Long tubes
Long tubes How hard is it to install long tube headers i am looking at getting eather the kooks or the stainless steel works. I have heard i have to lift the motor is this true? When i do these headers i am doing heads and i am doing a clutch so the tranny and bell housing will be off. Any help would be great. Which headers and y-pipe are better kooks or stainless steel works?
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Teching In
Joined: Apr 2005
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From: Rochester Ny
When i installed mine this spring i had to unbolt the steering knuckle on the drivers side, and on the passanger side i had to undo the mount ant lift it about an inch or two to get it to slide in right. if your doing it without a lift try to get the car as high off the ground as possible it will make life alot easier.
i can get the stainless works for 854 that is for the headers and y pipe. Do you think i should do it or should i just save more and buy the kooks?
Last edited by Quick96ss; Oct 31, 2005 at 01:47 PM.
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From: Las Vegas.. back in san jose..
u alwyas get what u pay for....go with kooks....when we did my headers we had my car way off the ground and it was still a bitch. there are alyas going to be thign that come up u may break things...but best to get that car as high up as possible....just be careful when getting it too high...and also dont try and rush it and get it done in 2 hours so u can go out that night...take ur time just my .02
I put Kooks on my car early this summer. The hardest part was getting the old stuff out. Damn rusted bolts. Cutting it out was a lot easier. I love my headers too. You do have to raise the engine but its not near as hard as it sounds. just loosen the motor mount or unbolt it, depending on how much room you need and then jack the engine up with a block of wood. If you want you can also drop the engine and tranny together. would make it all a lot easier especially with the clutch and heads. Have fun
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Launching!
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Rochester, NY
when u order the headers from kooks u need to get the band clamps for the y pipe, O2 extensions and you need to find caps or crapy O2s to cap the O2 bungs in the Y pipe. if your tunning the car take the O2s out of the header bungs and put them in the y pipe bungs and cap the header bungs.
