LTs & ORY have arrived. How long to install?
03-14-2007, 08:16 AM
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LTs & ORY have arrived. How long to install? New Pacesetter LTs & TSP ORY arrived Monday. Approx. how long should this installation take and what will I need?
03-14-2007, 08:25 AM
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Depends, are you doing it on the ground or on a lift? On ground I would say give yourself a weekend. On a lift a good six hours or so. You should probably keep some band-aids on hand also!
03-14-2007, 08:34 AM
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I disagree.....it took me and my buddy 7 hours to install them on jack stands......and that is with an hour and a haft ******* around and going to eat lunch
03-14-2007, 08:42 AM
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first time ever doing headers.
by myself, on jackstands in the driveway...10hrs from start to start up.
my header install guide
by myself, on jackstands in the driveway...10hrs from start to start up.
my header install guide
03-14-2007, 09:06 AM
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air tools helped a lot.......you may also need a sawz-all.......for an ear that comes off the block on the driver side......I had to cut off about a 1/4inch to get it in between the that and the steering knuckle
03-14-2007, 04:22 PM
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Took me a long *** time compared to some people. But that was by myself with zero experiance. Last time I swapped headers it took me maybe 6 hours or so. Its an easy install, pretty fun as well 
03-14-2007, 04:40 PM
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make sure u get a 10 m. swivel., if you get the rite tools and you can jack it up high enough*( put phone books on the jack to get it higher if needed) it should take you a good day...it will be well worth it
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03-14-2007, 04:52 PM
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I just did pacesetter lt headers, ory, and poly motor mounts this past weekend and it took me 20 hours. but that included breaks and a couple trips to the store. The motor mounts took at least half of that time. It was my first time ever doing something like that.
03-14-2007, 07:17 PM
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me and a few buddies did mine in about 10 hours or so including lunch and a few trips to the store, none of us had done it before nor did we use air tools
03-14-2007, 07:22 PM
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you cant really use air tools on much they help on the y pipe to manifold bolts.you can get an air ratchet on the header bolts too.
you will need a grinder to cut some off of the tab on the block.
you will need a grinder to cut some off of the tab on the block.
03-14-2007, 07:49 PM
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On jack stands in a non-heated garage in the middle of a Michigan winter it took me and a few buddy's like 7 hours to install LT's and ORY. 1st time for all of us.
03-14-2007, 08:02 PM
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i think it just matters how many problems you run into and if you a have a lift. i would say 6-12 hours. would of took me 7 but i ran into a few problems
03-14-2007, 08:07 PM
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first time it took around 6-7 hours, but the second time it only took me 3 hours on my friends car. his Y pipe wouldnt come off and had to find a sawzaw to get it off, make sure you have all your tools set out or it will take a long time finding **** and all that fun stuff.
03-14-2007, 10:03 PM
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oh yeah and use regular hand tools, i didnt break anything and all the bolts came loose with alittle bit of force. make sure the socket is all the way on the bolt and not slightly on or you will strip it, oh and have fun b/c im sure we all did lol.
03-18-2007, 08:42 PM
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yeah and get a metal pipe to fit on a wrench in case you need extra leverage, and i would soke all the bolts in pb blaster the night before the install.
03-18-2007, 09:41 PM
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On a lift shouldn't take more than a few hours. I've never tried it on jack stands. Although I'm in the market for some LT's myself and I'll have to do it alone in the garage this time.