Speedtoys

At a good shop in Santa Cruz, CA.
Starts at noon
Drinks and 'Za provided
Tons of shiny tools, and a good hand in the shop to help too.

Devek Headers, new cats, 4" exhaust.

Bill Ball

MAYBE I can make it. If so, I'll be there to display my scars from having swapped headers for stock exhaust manifolds, engine in the car. This is relatively easy in a track car with no A/C cassette, but a b@&^h in a street car. You need a variety of 13mm wrenches (long and short Gearwrench, etc.), sockets and extensions with u-joints to reach all the manifold nuts; some best from above, some from below.

Rob Edwards

Be prepared to be able to undo the driver's side motor mount and lift the engine 1/2"-1" on that side. It also may be worth dropping the alternator in order to be able to get your arms up and around the crossmember for the upper bolts on cylinders 5 and 6. A long 13mm flexhead gearwrench is your friend here. May I suggest

http://www.toolsource.com/13mm-15mm-...-p-119911.html


Oh, and:

SeanR

Sounds like a good time, but I'm a bit busy that day, sorry.

AO

How much time are you budgeting? Driver side alone took me 4-5 hours. Passenger side is a breeze if there is no air pump. They sound great, but are a PITA to install.

Ducman82

MSDS set i have are not to shabby. passenger side is cake, driver is.... special. i have the modified motor mount heat shields. almost just want wrap the mounts in fiberglass, and ditch the metal shields...

Richard S

I took them off....no way in hell I'm putting them back on

Rich

Speedtoys

*laugh*

James Bailey

Be sure to recruit someone with small hands !! Have an extra stud or two on hand just to make sure no stud breaks ! Lub the nuts with good penetrating oil the day before. Have a couple extra nuts in case one goes missing. I have done it in the driveway by my self did not loosen motor mounts ,no A/C and left the alt on but it is REAL tight.

IcemanG17

Hmmm......this might work

Speedtoys

You'd be MORE than welcome Iceman.

LMK.

Bill Ball

So, you've gotten plenty of warning - this can be an SOB job in a street car.

Landseer

With a bunch of help, it might be faster to drop the cross member for access.

AO

Yep. Might be. I did it with out dropping the cm, but it was suggested to me. I did have to lift the engine an inch or so to fir them in. Dropping the CM would have accomplished the same thing.

Make sure you have lots of extensionsof varying lenghts, adapters, swivels, spare swivels, extendable magnets, and gear wrenches. You will try every combination just to get the upper bolt on cyl # 6 & 7.

Oh,and despite it looking like you can slip #8 in afterwards... You can't. You have to install it that side all together at once. The slip joint just helps with gettin it in there. I have to do that side twice because of that.

Ok warnings are done.

If you put out a swear jar, it will have more than a few $$ by the end.

You might want to read my post from when i did this. https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...deo-added.html

Have fun!

Bill Ball

That's where I got the scar on my right wrist. I did those from above with a Gearwrench and abraded my wrist on the inner fender so badly it took a month to heal.