LT Headers install on an LT1???
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LT Headers install on an LT1??? I plan on installing my Jet Hot LT headers this coming weekend. My friends and I have experience installing LT's on LS1's. How much harder is the install on the LT1's? Do i really have to raise the motor a bit? My car is 94 TA is that helps at all.
25th did u get the ones w/ or w/o fittings? i went to order mine today with fittings and they said they wouldn't have them for another 3 weeks, so now im debating on getting the ones w/o. let me know how the install goes.
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Originally Posted by 25thBird
i've heard on some cases, some people didn't have to jack up the motor... i was hoping i didn't have to either with Jet Hot's
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Originally Posted by warbird27
25th did u get the ones w/ or w/o fittings? i went to order mine today with fittings and they said they wouldn't have them for another 3 weeks, so now im debating on getting the ones w/o. let me know how the install goes.
What makes the difference in whether you have to jack up the motor or not is what tranny you have. If you have an Auto then you should not have to jack the motor up. The bellhousing design is totally different on the M6 which is what causes you to have to jack the motor up during a longtube header install. If you have an M6 then there is prolly a 90% chance you will have to jack the motor up.
To make it alot easier...take the steering linkage out like enisguy suggested. The drivers header will catch on it. In some cases (depending on which you use) the oil filter can get in the way on the drivers header aswell. If you use a large filter like I do then you may need to remove it also.
Scott
To make it alot easier...take the steering linkage out like enisguy suggested. The drivers header will catch on it. In some cases (depending on which you use) the oil filter can get in the way on the drivers header aswell. If you use a large filter like I do then you may need to remove it also.
Scott
Last edited by solid95z; Mar 10, 2004 at 07:54 AM.
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Originally Posted by OneMeanZ
How do you jack up the motor???
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another easy trick that frees up more room than you could imagine is taking off the valve covers. On my header install, the header flange that the primaries connected to would hit the valve covers when i tried to slide/twist/pivot/manuever the headers down onto the side of the block. By taking them off, it gave me that extra inch or two that i needed to allow me to install my headers without jacking up the motor. Pulling the steering column was the best thing I ever did installing all of the headers I have used.
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from my experience, it's real easy. just a bolt or two (my friends have always doen it on their Ls1's. Wabird: On your reply earlier about the headers being cheaper, it might also have to do with how far you live from the company, therefore shipping cost might be the difference. 
. They should be shipped out by next weekend. 
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Originally Posted by 25thBird
I plan on installing my Jet Hot LT headers this coming weekend. My friends and I have experience installing LT's on LS1's. How much harder is the install on the LT1's? Do i really have to raise the motor a bit? My car is 94 TA is that helps at all.
Adam
