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Nov 27, 2008 | 10:44 AM

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All the above suggestions are good. Glad I'm not going through that again. I hear ya DaveX

Nov 27, 2008 | 01:07 PM

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i don't know if anyone else had trouble clearing the steering linkage on the drivers side... when i went to put mine in it wouldn't clear it a scissor jack fixed that... i put it between the wheel fender and block and i jacked it a little to one side... problem solved just a heads up... hope your good at tetris i couldn't get my car high enough so you have to wiggle, turn, and try any other trick to get the stock manifolds with the cats out... lt's are easier to slide in except the drivers side but as long as you jack it enough to slide the header in it should be fine

Nov 27, 2008 | 01:46 PM

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jack up the car, use heavy duty jack stands and your set

Nov 28, 2008 | 06:54 PM

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i just did my headers last week had 5 ton jack stands under the frame left the rear on the ground and had plenty of room to install headers heres a pic of how hi the car was

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Nov 28, 2008 | 08:35 PM

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i just did my headers last week had 5 ton jack stands under the frame left the rear on the ground and had plenty of room to install headers heres a pic of how hi the car was

what brand stands do you have? I'd like to put stands under the frame but my stands arent wider than the frame and i'd be afraid of the car slipping off the stands.

Nov 28, 2008 | 11:39 PM

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they are ex-cell which is sams warehouse brand mine are not wider then the frame eather i just put them in a spot were they fit good and did not move

Nov 28, 2008 | 11:53 PM

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they are ex-cell which is sams warehouse brand mine are not wider then the frame eather i just put them in a spot were they fit good and did not move

I don't mean to be annoying i'm just curious, do both top parts of the V on the jackstand contact the frame or is the frame wedged in the V? I just want to know the best way to place them on the frame, this car has bigger frame boxes than my old foxbody mustang.

Nov 29, 2008 | 01:48 PM

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yes they do i had no prob with it moving i even jacked the rear up whin i removed the stock muffler and had no prob with movement it looks unstable but i just checked to make sure by pushing on the side of the car to make sure