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Old 03-04-2007, 09:32 PM
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Default 351W header gaskets suck

I did a set of header gasket today in my 86 coupe man did it suck .


That is all
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Old 03-04-2007, 10:48 PM
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That's intense.
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Old 03-05-2007, 03:31 AM
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man i hear ya, it took me 2 days to try and remove my cleveland manifolds to replace with longtube hookers. at the end of the second day, i said **** it, and im leaving it for my exhaust guy. my hands are too big and i just cannot get them out because of minimal room
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Old 03-05-2007, 04:26 PM
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+1 sure is biatch to get to those back header bolts ..............

paid someone to put my longtubes on I was so not looking forward to it.
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Old 03-05-2007, 04:59 PM
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+1 sure is biatch to get to those back header bolts ..............

paid someone to put my longtubes on I was so not looking forward to it.
how much did it cost you to let someone else put them on?


and i got all my bolts out fine and it only took about 2 hours[&o]

i just could not get the manifold out
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Old 03-05-2007, 05:04 PM
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took me 30min to change one side started from the back worked my way forward
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Old 03-06-2007, 10:41 AM
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Had no probs getting the bolts and the old shorties out, but... Getting the long tube in caused a pain in my a$$ for the better part of a day and night to install. Just could not jack the car up high enough to keep the collector from hitting the ground before I could turn the headers up horizontally. Sooo (you gonna laugh your AO!)... My driveway is gravel and I move the car onto it and dug a couple of ditches under where I had to maneuver the headers through along side of the engine. Now I'm LMAO just remembering it!
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