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Mar 13, 2006 | 11:36 PM

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LOL Header install idea

I'm really not looking forward to jacking my car a mile in the air to install these headers. I don't have 6 ton jackstands and my floor jack is a little POS. What to do?

Last night an idea came to me. This is crazy but I just might try it. I will pop the sewer cover on the side of the road out in front of my house, park the car over it and when it comes time to slip those babies in....bingo!

I bet no one has ever tried this

Mar 13, 2006 | 11:36 PM

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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaahaha hahahaahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaahaa go for it!

Mar 13, 2006 | 11:50 PM

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haha, thats insanity, .... but its really not a horrible idea

Mar 13, 2006 | 11:54 PM

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pure genius!!!

Mar 13, 2006 | 11:56 PM

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Watch out for alligators.

Mar 13, 2006 | 11:58 PM

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I thought about digging a whole in the backyard then driver the car over it.

Mar 14, 2006 | 12:18 AM

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hey i dont think it will work...you still need to have enough room to swing the headers into place from below

think about that haha
out the cars tires on some cinderblocks...thats enough

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Mar 14, 2006 | 07:28 AM

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Um, it's gonna suck if you drop that header

You'll be blowing **** outta your exhaust for a few weeks

Mar 14, 2006 | 11:01 AM

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Um, it's gonna suck if you drop that header

You'll be blowing **** outta your exhaust for a few weeks

It's not really a sewer though, it's a storm drain with a ~3'x3' square opening.

I'm actually giving this serious consideration. I think there's a chance it would work pretty well. I know I'd need to jockey the car's position a little, and I'd certainly have to reposition the car to get the other side on.

I hope to hell I don't end up having to climb down in the hole

Mar 14, 2006 | 11:25 AM

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Watch out for the Ninja Turtles! They live in the sewer.

Mar 14, 2006 | 11:32 AM

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its guys like you that solve problems for NASA 30 years down the road hahaha
good luck, try it
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Mar 14, 2006 | 12:22 PM

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Are you going to put it all back together so you can move the car to put on the other header? I mean, you can't jack it up if the road is 'missing' underneath the k-member. However, the idea does have merit. I had an uncle who built a "pit" in his garage. When the house was built, concrete ramps were formed into the garage floor lifting a car about a foot or so. In between them was a "pit" that went down into the backside of the basement. Pretty nifty setup.

Take pics if you try it!

Mar 14, 2006 | 12:46 PM

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HAHA..hey did you guys see that one pic of a guy who had his buddies lift his damn car with a forklift? lol..i guess it was in the back of a store or something and they had their fbody lifted so they can get under it..lol...the damn car was hanging on the forklift...

Mar 14, 2006 | 03:12 PM

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i've seen that pic

Mar 14, 2006 | 03:38 PM

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Beat me to the punch on that one...it was Chad's (Black02SS) car. Dude was standing in the engine bay while it was dangling over the edge and someone else feeding the header up

Mar 14, 2006 | 04:41 PM

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Beat me to the punch on that one...it was Chad's (Black02SS) car. Dude was standing in the engine bay while it was dangling over the edge and someone else feeding the header up

We had someone try to use the fork lift to raise their truck in order to put a lift kit on it. Needless to say a VP walked in right during the middle of it. Not only did the owner of the truck lose his job, but everyone in that building got demoted.