JOSH13

I'm starting my header install today . The car is an 01 Z28 . I was just wondering if there were any little tips or tricks some of you guys might know of or things to avoid . Thanks .

Brandon35thSS

have some wd40 on hand and get the car pretty high up off the ground. have fun!

JOSH13

Thanks ! Its pretty high up . WD40 definitely I already snapped one extension off inside of a ratchet converter lol .

devildog

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Take out the spark plugs, don't rush it, and have a beer!

Its for sure a lot easier with 2 people too!

SweeTbone

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Do motor mounts while you're in there, please. I wish I would have done those when I was doing my header swap like 3 years ago. I'm just to lazy to drop my entire exhaust now in my garage on jackstands to do it. So pissed I didn't do it then.

greasemonkeysoldier

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I just did mine today by myself....was a PITA trying to bolt the headers in by myself, especially the passenger side. So i would definately reccomend having someone help you. And everyone says to take the spark plugs out ( and i understand why) but i left them in there and had no problems. I even rested my headers on the spark plugs to hold them up while i climbed out from underneath the car to bolt them on up top. But it's really a pretty easy, straight forward job.

JOSH13

Yeah I was working by myself yesterday too. I went on and got all of the old stuff out and called it a night. Any advice on getting them in or things to watch for ?? Thanks

98LSI

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cut that little tab offa the block, drivers side, there are 3 casting blocks, cut the rearmost one off. or grind it down, makes an almost impossible install into something very simple.

oh yeah, and finesse, this is one of those times where you wanna be a mechanic and pound them in, use finesse, like you would with a woman lol. trust me it helps

JOSH13

Haha I'll keep that in mind when I work on her ....

raisuli81

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Two words of advice...header studs. They are expensive, but make it so much easier. Oh, and do the motor mounts while you have the room.

98LSI

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ya know, he said motor mounts, if you look at my other post on here "solid mounts" alot of discussion going on there, good point, do it all at once. i'm doing a full exhaust in october and i wish i had the patience to have waited. either way, +1 on doing it all at once. i think from spohn it's like 100 something for the pair, (don't quote me tho) oh yeah, that's for solids haha, like i said, read that post i was talking about.

f-body_racer99

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Now is the time to have that second person i did everything by myself until i had to install aslo carry a flashlight and a hammer if you are unlucky and hits the firewall like me

JOSH13

Well .... I busted a header bolt off last night on the driver side .... Will I be ok to continue on and see if theres a leak or will the head have to come off to have it drilled out .... ?