Well if any of you heard the sweet sounds of a third gen being cursed on the wind today. It was me.

Got my cat-back today(took like 3 days to get here if that!) but I deceided hell I got till next thursday before I really need to drive it so I'll go ahead and put it on.

Well the cat-back went on with little trouble... Then I got to thinkin, well hell I should have the other exhaust parts on monday, so I will go ahead and put on those headers... Well... the Cat and Y pipe came out pretty easy actually. The drivers side manifold bolts cameout with no trouble at all(Except the one on that damn P/S Bracket) Still have to get that one... But moving on...
Passanger side manifold... Woo nilly... 3 come out no probs, just have to remove the alternator, and Air pump(which I am getting rid of for what litte gain it is). Well that leaves 3... 1 was on the way out and coming nicely, then SNAP...(about the 5th ranting took place) well hell... move on. I notice the manifold is decisively easier to move... hmm the 2 on the back side were already sheared...(thats when the 6-7-8-9 ranting took place) as I was yanking the manifold out of the engine bay...

So I pose a question... How can I remove these(theres ALOT of thread sticking out) without shearing them in the head.... I already soaked in PB(great stuff)...

 

Grab them with a vice grip and turn and just soak them in allot of wd-40 or anything like that they will come out.

 

I will try putting on 3-4 nuts, then turn the in most with a wrench, if that no work then slap on the vise!... all I can say is ARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH dman KJ&^%(&^#* car!.

 

PB Blast & vise grips worked good for me when I pulled the 2.8 heads. All came out on one side, & peices came out on the other.

 

All The bolts on mine broke off on there own its a GM thing. My frineds shop charged me 300 bucks to take out the bolts shave the manafolds cuz they were warped and do all my freezeplugs.

 

Tightest grip with vice grip and some heat.
Good luck.
They SHOULD come out easy.
How about trying from below?
Or raising the engine a bit for better access?

 

ok I got those two out and actually got the passanger side hedman on.. Woo hoo... Now has anyone ever gotten the hedmans to fit a manual? cause this drivers side is hitting every possible thing it can, and even inventing a few things.... I aqlready hit in a primary a little so it could clear the motor mount....
But it just refused to drop 1" so it can slide right into place. I have already lossened the wiper motor, that gave me 1/2" but now I am outta room... It hits the slave Cylinder BAD so I am thinking these were NOT meant for a manual car...

 

Oh I also forgot to mention that I removed my air pump and if anyone wants to remove it I have the diamgram and belt length info...

79" Belt. Crank to alt to tensioner, to water pump to A/C to P/S to crank. Everything but the water pump turns in the same direction.

 

so mine probably aint going to fit either.........................
would an acetylene torch heat these enough to bend them??
because we have one at work.......................

 

man i hope you fix this sh*t and fast... !






best of luck man

 

Actually yes they fit.. I finally got 1 bolt in and the rest almost lined up.

However.. You NEED to do some "Structural Redesign" on both parties involved. Header, hit the inside collector in 'bout 3/8-1/2", and the GM side, know that 360 ring for the slave bolt up?, make it a 250 approx. basically cut/break beside each side about 1/4" past the bolt holes. HAVE FUN!!!ITS NOT AN EASY INSTALL BY ANY MEANS. To those that are getting my type headers... WOO YOU HAVE IT EASY I TELL YA.

Well hopefully tomarrow I will have the system done and running.. And let me say I cannot wait to hear that catless MPITA header dynomax monster fire!.

 

uhh, if it was that bad, why not make ya a "personal" set then

 

yeah yeah yeah . so when you gonna start mass producing the headers ?? and what about my turbo setup i am running ... will these headers be a bitch to put in with a turbo ?




xonya

 

I bleieve he will be makeing a whole kit to have everything to install a turbo on our cars, should be around $2000 and comes with everything but the turbo...

 

the whole kit? i can get piping/plumbling done for next to nothing.... i just want to know will the headers be a pain with a turbo.....

stuart what comes with this kit anywho ?

 

I feel your pain on the manifold bolts.
The two rear ones on the passenger side of my car are already gone. It was like it when I bought the car .
The exhaust has a slight leak when you first start the car but goes away when the manifold gets hot . I'm going to pull the engine sometime this summer and fix it , and also add a HP cam and new valve seals.