hey everybody i just got my headers they look great well anyways i have been doing search after search trying to read up on installing these bad boys and i was wondering if i can get some tips on doing the install or a link to show me how...im about to make some notes on it...this is the first real major thing ive done to my car ..ive did little odds and ends but nothing like this...and you know what sucks nobody wants to help me do it...they are all like its to hard bla bla bla...so it looks like im doing it bymyself... so can ya please help a brotha out ??i hope i can atliest get somebody to help me guide them in from up top...plus i got all the time in the world to do it im jobless right now , im going to get started saturday...well thanks guys

 

Get a friend. Dont even attempt to do long tubes alone. Getting them in is hard, but getting them to sit on the gasket correct while you get a bolt in is nigh impossible alone. They're just too awkward/heavy IMO to do alone. Get a friend.

 

yea im thinking someone will help me with guideing thme in . .. but what stuff do i have to take out to get the old manifolds out and get the new ones in . . imma make a list of all the stuff i need to do...thanks

 

Beer. Time.

 

Get mechanic's gloves. There were sooo many times I wish I had been wearing them.

 

thanks i was thinking about running to kragen or sears to grab a pair

 

hey guys what do i have to take out so i can get my old manifolds off and put the new lts in?????

 

well since your doing this saturday start today and spray all the bolts with a penetrating fluid (power blaster works great for me) make sure you get all of the header bolts on both sides and the ypipe bolts at the manifold and cat. spray them, let it soak a day then spray them all again.
time to start, take the y pipe off, take all your emiisions stuff off the manifolds, remove the alternator, remove the starter, then go ahead and take the manifolds off. on the driver side of the head between the first and third primary there is a temperature sensor take it off or youll break it putting the LT's on.

tape the headers before you start to install them so they dont get scratched and pick a side to begin with. take the motor mount bolt out (not a bad time to switch to poly mounts) and jack the motor up as high as you can. slide the header in and bolt it up. let motor down reinstall the motor mount and do the same to the other side. then reinstall alternator and starter and attatch all egr and emissions stuff and fire it up.

take lots of breaks, get some bandaids out.

not a bad time to do plugs and wires while everything is out of the way, but becarefull cause plugs are easy to break when you hit them with a header.

there are also a lot of guides with pics if you search