need help with headers
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 135
Likes: 0
From: miami fl
need help with headers
guys i had a local shop put my kooks long tubes 1 7/8 headers on my c5 and and now i want to take them off to go back to stock and im having a hard time i was able to take off the headers .but they wont come out can you guys help me i have them sold and need them off the car .i heard something about the cross member
Racer
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 369
Likes: 1
From: Calgary AB
guys i had a local shop put my kooks long tubes 1 7/8 headers on my c5 and and now i want to take them off to go back to stock and im having a hard time i was able to take off the headers .but they wont come out can you guys help me i have them sold and need them off the car .i heard something about the cross member
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,419
Likes: 6
From: Alamosa CO
guys i had a local shop put my kooks long tubes 1 7/8 headers on my c5 and and now i want to take them off to go back to stock and im having a hard time i was able to take off the headers .but they wont come out can you guys help me i have them sold and need them off the car .i heard something about the cross member
Tech Contributor
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 2,843
Likes: 16
From: Howell Michigan
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
Be careful!!
Racer
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 369
Likes: 1
From: Calgary AB
You have to take the engine mounts loose and place a jack with a board between the jack and the engine and raise it off the engine cradle a few inches to allow enough clearance for the headers to slide clear. Normally the left side (drivers side) can be pulled down below the vehicle and the right side up and out the top.
Be careful!!
Be careful!!
If the Driver's side goes out the bottom, then the car needs to be at least 22 or so inches high (if not higher) in the air. This is pretty high and safety can be a concern if you are not careful. Sounds like from Kooks guys thus far the motor has to be jacked up just a tad to get some clearance.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 135
Likes: 0
From: miami fl
guys i will do it the way you guys tell me .whats the fastest way .i have the car on two ramps so the front of the car is super high .is that what you mean by the motor being jacked ..ur right i have no ideal what needs to be left and what needs to be taken out .both headers are completely loose .there dangling .and its an x pipe .all ur words would be greatly apreciated
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 135
Likes: 0
From: miami fl
what do you mean by this( engine mounts loose and place a jack with a board between the jack and the engine and raise it off the engine cradle ) i took off the spark plugs and the valve covers are both off .
Racer
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 369
Likes: 1
From: Calgary AB
Have you read the header install on LS1howto.com yet? Seriously, check that out and it will help you see what you need to do. Oh, and you'll need a hydraulic jack to raise the car up high enough off the ramps to run the header out the bottom.
Race Director
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 15,960
Likes: 21
From: West Norriton PA
St. Jude Donor '08
I had the Kooks first generation headers in bro's car. Whoever installed them did a hack job and then welded all of the pipes together including the mid-pipes, what a bunch of azzhats.
Took forever with a cut-off tool and saw to get them out.
In general you should disconnect the battery, steering, ground cables, FRC covers, coil packs, spark plugs & wires and starter. In some cases the valve covers.
With the kooks you might have to remove oil filter too along with water temp connection and oil level connector.
We also remover the 18mm nuts on the front cross member and used a 2 x 4 to roll the engine from one side to the other.
Took forever with a cut-off tool and saw to get them out.
In general you should disconnect the battery, steering, ground cables, FRC covers, coil packs, spark plugs & wires and starter. In some cases the valve covers.
With the kooks you might have to remove oil filter too along with water temp connection and oil level connector.
We also remover the 18mm nuts on the front cross member and used a 2 x 4 to roll the engine from one side to the other.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 135
Likes: 0
From: miami fl
wow thats scary .ive never done that before .tom i will look at ir very good and see what needs to be done cause i refuse to pay someone to do it for me lol .how things are now im better off trying to do it myself .
Race Director
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 15,960
Likes: 21
From: West Norriton PA
St. Jude Donor '08
Steering shaft is on drivers side. 13 mm bolt. lock the steering wheel and mark the shafts. Make sure you don't spin anything. Look below the alternator.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 135
Likes: 0
From: miami fl
that would be great i live in miami fl .and some help would be great .i took pics of what is giving me a hard time.the headers are off .but theres a peice i think its the cross memeber .it has a bolt and i feel if i take it off it will give me clearance to be able to take the header off