how in the hell do you get the passenger side header in? i think i have tried everything except pull the motor back out some, and i hope i dont have to do that.

 

undo motor mount and jack up engine for clearance. most header installs require this. watch for dist. not hitting firewall and above all ,be careful. donot put fingers between engine and mounts and other places to get pinched.do one side at a time. your directions should have told you this.

 

i have never seen a distributer on a LS1 but i'll watch for that anyways. hehehe. anyone else?

 

mine went right in from the top, took the coils and valve cover off...... i also dont have ac though

 

yea, if mine didn't have ac, i think it would drop right in. i have the coil packs off and starter off. its close but it just wont go. i do think if i raise the motor up some, it will drop right in. i guess i'll try that.

 

there's no WAY to put those things in. I think you need to box them up, send them to me so I can deal with the frustrations and save yourself the problems!!

 

come on now. help a brother. i did raise the motor up as high as it would go on the passenger side and the header did go in alot further but still not all the way. now its catching on the rocker arms. WTF??????? has anyone else put these in?

 

i finally got the passenger header in. i hope i never have to pull it out. now if i could only get the crossmember holes to line up, i would be happier.

 

I had to pull the AC Stuff out to get mine in. Basically, everything has to be removed from the passangers side to do it. I agree, it was a pain to get in. The drivers side fits right in without removing anything. Has anyone made a new crossmember like the Drews one yet? Im still looking for one so I can run my Y-pipe straight back with out the ground clearance problems.

 

I made mine with a double hump. I don't have long tubes but the pipes run in the same locations and I am using 3" pipes with out ever bottoming it out.

it's real easy to do. I used 1/4" steel that was already bent in a U-shape and 3/8"? maybe larger for the flat metal. others did the same but used steel pipe that was around 3 1/2" ID with a 1/4" or so wall. then cut it down the center to get the U shape.

 

Passenger side header wouldnt come out of mine... I had to weld my flanges on while it was still on the car. Wasnt a problem during my build, because I remove/install the engine from the bottom. So my headers were bolted up before the motor went in. Pass. header wont come out without removing my a/c box. No way whatsoever

Custom built crossmember??? Sure...









Allows for use of this...





Made mine from 1x3 tubing, with some 2x2 angle for the side mounts. Got the torque arm mount from spohn so I could still use his torque arm.

J.

 

i just cut a very small notch in the headers. not in the headers, but the piece that the tubes connect to, that the gasket goes on.

 

get the car up as high as you can on jackstands and then jack engine up on passenger side with pass side engine mount undone or unbolted put header in from bottom side no prob and i do have ac

 

that would of been easier, but i got it, drove it home today open headers and all.

used a drews crossmember also, now i have a spohn ill be selling.