Bad starter...?
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Alright, just tried a different battery. Battery didn't seem weak, lights were bright, horn was loud, did the exact same thing. Tomorrow I'll use a battery tester (surely two batteries can't be bad)
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Jack Stands will work fine Last edited by 73Corvette; Jan 28, 2016 at 09:24 PM.
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Mine did this on and off until I changed the starter. Mine has headers too, and it was a PIA. Raise car up as far as possible so you can have more room to extend arms. I put a thermal wrap on mine too.
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What do you think about putting in a high torque starter?...I've seen some online for around $100
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It can be tuned out of the PCM and will not affect normal charging.
Just so you know.
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I noticed that too. His post WAS pretty early in the day. 
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Ok...just got out from underneath the car and there is no room, looks like I may have to remove exhaust. Can I get by just taking it off from back exhaust gaskets or will I have to remove the header and all?
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I just had to detach exhaust from header, and remove header bolts, so you can wiggle them around from underneath. I hope I never have to do it again, I thought I wouldn't be able to get it out, tried the next day and it came out. Then I thought I would never get the wires off, much less reconnected, but I did. I was cussing out the GM engineers the whole time for not putting another 6" or so of wire on it, so it would drop down below the bottom of the car and be easily changed.