Is it possible to install c5 headers through the top only?
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Racer
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Is it possible to install c5 headers through the top only?
So i am planning on doing my header install in a few weeks and i have ran into a small problem i can only get the car about 15 in in the air and from what i read i need about 20in to install the headers from the bottom. I was hoping to get away with just putting my car on 8in ramps and doing the install from the top only but from what i have read it seems the drivers side needs to go in from the bottom.
Also does anyone have any good instructions on header install for the C5 the only one i can find is the ls1 tech one. Also the headers i am installing are obx long tubes
Also does anyone have any good instructions on header install for the C5 the only one i can find is the ls1 tech one. Also the headers i am installing are obx long tubes
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Just go to harbor freight and buy a low profile jack and 6 ton jack stands for $120. You'll use them for other projects. They are both quality items.
If you can afford long tube headers, you can afford to buy the minimum amount of tools to install them.
If you can afford long tube headers, you can afford to buy the minimum amount of tools to install them.
Last edited by jz2003; Apr 27, 2016 at 12:28 PM.
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http://corvettec3.ca/ramps.htm this is starting to look like a good option though
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that's what I mean I have not seen any instructions for coming in the top ??? I looked at that option when I did mine !!!(not for very long) you still have to have the car raised to do all the other stuff so what is a few more inches ??? My ramps put the car up 21 inches floor pan to the floor and had no issues with that height !!! (plenty of room)
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that's what I mean I have not seen any instructions for coming in the top ??? I looked at that option when I did mine !!!(not for very long) you still have to have the car raised to do all the other stuff so what is a few more inches ??? My ramps put the car up 21 inches floor pan to the floor and had no issues with that height !!! (plenty of room)
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Thats not the problem. I have all of that but i live on a slanted driveway that makes it dangerous to lift my car too high in the air.
http://corvettec3.ca/ramps.htm this is starting to look like a good option though
http://corvettec3.ca/ramps.htm this is starting to look like a good option though
Ramps should be good so long as you don't run over center of the front bottom of the ramps.
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what kind of headers?... my old lg 1 3/4's could be done from the top... the passenger side was a piece of cake, driver side would take a little more fuss but it could be done... my new lg 1 7/8's is a different story, no chance those will go in from the top... you can give it a shot and if it doesn't work out then go get a new jack/jack stands and raise it up higher
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I installed my Texas Speed headers from the top and it wasn't hard. Passenger side slid right in, but the driver side took some work. I had to loosen the motor mount and raise the motor to get it in.
