs, and they aren' t that bad. Give yourself plenty of time, if of the age, maybe an allocation of adult beverages, keep the old people, children, and women away, so you don' t offend them with foul language, and just a good set of tools, jackstands, and a jack. It usually isn' t too hard.
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ya i put mine on last week every one told me 8 hours on a good day with no problems. **** i got those on in 4 the hardest part was finding bolts for my y pipe lol
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Took me 8 hours to install mine. Saved a few bucks....
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I put the PaceSetter Full lenghts w/o air oe EGR on my 98. The only fitting problem was the driverside header. There is a square casting block hanging off the driverside back of the block that was in the way. After i cut it down with a angle grinder the header slid right in. Other than that it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. Just make sure you buy O2 extensions and O2 sims (or have a tuner turn off the rear O2's)if you get a off road Y-Pipe.
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Going rate for an install is around $300
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Man i wish i could get headers installed for 300 they want 500-600 here
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I did it with the help of my uncle at my father's auto repair shop. Took about 2-3 hrs.
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i did mine in around 4 hours (slp's lt's and air/egr delete) i would say the worst part is getting the damn car that high in the air i mean wow
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ya about 4 hrs to get them off and on... that's with those damn AIR/EGR fittings and pulling the plugs

the more you do the easier it gets
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my first time took me about 2 and a half hours on mine, easy as hell, didn't have to take anything off to get them in, just had to get the car high enough.
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Man, I've done it only once and it took probably 8 or more hours over the course of two days. Spark plugs, header bolts and AIR was a complete PIA. Grab a wrench and have fun.
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Just have patients and a days worth of time. and a lift would be nice too. it isnt that difficult.
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Originally Posted by 99formy
Man i wish i could get headers installed for 300 they want 500-600 here
Where are you? I'll do it for 300 LOL
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I did mine by myself in my driveway. It took about 8 hrs w/ a lot of beer and smoke breaks.
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go for it. it looks bad, but once you get all the emissions **** out, theres tons more room. i also took the coil packs off to make it even easier.



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