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Old 12-19-2006, 12:00 PM
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Iam getting ford racing headers for x-mas and need some tips for install!
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Old 12-19-2006, 12:04 PM
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Iam getting ford racing headers for x-mas and need some tips for install!



Its a Pain in the **** to install.....
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Old 12-19-2006, 12:08 PM
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yeah i know but whats the best way to do it?
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Old 12-19-2006, 12:23 PM
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yeah i know but whats the best way to do it?

Drop Tranny..... Drop K-Memeber........ Drop Motor....... Install from Underneath.....


Easiest way to install but takes the most effort is pulling the motor itself out and installing them...... Its a simple install in and out of itself..... but its hard as hell to get ot.
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Old 12-19-2006, 12:26 PM
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is 80 bucks woth it for somwone else to do it? He has done it before and knows what hes doing.
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is 80 bucks woth it for somwone else to do it? He has done it before and knows what hes doing.
IMO Yea..... I paid someone 100 dollars to do mine.
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Omg yes everybody else would charge out the *** 80 bucks is worth it
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Old 12-19-2006, 01:07 PM
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Anyone who knows how to do headers has watched someonelse do it numerous times before he or she attempted it for the first time.... Its just one of those things that we average backyard mechanics shouldn't try doing on our own unless someone is there to watch us.
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If someone wants to do it for 80 bucks and have done it before by all means let them do it. One shop wanted 1300 hundred bucks for long tubes and I ended up paying 550.
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Old 12-19-2006, 02:01 PM
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Durrrr, he said shorties.

Still have to be done from under the car, getting the studs out and pulling the manifolds is cake. Actually getting LT's jammed up into place is a PITA. Shorties will be cake compared to LT's.

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