long tube install
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Launching!
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From: Glen Burnie MD
long tube install does any know of any write ups of long tube on a lt1 i found some for the ls1 is it pretty much the same if not can i get some tips on the install or a basic breakdown of what has to be taken out to get them in
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thanks
If I were a smart a$$ I'd say drop the cradle....it's probably the easiest way, but the most labor intensive....Pull the starter, and lift one side of the motor at a time, aside from that there isn't much else you can do....The LT1 is definitely harder than the LS1 for some unknown reason
Lift the car very high! Spray all bolts with PB blaster, liquid wrench etc a day in advance. Be generous. For reference those wooden blocks under the wheels are almost a foot high.
Remove steering joint on drivers side. Alternator, belt, starter, and dipstick tube on pass. side.
Remove egr and air line fittings and lines. I just cut mine as i didnt plan on keeping them. Block off with gaskets etc.
Loosen bolts on cats. I used a impact to do so as i was impatient and didnt spray anything down with pb plaster/liquid wrench. I lucked out, nothing broke, i dont suggest just doing the same
I cut the y pipe in the middle as again i wasnt keeping it, and ground away at the weld at the I pipe till the y pipe was loose . Removed all of that.
Remove plugs and wires then manifolds. I actually just loosened the manifolds, removed the wires, and then broke all the plugs as i yanked it out. THen removed what was left haha.
Headers go in from bottom, extremely easy. Didnt have to lift the motor or anything for me.
Then pretty much reverse. Seems like i got the basics of it
Remove steering joint on drivers side. Alternator, belt, starter, and dipstick tube on pass. side.
Remove egr and air line fittings and lines. I just cut mine as i didnt plan on keeping them. Block off with gaskets etc.
Loosen bolts on cats. I used a impact to do so as i was impatient and didnt spray anything down with pb plaster/liquid wrench. I lucked out, nothing broke, i dont suggest just doing the same
I cut the y pipe in the middle as again i wasnt keeping it, and ground away at the weld at the I pipe till the y pipe was loose . Removed all of that.
Remove plugs and wires then manifolds. I actually just loosened the manifolds, removed the wires, and then broke all the plugs as i yanked it out. THen removed what was left haha.
Headers go in from bottom, extremely easy. Didnt have to lift the motor or anything for me.
Then pretty much reverse. Seems like i got the basics of it
Lift the car very high! Spray all bolts with PB blaster, liquid wrench etc a day in advance. Be generous. For reference those wooden blocks under the wheels are almost a foot high.
Remove steering joint on drivers side. Alternator, belt, starter, and dipstick tube on pass. side.
Remove egr and air line fittings and lines. I just cut mine as i didnt plan on keeping them. Block off with gaskets etc.
Loosen bolts on cats. I used a impact to do so as i was impatient and didnt spray anything down with pb plaster/liquid wrench. I lucked out, nothing broke, i dont suggest just doing the same
I cut the y pipe in the middle as again i wasnt keeping it, and ground away at the weld at the I pipe till the y pipe was loose . Removed all of that.
Remove plugs and wires then manifolds. I actually just loosened the manifolds, removed the wires, and then broke all the plugs as i yanked it out. THen removed what was left haha.
Headers go in from bottom, extremely easy. Didnt have to lift the motor or anything for me.
Then pretty much reverse. Seems like i got the basics of it
Remove steering joint on drivers side. Alternator, belt, starter, and dipstick tube on pass. side.
Remove egr and air line fittings and lines. I just cut mine as i didnt plan on keeping them. Block off with gaskets etc.
Loosen bolts on cats. I used a impact to do so as i was impatient and didnt spray anything down with pb plaster/liquid wrench. I lucked out, nothing broke, i dont suggest just doing the same
I cut the y pipe in the middle as again i wasnt keeping it, and ground away at the weld at the I pipe till the y pipe was loose . Removed all of that.
Remove plugs and wires then manifolds. I actually just loosened the manifolds, removed the wires, and then broke all the plugs as i yanked it out. THen removed what was left haha.
Headers go in from bottom, extremely easy. Didnt have to lift the motor or anything for me.
Then pretty much reverse. Seems like i got the basics of it
Thread Starter
Launching!
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 212
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From: Glen Burnie MD
thanks that makes it easier about how long did it take you guys and with the pacesetter lts and the pacesetter y pipe does it move the y pipe any to the left or right or does it just move it back
Search online for some undercarriage pics, you should see where everything will sit.
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