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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 11:17 AM
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Those pictures are great.

I used 8" solid concrete blocks under my rear tires and a jackstand/block combo under the fronts when I did my headers. I jacked the car up more and adjusted the front stands/blocks when sliding the headers up into place, but once they are in you need to lower it back down to be able to work under the hood. I never have been trusting of just ramps or jackstands, so I always use a solid block under the tires as a safety.
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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Fabian
Everything comes apart with bolts and nuts. Get a little repair manual and have at it. I had never even taken an intake manifold off up until a month ago, and the wife and I just finished replacing the passenger side head gasket, cam swap, springs, pushrods, etc etc etc. It wold take you about 10 minutes to take a valve cover off. Do eeet
lol, except you're discounting how clumsy and uncoordinated I am (and have ham fists).
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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 11:37 AM
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Some people keep on mentioning using ramps at all 4 corners. You could drive onto the 2 in front, or 2 in the back, and then jack up the car and slide the other 2 in.
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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Prediluted
Some people keep on mentioning using ramps at all 4 corners. You could drive onto the 2 in front, or 2 in the back, and then jack up the car and slide the other 2 in.
This is what I'm going to do. Jack the rear up, put the rears on the ramps, then jack the front for the stands and etc. The ramps I have are tall and great, but there's no way to drive up on them with an F-body.
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