hey guys, i plan on doing this on my own and i kno its a b!tch, i have a 97 z28 camaro...so how hard is it really to install headers without lifting the motor and what other crap do i need to remove?

anyone that has done this can you post or has seen this done give me some input please

 

What headers?

 

If they are long tubes you have to jack up the engine on the passenger side....

 

If they're longtubes, most likely you will have to jack up the paseenger side to get it in. I was afraid of doing it on mine, but it actually is pretty easy and not that bad.

 

is there an echo in here

 

well i havent decided wich would be better for my car, that was gonna be the the next question...the up/downs of short and long tubes

i was leaning to shorts cause i hear they are not as hard to put in as long tubes.

when installing do i have to remove any of the AC?

 

and how far does it have to be jacked up? and what does that require just unbolting it from the mounts and unbolt the trany from mount?

 

When I did my LTs, I didnt have to jack up the driver's side at all, but the passanger side had to be jacked up ~3" or so. I undid both motor mounts and nothing else. Wouldnt be a bad idea to undo the bolt on the trans mount either. As for the a/c, you dont need to touch it at all. It just gets in the way when you're trying to put in the new header bolts sometimes. The hardest part for me was lining the headers up for the header bolts. You WILL need a helper. Also, go longtube if you dont have to deal with that emissions bs. Although it depends on what your plans are with the car. In any case LTs would be great but if you're not getting into cams, heads, etc you would be fine with shorties.

 

well for now im just doing full exaust and some spray for now, i have another engine that im building slowly, but we do hav eedmisions here in NC so that means ill prob go with mac headers and highflow cats for now