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camaro engine install with headers,need adviceanthony714 03-23-2006, 08:29 PM ok guys this will be my first install on a 3rd gen,ive done tons of installs so thats not a problem,heres my ?,im running hedman shorties headers on my 3rd gen with air,does anyone know for sure,not a maybe or should,but for sure if i can install the engine with the headers on ??? LesPaulGoth 03-23-2006, 09:43 PM When you say air, do you mean, A/C, or the smog system? Shorty headers are common on these engines, especially Heddmans, Hookers, and Summits (what I have). There aren't clearance issues if that is what you mean. 89Vert 03-23-2006, 10:05 PM I know a guy that wrecks alot of third gens, they pull the motor with tranny, all accessories, and even the harness still attached, anthony714 03-24-2006, 04:05 PM actually i mean a/c and air tubes.so your saying i can drop the engine in with the headers bolted on already? Anniversary-Z-man 03-24-2006, 07:40 PM I know for a fact that you can't install SLP shorties on an L98 and then install the engine...you must place the headers in while the engine is going in. anthony714 03-24-2006, 11:18 PM damn that kind answers my ?,i doubt it would be different for hedmans... Anniversary-Z-man 03-25-2006, 10:21 AM Yeah the easiest way is to just have some extra hands to hold the headers in place while you're lowering the engine into place and positioning it...then bolt them on....that's what we had to do. - Joel 89_Irocz 03-25-2006, 12:42 PM I know for a fact that you can't install SLP shorties on an L98 and then install the engine...you must place the headers in while the engine is going in. Not true. Installed my SLP headers then but my engine AND tranny in together (with NO help). The trick is you have to rotate the engine onto it's side as you are going in, so they will clear the engine mounts. Damon 03-26-2006, 08:31 PM It's so easy to hold the headers in place with bungee cords or some coat hangers it doesn't make sense to leave them attached to the engine. Way to easy to catch them on something and bend them or rip off a wire or kink a brake line while swinging around a 500 lb. engine it doesn't make much sense to try to drop them in while attached to the engine, in my opinion. Phantomfe3 03-26-2006, 11:10 PM why not just put the motor in, and the bolt on the headers after? my hedman shorties slipped right in and took about 15 minutes to tighten up and be ready to go.. itd probably make it easier to put the motor in with the headers off and its not hard to put the headers on after so i dont see the problem.... fbodyguy86 04-06-2006, 12:00 AM just dropped my motor in my camaro with the headers on i have flowtech headers with the y-pipe and ended up having to take the driverside header off to drop the motor in but i put my motor in from the driverside instead of the front of the car had a little space issue in my garage just my $0.02 george 89 RS T-top converting from TBI to TPI | ||