00 T/A Header install tricks ?

[Transamman25]

Long tubes on an LS1 .. any good tricks yall wanna share ??

Im Helping "The Doc" with his this weekend ... anyone have anything that will get us done any quicker or easier ?

[LiquidFire350]

Patience



when i did mine, get it up hight, remove all plugs/wires, remove oil dipstick tube, remove steering linkage, remove some little piece directly above the oil filter it has only two bolts on it and a small amout of oil will come out

impact would have helped alot but i didnt use one, old manifolds come out easier when you take the cats off first

and they all go in from the bottom

[CamTom12]

I left my steering linkage alone on all my installs. Another method to get the driver's side in there is to unbolt the engine mount from the K-member and use a tranny jack to lift the engine up a little bit.

And I haven't had to take the oil thing out, either. Maybe I just got lucky

[Phoenix57]

i didn't screw with the steering or engine mounts. i just took off the coil packs and mounting brackets, dipstick tube, and piece by piece the exhaust. the bolts were a MFr, but with the help of mister breaker bar, i got it

[LiquidFire350]

i dont know if the steering linkage was nessacary, i was just told that i should do it, so i did

but i left the coil packs inplace

[gettinthere]

WHat kind of headers? There are different tricks for different brands.

[CamTom12]

and the trick for SLP's is buy another brand...

lol

[gettinthere]

and the trick for SLP's is buy another brand...

lol


If that isn't hitting the nail on the head, then I don't know what is! :roflmao:

[CamTom12]

I'm slowly but surely porting mine from the outside in. When I get a hole from !groundclearance I'll order some QTP's or something

[gettinthere]

I'm slowly but surely porting mine from the outside in. When I get a hole from !groundclearance I'll order some QTP's or something


psst........Kook's........

[CamTom12]

but do Kooks have the HVM collectors? That's really the only reason that I'd pick QTP's over them

[gettinthere]

but do Kooks have the HVM collectors? That's really the only reason that I'd pick QTP's over them


No, but you won't notice the difference if you go with the stepped headers. QTP's have been having some Y pipe clearance issues lately.

[Phoenix57]

Y pipe isn't an issue if you run true duals!!! but yeah QTP y pipes suck, i had one and it leaked like a siv and banged. whenever i got it to not bang, it scraped.

[LS13RDGEN]

The Pacesetter longtubes I installed on at least 3 different LS1 cars all went in VERY smoothly. Plugs, wires and coil packs was all I needed to remove.

[RealLiveMD]

hopefully, that's all I'll need to remove.

[Moparnos (The SLP Guy)]

the new pacesetter's are a breeze. no problems at all.

[loudmouthzls1]

any have any idea how hard the hooker headers are to instal ?

[Transamman25]

Doc Brought the T/A by the shop last night got rid of his PO155 code .. looks really good sounds nice .. except that damn magnaflow exhaust

[LiquidFire350]

any have any idea how hard the hooker headers are to instal ?
easy
pm NBM2001Z28, i bought my Hooker LTs off him, and he gave me great advise on putting them on

[gettinthere]

Pacesetters are easier the Hookers by far. Neither is "hard" though.