Help with mac headers

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Apr 7, 2008 | 01:46 AM

Kev70ss

Thread Starter

Teching In

iTrader: (4)

Joined: Nov 2006

Posts: 45

Likes: 0

From: yorba linda, CA

Help with mac headers

Im just about finished putting in my headers, my problem is how to hook-up a.i.r. The plate that a.i.r. hooks up is facing a different direction and Im not sure how to get it to fit. Does anyone have a pic of mac headers installed or know how to fix a.i.r?

Apr 7, 2008 | 02:58 AM

SS#2906

TECH Apprentice

iTrader: (53)

Joined: Feb 2006

Posts: 379

Likes: 0

From: Sin City

I had to bend the **** out of the air tubes, just enough to get it to fit. I should've blocked them off and removed the air system to begin with.

Apr 7, 2008 | 03:54 AM

35th SS

TECH Addict

iTrader: (2)

Joined: Dec 2001

Posts: 2,622

Likes: 1

From: Hawaii track track.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kev70ss

just do what he said.running macs right now on both cars.didnt come across that problem.switching to LTs soon.

Apr 7, 2008 | 10:14 AM

INMY01TA

11 Second Club

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Apr 2003

Posts: 3,235

Likes: 2

From: Crofton Md.

You can bend the air pipes but I'd get some block off plates and ditch em all together.

Apr 7, 2008 | 12:05 PM

Kev70ss

Thread Starter

Teching In

iTrader: (4)

Joined: Nov 2006

Posts: 45

Likes: 0

From: yorba linda, CA

Thanks Im going to have to bend the tubes first until I get a blockoff plate. I looked at a couple brands of headers and they all have the a.i.r mount going the opposite way, I dont understand why they made it the other way.

Apr 7, 2008 | 12:45 PM

JonB

TECH Enthusiast

iTrader: (3)

Joined: May 2005

Posts: 704

Likes: 3

From: Orange Park FL

I had to do the same as the rest bend the **** out of them. I eventually remove a.i.r completley.

Apr 7, 2008 | 08:24 PM

jlrz28

10 Second Fun Car

iTrader: (7)

Joined: Nov 2002

Posts: 2,045

Likes: 1

From: Pearland, Tx

Had the passenger side shortened and welded....Just used heater hose to extend it. Its had the kink in it for 3-4 years now and 60-70k miles never had a problem.

Attached Thumbnails

10 Reasons Daily Driving a Swap Project SUCKS! (& 1 Reason to Do It Anyway)

Michael S. Palmer

6 Gifts Neither Your Dad Nor Grad Will Shove Into the 'Trinket Drawer'

Brett Foote

Topdon ONE vs. Artidiag 800 BT2: Which is the Diagnostic Tablet For You?

Pouria Savadkouei

Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine

Verdad Gallardo

7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built

Verdad Gallardo

Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin

Verdad Gallardo

6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them

Pouria Savadkouei

Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph

Verdad Gallardo

Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked

Pouria Savadkouei

Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!

Apr 8, 2008 | 01:52 PM

Mike@Diablosport

LS1Tech Sponsor

iTrader: (2)

Joined: Jan 2008

Posts: 2,295

Likes: 11

From: Central Florida

Quote:

Originally Posted by 99_trans_am

Hey im installing my macs right now and i CANNOT get the passenger side in. Did u guys go from bottom or top? and the damn thing just doesnt want to fit

Just did these this weekend...we had to undo the motor mounts and jack the motor up a bit, and go up from the bottom..

Thanks
Mike

__________________

Check out the Trinity! Visit our support forums!
Check us out on Facebook! Check out our website!

Apr 8, 2008 | 02:42 PM

#10

miamifan3413

TECH Resident

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Oct 2005

Posts: 872

Likes: 0

From: LaGrange, KY

Exactly....I tried the top and it was a bitch, undid the motor mounts and the tranny mount then they slid right in from the bottom no problem.....you might have trouble with one of the runners on the drivers side hitting the fat part of the steering shaft, if so just grind down the fat part of the shaft a little bit, that's what i had to do