Installing headers
03-22-2004, 07:20 PM
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Installing headers Now I've changed torque converters and plugs and all that stuff. So how difficult can it be to change headers and yipe? Just wanting to know before I get into it.
03-22-2004, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 99Freeze
Now I've changed torque converters and plugs and all that stuff. So how difficult can it be to change headers and yipe? Just wanting to know before I get into it.
03-22-2004, 07:53 PM
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Took me about 8 hours. I swapped plugs/wires as well. Cleaned her up, and got rid of a mouse nest I had stuffed up insde my starter/tranny.
I had to drop my oil + filter to get the driver's side header in, passenger side slid right in. The procedure varies with different headers. Helps a bunch if you have a lift. I also had to heat up and bend the brackets for my Hooker catback, as I could only get the Y pipe to slide up so far.
It's all worth it as soon as you fire her up, and rip it sideways down the road with a smile on your face!
Rob
I had to drop my oil + filter to get the driver's side header in, passenger side slid right in. The procedure varies with different headers. Helps a bunch if you have a lift. I also had to heat up and bend the brackets for my Hooker catback, as I could only get the Y pipe to slide up so far.
It's all worth it as soon as you fire her up, and rip it sideways down the road with a smile on your face!
Rob
03-22-2004, 08:45 PM
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it took me only 3 hours using Foff667's install notes, so i knew exactly what i had to do and how to do it. plus i had a lift and a buddies shop bay to work with all his tools and he helped me with putting the emissions crap back on. it really isn't that difficult.
toss out whatever directions the headers come with and search on this board for tips and tricks man. it will shave the down time of your car off tremendously. and the end result is simply
even if it takes you a week to do it it would be a week well worth the wait!
Travis
toss out whatever directions the headers come with and search on this board for tips and tricks man. it will shave the down time of your car off tremendously. and the end result is simply
even if it takes you a week to do it it would be a week well worth the wait!Travis
03-22-2004, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by foff667
its easy I did it bymyself in about 10hrs and ive got big arms(225lbs) check my sig for my install notes...definitly a doable install.
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