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Installing Headers

2000GTP

2000GTP

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I just ordered my headers finally for my car, they are the ZZP stainless headers and i ordered them with a catted downpipe. I was going to get TOG's but all together they came out to be more expensive than the ZZP headers.

Basically I just want to know since it will be my first time installing headers on any car, let alone my GTP, if there are any pointers/instructions you guys have when it comes to installing them, what tools I will need, and if there are any things I should look out for when I am installing them.

Any information you can give me will be appreciated :th_thumb-up:
 


Take off the stock manifolds :p

PB Blast the living crap of your stock manifold bolts ;) For sure...make sure you've got something to clean up the blood you lose too :p
 
haha yeah figured that. cool, will i need to rock the engine forward? and how exactly is this done? im also gonna need a torque wrench right? i have one but it only goes from 25 to 100 ft lbs, no lower.
 
2000GTP said:
haha yeah figured that. cool, will i need to rock the engine forward? and how exactly is this done? im also gonna need a torque wrench right? i have one but it only goes from 25 to 100 ft lbs, no lower.
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Just unbolt the dogbones and have someone pull forward the engine as much as you can, or get a strap to hold it there, its not going to go anywhere or ruin anything as long as you dont pull too hard that it hits the fans. Don't really need a torque wrench. Did you delete the egr or get the headers with the egr option?
 


QwikGT said:
if you want, you can bring it to the shop, ill ask for a price for you
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thanks nick, but i dont know i kind of want to do it myself. i like doing this kind of work, i think i could do it, just gotta take off a day and i could probably do it in 6 hours i would say.
 
FoSHO99 said:
Just unbolt the dogbones and have someone pull forward the engine as much as you can, or get a strap to hold it there, its not going to go anywhere or ruin anything as long as you dont pull too hard that it hits the fans. Don't really need a torque wrench. Did you delete the egr or get the headers with the egr option?
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and i got the ones with EGR, i wanted to keep it, i dont like to mess with the emissions system too much
 
Imo don't torque the bolts just get them tight enough. I torqued mine to spec when I installed my plog and the bolt snapped, lucky for me I snapped a bolt in the L36 heads so i don't care.
 
I'm a torque nazi (comes from my military tech training). I've never had anything break when using a properly serviced torque wrench and torquing to the proper specs. Some sort of assembly lubricant is also a good idea (in general, probably far from necessary for something simple like headers).

The worst part about exhaust work is stuck bolts. Beyond that it's easy.
 
Sabrewings said:
I'm a torque nazi (comes from my military tech training). I've never had anything break when using a properly serviced torque wrench and torquing to the proper specs. Some sort of assembly lubricant is also a good idea (in general, probably far from necessary for something simple like headers).

The worst part about exhaust work is stuck bolts. Beyond that it's easy.
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yea, i hope my torque wrench will be good for it because it starts at 20 ft lbs... i got the bigger one and i dont know why. ill check the torque specs
 


Sabrewings said:
Depends on who is doing the installing.
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oh alright. well basically its my first time doing it... and im pretty good at doing small things on my car, this is one of the first "big" things im doing. could i figure like 5 hours maybe? because im just trying to figure ouot when ill have time
 


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