BoostBrothers Headers on the way, questions
03-09-2009, 02:35 PM
#21
03-09-2009, 05:01 PM
#22
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Jax, FL
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LOL I did MY own LT's. Ill be in Houston the end of April but IDK if my boss will let me do the install lol...
The first startup after pulling it out of my shop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=manGwv_AAY8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdHfMHHbPwI
The first startup after pulling it out of my shop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=manGwv_AAY8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdHfMHHbPwI
03-09-2009, 05:49 PM
#24
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: TX
Posts: 4,897
Hats off to you guys that did the LT install yourself.. all I've ever heard is I WILL NEVER TRY THAT **** EVER AGAIN lol. My shop fabbed some O2 extensions for a few extra $$. You did good getting the stage 8 header bolts. Great investment.
Try them w/o the motor mounts. I did. Sounded like someone beating a drum under my floorboard when turning and first starting the car up. Other than that no problem
. I went back a week later and had them swap the mounts out.
After all the pain and money spending is over you'll LOVE how the LT's sound. And anything else you do to the car on the intake side like s/c, nitrous, etc will benefit greatly from the improved flow.
Try them w/o the motor mounts. I did. Sounded like someone beating a drum under my floorboard when turning and first starting the car up. Other than that no problem
. I went back a week later and had them swap the mounts out.After all the pain and money spending is over you'll LOVE how the LT's sound. And anything else you do to the car on the intake side like s/c, nitrous, etc will benefit greatly from the improved flow.
Last edited by Rubrignitz; 03-09-2009 at 05:52 PM.
03-09-2009, 06:08 PM
#25
Hats off to you guys that did the LT install yourself.. all I've ever heard is I WILL NEVER TRY THAT **** EVER AGAIN lol. My shop fabbed some O2 extensions for a few extra $$. You did good getting the stage 8 header bolts. Great investment.
Try them w/o the motor mounts. I did. Sounded like someone beating a drum under my floorboard when turning and first starting the car up. Other than that no problem. I went back a week later and had them swap the mounts out.
After all the pain and money spending is over you'll LOVE how the LT's sound. And anything else you do to the car on the intake side like s/c, nitrous, etc will benefit greatly from the improved flow.
Try them w/o the motor mounts. I did. Sounded like someone beating a drum under my floorboard when turning and first starting the car up. Other than that no problem
. I went back a week later and had them swap the mounts out.After all the pain and money spending is over you'll LOVE how the LT's sound. And anything else you do to the car on the intake side like s/c, nitrous, etc will benefit greatly from the improved flow.
03-09-2009, 06:13 PM
#26
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: TX
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It's now or later bro.. sorry to tell ya. and your car will shift smoother to boot. After switching to poly mounts you realize just how crappy those fluid mounts were. I would highly recommend them if you can afford it.
03-09-2009, 09:31 PM
#27
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Central OH
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I'll also do any LT install for $500.00, will have it completed in 1 day 
Buy the prothene mounts & install the same time as the LT's, will save you $ down the road.
The 'rubbing' being referred to is the LT's on the steering shaft, very little clearance there. Also, little clearance on the pass side to the frame rail.
I reused the stock bolts, but I did have to cut down 2 of them to clear a primary tube, we installed the Stage 8 bolts on a friends install, PITA to install them.
Need 2 O2 extender harness' you can fab up extensions yourself if you are good @ soldering. This is if the Boost Bros headers have the O2 sensor boss in the header collector. Your forward O2 sensors go there. The rear are not used & you'll need them turned off in your tune or use MIL eliminators.
Buy the prothene mounts & install the same time as the LT's, will save you $ down the road.
The 'rubbing' being referred to is the LT's on the steering shaft, very little clearance there. Also, little clearance on the pass side to the frame rail.
I reused the stock bolts, but I did have to cut down 2 of them to clear a primary tube, we installed the Stage 8 bolts on a friends install, PITA to install them.
Need 2 O2 extender harness' you can fab up extensions yourself if you are good @ soldering. This is if the Boost Bros headers have the O2 sensor boss in the header collector. Your forward O2 sensors go there. The rear are not used & you'll need them turned off in your tune or use MIL eliminators.
03-09-2009, 09:45 PM
#28
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: TX
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Another thing you may want to have them do is weld up some wideband sensor bungs into your midpipe so they can get an accurate A/F reading when you dyno. The shop that did my header/midpipe install welded some in for me at no extra charge. Try to get some little perks like that if you can out of them... as long as you're spending big $$ at their shop.
03-09-2009, 10:06 PM
#29
I'll also do any LT install for $500.00, will have it completed in 1 day
Buy the prothene mounts & install the same time as the LT's, will save you $ down the road.
The 'rubbing' being referred to is the LT's on the steering shaft, very little clearance there. Also, little clearance on the pass side to the frame rail.
I reused the stock bolts, but I did have to cut down 2 of them to clear a primary tube, we installed the Stage 8 bolts on a friends install, PITA to install them.
Need 2 O2 extender harness' you can fab up extensions yourself if you are good @ soldering. This is if the Boost Bros headers have the O2 sensor boss in the header collector. Your forward O2 sensors go there. The rear are not used & you'll need them turned off in your tune or use MIL eliminators.
Buy the prothene mounts & install the same time as the LT's, will save you $ down the road.
The 'rubbing' being referred to is the LT's on the steering shaft, very little clearance there. Also, little clearance on the pass side to the frame rail.
I reused the stock bolts, but I did have to cut down 2 of them to clear a primary tube, we installed the Stage 8 bolts on a friends install, PITA to install them.
Need 2 O2 extender harness' you can fab up extensions yourself if you are good @ soldering. This is if the Boost Bros headers have the O2 sensor boss in the header collector. Your forward O2 sensors go there. The rear are not used & you'll need them turned off in your tune or use MIL eliminators.
03-11-2009, 08:32 PM
#30
Quick question guys, I called Brenspeed today who told me I don't need a new tune. They said there's a chance they disabled the rear O2's when the did the CAI+tune, how can I tell? Also, they said the front O2's must always be on, anyone stuck with a CEL with LT's for good?
Last edited by kingsofcrunk; 03-11-2009 at 11:07 PM.