Header installation ?
Racer
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: rose city texas
Just installed Dyna Super Max an B@B exhaust on my C6. Did the installation myself. Put the car on jack stands about 16-18in off floor. Worked great. ONE WORD OF CAUTION YOU WILL NEED SOMEONE TO HELP REMOVE AND INSTALL THE HEADERS. If not you will risk breaking a spark plug. I did break a spark plug. Good luck and have fun.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Pittsburgh PA
Originally Posted by jjas
Just installed Dyna Super Max an B@B exhaust on my C6. Did the installation myself. Put the car on jack stands about 16-18in off floor. Worked great. ONE WORD OF CAUTION YOU WILL NEED SOMEONE TO HELP REMOVE AND INSTALL THE HEADERS. If not you will risk breaking a spark plug. I did break a spark plug. Good luck and have fun.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 7,588
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From: Montreal Qc
Originally Posted by jjas
Just installed Dyna Super Max an B@B exhaust on my C6. Did the installation myself. Put the car on jack stands about 16-18in off floor. Worked great. ONE WORD OF CAUTION YOU WILL NEED SOMEONE TO HELP REMOVE AND INSTALL THE HEADERS. If not you will risk breaking a spark plug. I did break a spark plug. Good luck and have fun.
Hope you got it all fixed without too many more headaches?
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Team Owner
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Originally Posted by Irish Whiskey
I wish you luck with the Kooks - I had these installed on C5 and have wished I had done the LG's - no dyno increase, no strip increase, ouch!!
How long has it been, what 5 or 6 months since you installed the KOOKS and got no gain?
It certainly would be interesting to see how much, if any, gain the LGs would get you above the KOOKS.
Team Owner
Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Houston, TX
Originally Posted by Nicodemus
They are 13mm. I installed a set of kooks a few weeks ago, they fit perfectly. It was a very easy install.
Team Owner
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From: Houston, TX
Originally Posted by haljensen
Stock bolts are a 13mm head. Dynatech supplies new bolts with a 10 mm head and recommends using anti-seize.
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Austin Texas
Originally Posted by jschindler
Now that's really odd! That is a big difference in head size. Sound to me like the 10mm head would not be much bigger than the thread OD.
Team Owner
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From: Houston, TX
Originally Posted by haljensen
The threaded portion of the bolt is 8mm, both the stock and the Supermaxx bolts have flat washers formed to the bolt head so they have almost equal bearing surfaces. Don't understand why the smaller bolt head, there's lots of clearance from the header tubes to all the bolts. No need for u-joints or wobble sockets, I could get a torque wrench on every bolt.