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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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how high do i have to lift the car off the ground to install my pacesetters?
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Probably not the answer you are looking for but high enough to slide the headers in. I did it with a standard jack and jack stands.
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 05:11 PM
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Almost as high as the header is long unless you wanna jam them in and scracth them all up
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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The only thing I could see scratching the header is the tab that sticks out of the block, but you can either cut it off or file it down enough to slide it in. The passenger side just goes right in from what I remember. The drivers side would have minus that stupid tab that sticks out from the block.
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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The only thing I could see scratching the header is the tab that sticks out of the block, but you can either cut it off or file it down enough to slide it in. The passenger side just goes right in from what I remember. The drivers side would have minus that stupid tab that sticks out from the block.
That tab is a problem with old stock motor mounts. I took out my headers to put in poly mounts. They were a pain to get out past the tab.
It went right past it with the new mounts.
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Old Jan 13, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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this would be a good time to install motor mounts i can almost promise that your y pipe will bang on the floor
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Use a floor jack and jackstands, jack the car up as high as you can and make sure the jackstands go that high. I did this to the front and rear so the rear was as high as the front made it easier I think.
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