Installing headers and midpipe this weekend
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dang man, that sucks! warranty?
Yeah and they gave me one of those shitty ass escapes as a rental while its being worked on for free
At least you have a PIMP ride - LMAO until your car is fixed. Hopefully this is it for ya
here is a question for those that have done the install. how high does the car need to be in order to install LT's (not Kooks)? my only concern at the moment is that I won't be able to get the car high enough to complete the install. I have a low profile aluminum floor jack from harbor freight that I believe only goes up to 17.5" and when I was doing my suspension I didn't feel that was high enough for a header install.
I am doing the install on Walmart plastic rhino ramps. My car is lowered too. I can barely fit from the side. But if I go in from the front I have plenty of room with the pypes lt's. Yesterday afternoon I got the dr side done. And the stater out. No rush for me. I also did not drop the K member or the service tray. Oh and no ratcheting wrench either...* GET ONE UNLESS YOU WANT TO SPEND HOURS TIGHTENING UP NUTS AND BOLTS WITH A 1/4 TURN IF THAT.
How tight is your Pypes driver's side header to the floor board?
oh if I do it I'm going buy a ratcheting wrench set and a reverse torx bit set along with a engine support bar that way I don't have to hold up the engine by the transmission with a jack. what I'm most concerned about is the actual header sliding up into place, I have the 1-7/8 SW headers and I hate to have my car down and apart due to not being able to finish the job.
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With the motor mount out and the engine up there is ample room.
It's not bad except where the header passes the bell housing. If it rattles I'll fix it later.
Ok I'm stuck. The top front nut on pass. side. There's an ac line in front of it. What were your solutions?
my first Pypes header was the same way
my nephew got it for me, be he said it takes A LOT of care not to puncture or break the line, he used a stubby ratcheting 15mm wrench
Well looks like I'm giving into to the ratcheting wrench. Harbor freight in my area are out. I going out to find one...
I got a craftsman offset ratcheting wrench set. Should of gotten them from the get go. Also installing boss im at the same time.
headers were on by 11pm. This tool helped the most: http://www.sears.com/craftsman-bottle-opener/p-00941626000P?sid=IDx01192011x000001&kpid=00941626000&kispla=00941626000P&sid=IDx20131030xMPAPxCPA28
LMAO that is awesome and the best tool no doubt
4 jack stands all the way to the top catch will get you there. I installed my SW LT's myself and the raised car height comes in handy on the PASSENGER side when you have to twist and rotate the header up passed the transmission bell housing to get it to where it needs to go. Easy peasy, but the height allows the ease of rotation. I'm sure others magically waved a wand and their headers just appeared in place but believe me, it's tight any other way, but fits like a glove once passed the bell housing.
4 jack stands all the way to the top catch will get you there. I installed my SW LT's myself and the raised car height comes in handy on the PASSENGER side when you have to twist and rotate the header up passed the transmission bell housing to get it to where it needs to go. Easy peasy, but the height allows the ease of rotation. I'm sure others magically waved a wand and their headers just appeared in place but believe me, it's tight any other way, but fits like a glove once passed the bell housing.
if my car got this high when jacked up I wouldn't have a issue installing the headers but I might get one maybe notches up on the jack stand at the most. i'll jack it up again and see what the max height is and compare it to the height of the header and see if its worth fighting for. I could just pay a shop here to do it but so far no one else has touched my car except me when modding and I would like to keep it that way, plus the money I save I can put that towards getting my competition license for racing.
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