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Feb 27, 2008 | 12:31 AM

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cutting the casting tab

with pacesetter lts will i have to do this? id rather not cut anything. if i undo the steering will i be able to get around this? how many of you had to do this?

Feb 27, 2008 | 01:07 AM

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on my 98 Z28 i just grinded a little off at a time until the header went right in, didn't remove the steering shaft, grinding it down won't hurt anything, i've seen people cut it off completely also

Feb 27, 2008 | 01:09 AM

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I've had to do it on every car I installed Pacesetters on....

I just stuck a sawzall up there and wham, bam, thank you ma'am!

Feb 27, 2008 | 02:51 AM

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I had to do it for the first set of headers I ever had.

Feb 27, 2008 | 07:46 AM

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i cut a little bit of the block casting off....by hand with a hacksaw....took 1 min.

its really no big deal.

Feb 27, 2008 | 08:15 AM

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When I Installed My Pacesetters I Did It On A Lift So I Had A Little More Room...but Still Hit It...all I Did Was Disconect Trans Mount And Lift Trans..slid Right In No Problem

Feb 27, 2008 | 09:44 AM

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mine just pushed right in, no cutting necessary.

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Feb 27, 2008 | 11:43 AM

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I ground down a little corner off the tab. That's all that was necessary to slip it it.

Feb 27, 2008 | 11:57 AM

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yeah i had to grind it some to get my jet hots to fit up.

-brandon

Feb 27, 2008 | 12:12 PM

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With my Pacesetters I didn't have to cut or disconnect anything, they just slid right in. With my friends Pacesetters we cut the tab off with a sawzall and it literally was off in 5 seconds.