Ease of Installation?
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Ease of Installation? how easy is it to drop a set of Jet Hot long tubes in an LT1? these are the headers i've thought about going with, but is there anything easier that and/or offers the best performance? thanks.
I dont know about the jet hots, but my FLPs went in pretty smoothly, its easier from underneath but you have to kinda twist them in, the driver side is more difficult, but good luck, you are gonna love the LTs
there's info all over the board for this topic. I'll entertain you though anyway:
I have the Jet Hots on my car. Had to remove the motor mount bolts and jack up the motor, and kinda snake them in from under the car. 'Course to get 'em in from the bottom you gotta jack the car up a decent height into the air. This is not to say you'll have to do the same; I think when I was researching this very same topic I read that some didn't have to do jack up the motor and some get 'em in from the top and some from the bottom (I guess there's just a lot of factory tolerance?). As far as easier installation, Lots of people here like the Pacesetters specifically because of their ease of installation, BUT they aren't coated on the inside and I've read at least one account of a set of pacesetters rusting from the inside out. I guess the best thing to do is get some uncoated pacesetters and send them to Jet Hot for coating inside and out. At any rate, any performance difference between the 2 would prolly be negligible in your case.
I have the Jet Hots on my car. Had to remove the motor mount bolts and jack up the motor, and kinda snake them in from under the car. 'Course to get 'em in from the bottom you gotta jack the car up a decent height into the air. This is not to say you'll have to do the same; I think when I was researching this very same topic I read that some didn't have to do jack up the motor and some get 'em in from the top and some from the bottom (I guess there's just a lot of factory tolerance?). As far as easier installation, Lots of people here like the Pacesetters specifically because of their ease of installation, BUT they aren't coated on the inside and I've read at least one account of a set of pacesetters rusting from the inside out. I guess the best thing to do is get some uncoated pacesetters and send them to Jet Hot for coating inside and out. At any rate, any performance difference between the 2 would prolly be negligible in your case.
