Headers Vs. Manifolds

[1997chevydriver]

This would work nice if I had a welder.. lol a shop though could have done it though. never thought of that. Oh well haha. Headers will look nice on it!

Well you do have a good point there.............Make sure you keep checking the header bolts to make sure they stay tight

 

[2003Xtreme]

Oh man I know.. I had to do that all the time with my sbc s10.. Pain in the butt. Only thing I am hoping with these headers is that it does not make changing the spark plugs a pain in the ass. I know with the headers on my sb in my s10 it sucked.. Also going to spray the manifold bolts down with pb blaster quite a few times before I try to removed them due to not wanting to break them off in the head..

 

[JAW's]

You will enjoy the stainless... I bought the Pacesetters talked about earlier in the thread, sandblasted them and painted them with heat resistant paint. This was less than a year ago and they are rusting already. Also mine fit good with no leaks. Fitting them did take a little finagaling and messing with bolt alignment for awhile though

 

[JAW's]

Well you do have a good point there.............Make sure you keep checking the header bolts to make sure they stay tight

That is a good point... do yourself a favor and buy a good set, possibly even a set of the locking type. I installed mine with the included bolts and they back out a good ways every 2-3 months. Whenever I here it leaking I just grab a wrench and tighten them back up.

I also bought a good set of gaskets, which I should have done in the first place. I ended up replacing the included gaskets not long after installing them

 

[2003Xtreme]

The ones they come with are usually always junk.. recommend any good brand that doesnt leak.. or less prone to leak..

 

[MOBS]

Hi-temp locktite/antiseize combo is your friend on header bolts.....I didn't believe it was possible to have both locking compound AND antiseize in one tube, but I tried this store brand **** years ago from napa on spark plugs that kept coming loose, and it held them from rattling loose, but with a 1/2" drive ratchet, I could take them out too. Now someone needs to help me find it again....my plugs are coming loose on my F**d

 

[2003Xtreme]

I use this stuff like candy. I am almost religious about it.. any bolt that comes out of my 88 gets coated in it lol. It works GREAT. Many bolts have came out hard as a ****.. after putting this stuff on it you can literally turn it back in by hand. Very good stuff IMO.
http://standardus.com/stdshop/steelman-anti-seize-thread-lubricant-stl-jsp10116.html

 

[Swims350]

mine had the y pipe removed and was duals, but I had manifolds in their place and when I removed them for shorties they bolted right up, no leaks at all, no lower gasket and IMO the ONLY way to go with them.

I used the hardware that came with them, and only had bolts back loose twice, once was a head side bolt, no issues just noticed it was loose. The other time was after I had the pipes off and put em back on, started driving after a day or so I lost 2 nuts on the collector of the PS pipe, maybe I just didn't tighten them enough.

Only thing I had to do myself was make a spacer to fit my ps or alt. bracket up front, I just used an old socket that was cracked. They come with them but none was the right thickness or hole sze for what I needed.

 

[94_C/1500]

I think, oddly enough, tires play a big part in bolts backing out. My Jeep has a 305 and Hedman headers. Only driven a few hundred miles and had to tighten the header bolts 4-5 times. It has LTB tires and I have to tighten bolts pretty much constantly. I've actually lost a fender bolt.

 

[MOBS]

That can be true....but the vibrations just tell you where you needa add more locktite!!!

Mine had a stage-2 gmpp 350 with longtubes and turndowns sitting on kelly co-ops....if there's anything that vibrates more than co-ops, I haven't seen it yet lol.