View Poll Results: What did you have to do to fit your longtubes in?
Nothing! Fit like a glove!
36
40.91%
Unbolted Steering Knuckle
24
27.27%
Unbolted Motor Mount
7
7.95%
Removed Oil Filter
17
19.32%
Purposely dented headers in
1
1.14%
Purposely dented K-Member
6
6.82%
Grinded the engine block a bit
12
13.64%
Forced it in and accidentally scraped/dented headers (still works fine)
4
4.55%
Other
12
13.64%
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How did you install longtube headers?
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From: Chicago, IL
How did you install longtube headers? Just finished my poly MMs (and tightened them) and having some trouble with my Pacesetter LTs on the driver's side. I've been reading a ton of old threads and it seems like there are so many different variations on how people have gotten them in. Just wanted to see what the most common thing people do to get longtubes in in a nice little poll.
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Thread Starter
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From: Chicago, IL
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From: Hamlin ny
i just did my pacsetters this past weekend and it was stupid easy i didnt have to take anything off i just had to **** the headers and tilt them, once they were in the right angle i pushed them up and in place.
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Brett Foote I'm sure it's a little different from brand to brand, but mostly, I think it's just a matter of getting the car up high enough to snake them in. Once the stock exhaust is out of the way, it's never taken me more than just a few minutes to slide them up and put a bolt in.
I had to cut the tab off the block, remove oil filter, remove that thing that unbolts next to the filter, and unbolt the steering knuckle. Pass side was cake even with the plugs in haha.
That would be the one. Actually to do my cousin's ARHs we had to go to the end that comes out of the firewall. I took out the wire clip, slid the black sleve off and slid the white busing out of the mount on the firwall. It didn't actually diconnect the shaft but it did give us plenty of movement to get the header through there.
I didn't mess with the bolt in the joint for too long. at first I took out the bolt but found I didn't have enough room to slide the shaft apart without unbolting more stuff. I put the bolt back in and did as I described above.
I have also installed jet hots and hedmans with no issuse at all, just had to get the car high enough.
I didn't mess with the bolt in the joint for too long. at first I took out the bolt but found I didn't have enough room to slide the shaft apart without unbolting more stuff. I put the bolt back in and did as I described above.
I have also installed jet hots and hedmans with no issuse at all, just had to get the car high enough.
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I don't remember if my TSP Y came with instructions or not, but I don't have them. I have 4 U Bolt Muffler clamps and 2 wide pipe clamps. Can someone tell me where each of the clamps go? I have the Y pipe put together, just need to clamp them.
Also, do you assemble the Y pipe and then put them on the loosely attached headers or do you assemble the Y pipe piece by piece under the car?
Also, do you assemble the Y pipe and then put them on the loosely attached headers or do you assemble the Y pipe piece by piece under the car?
My Grotyohann's were done on jack stands back in 2001, and IIRC we had to take out the engine mount bolts on one side to get them in. When I switched to ARH's about 2 years ago on a lift, they would not fit with the aftermarket Torquemaster starter I had, but fit perfectly after installing a stock starter.
