Installing Headers
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SUBVETTE
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Installing Headers
How difficult is a DIY installation of a set of headers with one set of hands and using race ramps instead of a lift? Tips anyone? Installation on standard C6 LS2 manual.
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Any hints? What are the gotchas?
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Very easy install. Hardest part is routing the wiring for the rear O2 sensors. Of course if you tune out the codes, then you don't even need rear O2's. I did not do it on ramps, I got the car as high as I could using jack stands. I really don't think ramps would have had the car high enough to get the headers in.
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Very easy install. Hardest part is routing the wiring for the rear O2 sensors. Of course if you tune out the codes, then you don't even need rear O2's. I did not do it on ramps, I got the car as high as I could using jack stands. I really don't think ramps would have had the car high enough to get the headers in.
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header install
I installed my LG headers using race ramps and jack stands. It's not as easy as using a lift I'm sure but it can be done fairly easy. Loosen all the clamps on the factory exhaust system first so you can move everything back and forth as needed during the install. When your done get another dyno tune and enjoy the newfound torque and horsepower.
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The problem with ramps is the height. I used a lift a friend had, and I'd really try to find someone with one. You may also want to install a tunnel plate while you are under there.
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Very easy install. Hardest part is routing the wiring for the rear O2 sensors. Of course if you tune out the codes, then you don't even need rear O2's. I did not do it on ramps, I got the car as high as I could using jack stands. I really don't think ramps would have had the car high enough to get the headers in.
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Did mine in the garage by myself. On jack stands. Well, really - the wife helped at one point for the headers - she held the header from above by a cotton twine/string until I could crawl back out from under to align the bolt holes. Everything else was on my own. Very simple process, and do the tunnel plate while you are there.
Don't tighten anything back down until you have all the pipes connected. For me, the only difficult part of any of it was getting the pipes aligned to slide back into each other. (I did full headers/xpipe/zo6 muffler at once, so more pieces to tweak into alignment )
Don't tighten anything back down until you have all the pipes connected. For me, the only difficult part of any of it was getting the pipes aligned to slide back into each other. (I did full headers/xpipe/zo6 muffler at once, so more pieces to tweak into alignment )
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I have the EE one waiting to go on during this effort this weekend.
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Did mine in the garage by myself. On jack stands. Well, really - the wife helped at one point for the headers - she held the header from above by a cotton twine/string until I could crawl back out from under to align the bolt holes. Everything else was on my own. Very simple process, and do the tunnel plate while you are there.
Don't tighten anything back down until you have all the pipes connected. For me, the only difficult part of any of it was getting the pipes aligned to slide back into each other. (I did full headers/xpipe/zo6 muffler at once, so more pieces to tweak into alignment )
Don't tighten anything back down until you have all the pipes connected. For me, the only difficult part of any of it was getting the pipes aligned to slide back into each other. (I did full headers/xpipe/zo6 muffler at once, so more pieces to tweak into alignment )
I'll be installing the EE tunnel plate, OBX headers and the Z51 oil-cooler lines all at the same time.
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Yes, you have to jack up the back also. I didn't take off the tunnel plate, so I ran the wiring using p-clamps to hold the wiring and then covered up the connectors with insulation tape. It just took a while.
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http://www.theredlion.us/Etunnel.htm