Hedman Header Installation Help Needed

snowymountainman said

I would have but I was very skeptical as to wether or not they would fit at all to start with. I was also worried about banging up the paint job that I worked on for days & days (engine and engine bay).

Truthfully, Had I been confident in their fit, I would have put them in position beforehand. Besides, what fun is doing it the easy way? :?:

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Actually if your doing a fresh install with hedmans, doing it that way might not have been that bad of an idea. I dunno how bad you had to dent yours in to fit but when I put them on my car I had to flaten the pipe that goes around the steering box pretty good because I have powersteering. I also had to clearance the other side for the idler arm but I think the Idler and pitman arms I got from NAPA are a little different than the orginals where. It would have been a pain to pull them out if you found out after the motor was in that you needed to tweak them.

When I had my motor out last, since my headers were allready preflatten this is what I was able to do. Hook the motor, trans, and starter together. Put the drivers side header in the engine bay. Take out the drop link. Jack the car up a bit (the farther the better but stilll keep it at a reasonable work heigth for you and your cherry picker). Drop the motor and tranny in almost all the way down to where it needs to go. Put the passenger header in from the bottom. And than put the motor down into place. Super fast in 30 mins I had the motor/tranny/starter/headers in place and bolted up.