LT1 header install
04-28-2008, 06:38 PM
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LT1 header install Anyone have any tips for an install on a 95 TA LT1. There hooker shorty's. Shouldnt be too bad, but any tips would help! I did my LT's on my 02, but this lloks to be a tighter fit on the pass side.
04-29-2008, 09:08 AM
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DS headers goes in best from the top, PS from the bottom. Use good gaskets, if you have stock heads the deadsoft gaskets hold up better then the paper. If you use Felpro or simular paper gaskets spray then with coppercoat to add a bit of strength. After the headers are installed do a few 3-4 heat cycles and retighten the bolts to avoid blowing out the gaskets. ( yes is sucks taking the alternator off, but the ends of some of the gaskets are thin and that is where they normally blow out. )
The biggest PITA is getting the ERG tube back onto the Pass header!
Make sure the plug wires are far away from the headers too!
The biggest PITA is getting the ERG tube back onto the Pass header!
Make sure the plug wires are far away from the headers too!
04-29-2008, 05:48 PM
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QUOTE=IROC403;9256526]we did 1 set a while ago, verry tight space to work in. sounds like a good job 4 little chris LOL
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who are you calling little iroc boy!!!!
ahhh we will see who's gonna be the little one when the GN'S ready for the track soon. 
you dont know the power of the dark side!!! 
lol
[/QUOTE]who are you calling little iroc boy!!!!
ahhh we will see who's gonna be the little one when the GN'S ready for the track soon. you dont know the power of the dark side!!! lol
04-29-2008, 06:42 PM
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My LTs weren't bad on my 94. I had to let the starter hang temporarily (not completely) to get the header in from underneath. You gotta jack the car up pretty high to do so, not too difficult. The DS header went in like it was covered in butter.
Change the plugs and wires at the same time. I broke a few plugs getting the manifolds off. It put my mind at ease when I knowing they'd be replaced with something better (NGK dumdumdum!).
Im sure shorties will be easier.
Change the plugs and wires at the same time. I broke a few plugs getting the manifolds off. It put my mind at ease when I knowing they'd be replaced with something better (NGK dumdumdum!).
Im sure shorties will be easier.
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04-29-2008, 07:28 PM
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Its a customers car so Im just doing it to get paid. i got started on this late today so its not done yet. I started on the drivers side, and everything was going ok untill I got to the second to last bolt nearest to the firewall. Almost impossible to get a wrench or anything else on it. oh well to be continued tomorow!
04-29-2008, 07:38 PM
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haha you hate LT1's dont you? lol
honestly like fran said before, its a total PITA.... helpsa **** load if u have a lift, which im guessing u do... driversside from the top passenger side from the bottom... and if worse comes to worse just unbolt the motor and jack it up and slip them in...
honestly like fran said before, its a total PITA.... helpsa **** load if u have a lift, which im guessing u do... driversside from the top passenger side from the bottom... and if worse comes to worse just unbolt the motor and jack it up and slip them in...
