LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

header install help!

Old Aug 17, 2008 | 06:01 PM
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ok, so i am putting my pacesetter mid's on today and i have been taking pics all day to post up but my dad dropped my camera into a bucket of antifreeze so i have already lose $300 today. but now for the other problem. i have the drivers side on no problem but the pass. side just wont go in its almost like its the wrong part, the tubes seem like they are too long off the flanges and i cannot get them on. ugh im takin a pizza hut break now but is there any tricks to get them in? i need any help i can get!!!!
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 06:03 PM
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Sucks about the camera. Some have to unbolt the motor and jack it up to get the header to slip in from the bottom.
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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 06:26 PM
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I'd try taking the valve cover off first. With the valve cover off, my passenger side long tube slipped right in through the top.

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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 12:00 AM
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You need to get the car REAL high to get them in from the bottom (unsafe high, as they call it). If your doing it from the top, then take those valvecovers off and anything else that gets in your way. You are going to need to make space.
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