The brakelines on my drivers side are in my way should i just bend them outa the way. Anyone else have this problem and if so what did ya do to fix it?

 

I had to bend mine a bit.

 

same here

 

Common problem with the SLP's. They don't fit right so you have to modify a few things. Just bend them out of the way and make sure they are far enough away so that the brake fluid doesn't get too hot and possibly boil. That is real bad. Shoulda got the hookers IMHO.

 

I had to bend mine away too. Just slide a big screwdriver in between and bend them until they do not touch. It doesn't take alot of bending, so do not over do it.

 

Yup, just bend them out of the way. Be careful not to kink the lines!

 

lol bending brake lines is not your all going to do

passengers side went in ok, i had to take the bolts out holding that metal hose going along the frame. but other than that its ok

now the drivers side is not going to happen w/o a big dent to clear that shaft.

i am so mad i am about to buy other headers and forget about this pieces of crap

just venting

 

here is the pic of the big trouble ahead.

time to get new headers that fit

 

I had to take mine out the other day and dimple them too.

Not that bad. I just took a hammer and covered the head with a couple layers of duct tape and whacked it a few times.

 

put a dent in my brand new header what are you crazy


u have a pic on the header dent u made, i am also going to order some prothane motor mounts see if that helps before i make the dent.

i also bought stage 8 header bolts which i didnt even use, yet.
i may use a few on them to keep things tight some what.

 

coughhooker2055chough, lol

 

 

It is so slight, you would never see it if I took a pic. Juuuuuusssst enough to clear the shaft.

 

thanks, not sure if new motor mounts are going to help, but i may do them while the car is dismantled..

its hammer time

 

i did not have to dent my 1 3/4's to fit but did have to bend the brake line a little.

 

He's my 1 5/8" with old motor mounts. Didn't have to move the steering shaft at all. Notice that I moved the brake line (right line in pic) from right of the steering shaft to in between the shaft and body. Just bent it slowly with my hand.

 

Thanks for all your info the pictures really help to show that im heading in the right direction.

I have the 1 3/4 inch and the stearing shaft has about a 1/2 inch of clearance so i dont think ill have to dent the header.

MdFormula350 I saw that you moved the brake lines to the other side of the stearing shaft. I had been thinking about doing this also. Whats the best way to do this, undoing the breaklines or taking the stearing shaft out?

Here is what i got so far the battery is dead on the digi cam so i couldnt use a flash sorry

 

if u tell me how you got the shaft to clear i will tell u how to move the brakes lines

do u have new engine mounts or something?

i have my dah apart trying to move the steering shaft, moved alittle not around near what i need.



i took the shaft out, moved about three metal screws holding the brakelines to the frame and then started bending them slowly with a large flat head screw driver.

 

alittle steering adjusting!!

i got some clearance finally, with no denting

 

Just put mine in the other day and all I had to do was put a pry bar in between the shaft and header and slide the brake line out a little. Other then that the headers pretty much slid in both sides. Hardest part was the far rear bolt on the passenger side, it was a huge pain in the a$$. Took me and a friend about 9 hours all together

 

what size headers? any pics of ur clearance?

 

 

my lastest pic with the dent in the header.

getting clearance now. :lala:

 

I dont wana do that, so i ordered some poly engine mounts from summit today should be here b4 the end of the week. If the engine mount doesnt help then ill dent it.

 

Wow! I did not have to dent mine nearly as much. Just a couple whacks with the hammer worked fine.

 

lol i did what i had to do

 

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all done with the install, i am still glad i got the 1 3/4's, no regrets i just get mad when things take longer and need to be modded but o well..

 

Before you go and dent up your new headers, try grinding some metal off the steering shaft first.

Look what I did in this thread:

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=181933

MUCH better than beating $700 worth of exhaust.


Had I known about the Hookers being sold direct from Jet Hot, I probably would have bought those.


Ed