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how hard to just bolt on headers?

Old Jun 7, 2001 | 08:01 PM
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how hard to just bolt on headers?

i was told if i bolted on a set of 3.4 liter headers to my car then my dads friends shop will bend them and make a y pipe for me. so how hard to just bolt them to the engine?

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Old Jun 8, 2001 | 10:42 AM
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Not bad, if you can get the old exhaust-manifold-to-head bolts & studs out without snapping them. I remember 3.1Firebird saying though that the headers won't bolt to the engine unless they're bent first. He had to do a trial & error thing.


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