Header Install $$$ ?
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Melting Slicks
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Header Install $$$ ?
What's a reasonable price for header installation on a new Corvette?
If doing headers, are you crazy not to go ahead and do the Thermal Abs....? Combined installation price?
If doing headers, are you crazy not to go ahead and do the Thermal Abs....? Combined installation price?
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you are looking a 8 man hours to do the job right. i got a tunnel plate setting in my shop that i never installed....i dont see a heat issue myself but i have dyno mated the whole car so....
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A couple of hours. You must be some kind of fast. The corvette shop just quoted me 1 1/2 days, and a cool $1000 labor. I just started my headers/cats/xpipe install on Tuesday and I am at least 8 hours into it. Wiring the O2 sensors was not a quick as I hoped. Tommorow I just have to torque down everything, take it off jacks, and clean up. Another 2 hours max.
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A couple of hours. You must be some kind of fast. The corvette shop just quoted me 1 1/2 days, and a cool $1000 labor. I just started my headers/cats/xpipe install on Tuesday and I am at least 8 hours into it. Wiring the O2 sensors was not a quick as I hoped. Tommorow I just have to torque down everything, take it off jacks, and clean up. Another 2 hours max.
Headers are a 5-8 hour job depending on how much you know about what you're doing.
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A couple of hours. You must be some kind of fast. The corvette shop just quoted me 1 1/2 days, and a cool $1000 labor. I just started my headers/cats/xpipe install on Tuesday and I am at least 8 hours into it. Wiring the O2 sensors was not a quick as I hoped. Tommorow I just have to torque down everything, take it off jacks, and clean up. Another 2 hours max.
Hope they talk dirty to you first. It tool longer to get the car on and off jackstands than it did to do the work.
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It is a fairly easy straightforward job. The hardest part is routing the dang O2 sensor wires so they don't get melted on something.
$350-400 is the most that I would pay. Headers install are about 3-4hrs tops for a shop with a lift and the right tools.
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A couple of hours. You must be some kind of fast. The corvette shop just quoted me 1 1/2 days, and a cool $1000 labor. I just started my headers/cats/xpipe install on Tuesday and I am at least 8 hours into it. Wiring the O2 sensors was not a quick as I hoped. Tommorow I just have to torque down everything, take it off jacks, and clean up. Another 2 hours max.
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I just did a set of Kooks this Friday on my car using my hoist. It was a solid 4 hour job to do and that included me having to drive to town to have the mid pipes adjusted. Kooks didn't expand the slip joint enough so I had to run to the muffler shop and have then loosened up.
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I just did a set of Kooks this Friday on my car using my hoist. It was a solid 4 hour job to do and that included me having to drive to town to have the mid pipes adjusted. Kooks didn't expand the slip joint enough so I had to run to the muffler shop and have then loosened up.
The $1000 in labor quote was from a Chevy dealership that specializes in Corvettes. Too high you say. I absolutely agree. And that is why I took the leap and installed them myself. Way glad I did. I got to take my time and do the install as perfectly as I could. I don't get that level of job satisfaction very often.
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Exactly. I took some heat here for saying the job took me about 10 hours. So I was glad you confirmed what took me a fair amount of extra time. I agree the midpipes were too tight for both the high flow cats and the corsa over the axle pipe. I had to get an expander and work on both ends of the midpipe for quite some time, not to mention the trip to and from the parts store.
The $1000 in labor quote was from a Chevy dealership that specializes in Corvettes. Too high you say. I absolutely agree. And that is why I took the leap and installed them myself. Way glad I did. I got to take my time and do the install as perfectly as I could. I don't get that level of job satisfaction very often.
The $1000 in labor quote was from a Chevy dealership that specializes in Corvettes. Too high you say. I absolutely agree. And that is why I took the leap and installed them myself. Way glad I did. I got to take my time and do the install as perfectly as I could. I don't get that level of job satisfaction very often.
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I called Kooks after my 'test slide' failed miserably. They said the pipes could be 'finessed' into place. There was no finessing in my garage involving those pipes, I assure you.
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Absolutely!! The additional HP and more importantly mid range torque is a great kick in the pants.
I just did a set of Kooks this Friday on my car using my hoist. It was a solid 4 hour job to do and that included me having to drive to town to have the mid pipes adjusted. Kooks didn't expand the slip joint enough so I had to run to the muffler shop and have then loosened up.
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I agree that perhapse the LG's make more power they sure are quite a bit longer then the kooks however I didn't want to spend over 2k canadian to get a set of headers up here, I happily paid ALOT less for my complete catted kit from a forum member that was selling them brand new to get a Z.