im sitting in class till 6:50 (its 4:11 right now) 
KOOKS passenger side HELP HELP HELP HELP
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St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
Originally Posted by connecticut
16again, that's a good looking jack ya got there, where is it from?
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Melting Slicks
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GOOD NEWS GUYS...THE HEADERS ARE ON 
tightened down everything going to do everything to spec (torque tomorrow) and install the hi-flo cats and x-pipes 
coudln't have done it without you guys once again thank you guys soooooo much...special thanks to 16again...and EB20003
tightened down everything going to do everything to spec (torque tomorrow) and install the hi-flo cats and x-pipes coudln't have done it without you guys once again thank you guys soooooo much...special thanks to 16again...and EB20003
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Originally Posted by BickyDhadwal
GOOD NEWS GUYS...THE HEADERS ARE ON tightened down everything going to do everything to spec (torque tomorrow) and install the hi-flo cats and x-pipes coudln't have done it without you guys once again thank you guys soooooo much...special thanks to 16again...and EB20003
tightened down everything going to do everything to spec (torque tomorrow) and install the hi-flo cats and x-pipes coudln't have done it without you guys once again thank you guys soooooo much...special thanks to 16again...and EB20003CONGRATS!!!!!
I've been following this post and wishing you luck. What I didn't want to add was that it took another forum member and I about 10 hours to get my headers on. But, it was well worth it.
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Originally Posted by BickyDhadwal
GOOD NEWS GUYS...THE HEADERS ARE ON tightened down everything going to do everything to spec (torque tomorrow) and install the hi-flo cats and x-pipes
tightened down everything going to do everything to spec (torque tomorrow) and install the hi-flo cats and x-pipes 
Great job
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Yeah baby, let the good times roll. I knew you had it in you.
But now here is what I want you to do if you have not done it already.
Go and put your starter back in now. Otherwise you won't get that sucker in once that header is in the way.
You only need take two, well maybe 4 of the passenger side header bolts to loosly keep the header in place while you bolt up the starter.
You may as well torque the starter all the way up because you won't be able to get a wrench on it later.
Also while you have the hard part out of the way, that X pipe and your cat back can be a pain in the *** too. Especially lining up the tips.
After you get the starter, go ahead and put in all your header bolts but don't torque them all the way down. Then tackle the x pipe again just loosely torquing it to the header collectors. Rotate those clamps so that they will not bottom out if you go over a speed bump.
After the x pipe, the rest is down hill. Go ahead and torque everything down under the hood, and start working on getting the pipes and catback tips lined up.
Good luck.
But now here is what I want you to do if you have not done it already.
Go and put your starter back in now. Otherwise you won't get that sucker in once that header is in the way.
You only need take two, well maybe 4 of the passenger side header bolts to loosly keep the header in place while you bolt up the starter.
You may as well torque the starter all the way up because you won't be able to get a wrench on it later.
Also while you have the hard part out of the way, that X pipe and your cat back can be a pain in the *** too. Especially lining up the tips.
After you get the starter, go ahead and put in all your header bolts but don't torque them all the way down. Then tackle the x pipe again just loosely torquing it to the header collectors. Rotate those clamps so that they will not bottom out if you go over a speed bump.
After the x pipe, the rest is down hill. Go ahead and torque everything down under the hood, and start working on getting the pipes and catback tips lined up.
Good luck.
Last edited by '06 Quicksilver Z06; Nov 25, 2005 at 12:59 PM.
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holly smokes....we started her up today...and boy does she ever ROAR...gave it a rev and the business manager came from the showroom to hear the car ...everything after the headers went on flawlessly....i just wanted to double check everything tomorrow morning before i rolled out of there...i only had an hour to get the hi-flo cats and x-pipes on with the sensors...i still have to tie down all the wires etc...can't wait to get her on the road...i still can't stop smiling...ive never looked forward to going to work in my life...but for the last few days...i can't wait thanks soo much once again guys...ill post some pics tomorrow and maybe even a sound clip
...everything after the headers went on flawlessly....i just wanted to double check everything tomorrow morning before i rolled out of there...i only had an hour to get the hi-flo cats and x-pipes on with the sensors...i still have to tie down all the wires etc...can't wait to get her on the road...i still can't stop smiling...ive never looked forward to going to work in my life...but for the last few days...i can't wait thanks soo much once again guys...ill post some pics tomorrow and maybe even a sound clip
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missed all the drama but glad to hear you got em in.
i think the kooks rock and worth all the effort.
don
i think the kooks rock and worth all the effort.
don
Originally Posted by BickyDhadwal
holly smokes....we started her up today...and boy does she ever ROAR...gave it a rev and the business manager came from the showroom to hear the car ...everything after the headers went on flawlessly....i just wanted to double check everything tomorrow morning before i rolled out of there...i only had an hour to get the hi-flo cats and x-pipes on with the sensors...i still have to tie down all the wires etc...can't wait to get her on the road...i still can't stop smiling...ive never looked forward to going to work in my life...but for the last few days...i can't wait thanks soo much once again guys...ill post some pics tomorrow and maybe even a sound clip
...everything after the headers went on flawlessly....i just wanted to double check everything tomorrow morning before i rolled out of there...i only had an hour to get the hi-flo cats and x-pipes on with the sensors...i still have to tie down all the wires etc...can't wait to get her on the road...i still can't stop smiling...ive never looked forward to going to work in my life...but for the last few days...i can't wait thanks soo much once again guys...ill post some pics tomorrow and maybe even a sound clip
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St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
Originally Posted by BickyDhadwal
wooooooooooo celeberatting woooo hammeed moutt my mind reporting bckto vetteforum...u gusy rwock
Told you that it would be great. It's worth the hard work, to have the result you obviously got. Now get your nose away from the exhaust, and go drive it like you stole it.
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Kooks headers are a pain in the A$$ to install on the passenger side. You need to:
Remove the Valve cover
Remove Starter
jack up engine using passenger side wing to angle it as much as possible, Jack the motor up until you see the intake manifold touching the cowl. The header will slide in with a little help. I've done 3 sets of these things and hate them.
Phil
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Remove the Valve cover
Remove Starter
jack up engine using passenger side wing to angle it as much as possible, Jack the motor up until you see the intake manifold touching the cowl. The header will slide in with a little help. I've done 3 sets of these things and hate them.
Phil
PM Me if you need help
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Man I sure hope that all the hassle is worth big #'s on the dyno/track. Supposedly the LG's require no modifying to install. I'm glad that I had the kooks professionally installed.