puttin headers on seeing if there any tips
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puttin headers on seeing if there any tips I putting long tube hheaders on this weekend and just wanted to see if there are any tricks or anything i should know about before doing this. Any suggestions will help thanks
have plenty of time set aside... make sure youre doin it with a buddy who can drive, or have a spare car to use... watch out for temp sensors (try not to brake em off).. ummmm..
plenty of PB Blaster
plenty of PB Blaster
Originally Posted by SchwabZ28
I putting long tube hheaders on this weekend and just wanted to see if there are any tricks or anything i should know about before doing this. Any suggestions will help thanks
for pacesetters your going to have to remove your steering on the drivers side, take off your alternator. For one of them i was able to get it in from the top, i cant remember which one, maybe the pass side. Also its easier to have someone hold it while you put the bolts in.
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Originally Posted by transambandit
for pacesetters your going to have to remove your steering on the drivers side, take off your alternator. For one of them i was able to get it in from the top, i cant remember which one, maybe the pass side. Also its easier to have someone hold it while you put the bolts in.
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Originally Posted by SchwabZ28
there pacesetter off road long tubes and im putting them in a 97 z-28. You guys think it can all be done in a day ? ? Thanks for the help
You can do it in a day if you cut the stock exhaust off, and just bust *** in gettin the alternator off & steering shaft. Also- jack the car up to where the front bumper is about 2 1/2 feet off the ground & put it on jackstands. Then your going to have to jack up the engine and lower the engine & blah blah blah.
Its not that bad really man. just take your time & dont get pissed off at it. Be sure to soak your stock bolts in PB blaster for a couple days before hand..
Its not that bad really man. just take your time & dont get pissed off at it. Be sure to soak your stock bolts in PB blaster for a couple days before hand..
I just got done with my Hooker LT's, and just use a sawz-all and cut off the stock exhaust, and get new 02 wires, extensions, and sensors- plus change out the plugs and wires. While I was at it, I put a tubular K-member underneath it, lower A-arms, new shocks and springs, and I also broke the coolant temp. sensor. Other than that, make sure you got some beer.. lol!
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tighten header bolts from the center/middle bolts first then moving to the ends. My LT's went in in a few hours. Although I was using a lift, good tools, and I hacked out the old stuff.
Originally Posted by transambandit
for pacesetters your going to have to remove your steering on the drivers side, take off your alternator. For one of them i was able to get it in from the top, i cant remember which one, maybe the pass side. Also its easier to have someone hold it while you put the bolts in.
Was deff. the drivers Side...no way to get the Header between all the A.I.R hardlines and A/C crap....unless it's gone...
yea...take your time, and it was easy for me cuz i had no egr, a.i.r., or cats, etc. mine was a straight bolt in. however..watch the alternator and steering knuckles, etc. great advice from everyone here..so use it