I wondering is it hard to put headers in an 87 IROC... I'm wanting to put Headers in myself... but if a shop would do it for cheap I'd have a shop do it.....I know many of you guys have installed headers was it any hard.,, what kinda tools will i need....How much beer will I Need??? hahaha

 

It took me 7 beers over two days.

The only "special" tool I needed was a Snap-On long, thin, straight 3/8" 12 point double boxed end wrench (that sombich probably ran the guy I borrowed it from 40 bucks) to tighten down the header bolts in between all the emissions junk in the way.

 

hahahah that's good at least it won't be that hard to do it did ya get the air ones or non air whatever that means....

 

Oh yeah, baby. I had AIR tubes, coolant hoses, A/C, the works, all in the way.

 

The hardest part was getting the old manifolds off. The factory installs these metal tabs that get bent over the heads of the bolts. So you cant get a socket/wrench on there without opening them up.



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90 IROC
SuperRamed 406
Trickflow 23* heads

 

Have them on my car not that hard of an install but I instaled a set on an 88 comarro and they hit the stering shaft so we had to replace the motor moounts to get the clearenc we needed it was that or smack the headers with a hammer didnt care to do that to a set of 400 headers.

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87gta 355 fastburn heads,slp headers,flowmaster exhaust, LT4 hot cam and a lot more

 

i put the SLP's on my 91 GTA and we just ground the steering shaft to fit it in there...need less to say, its a lot eaiser to change my plugs now...

 

Did you have to lift the engine, move brake lines, or replace the motor mounts?

How did you get the passenger side header in?