Install Engine with Headers On???

[BrandonE]

I’m finally ready to install my 406 in my 98. Has anyone tried successfully to install an engine in a GMT400 with long tube headers already bolted on? Trans is slid back so I can drop onto the mounts.

 

[Gramps]

Save yourself the headache and put them on after. The mount bolts can be a pain to reach without putting extra stuff in your way. Wiring up the starter too.

 

[Supercharged111]

If they're known asspain to install headers I'd be more inclined to lay them in the truck and then drop the motor in.

 

[Erik the Awful]

Leave the starter off the motor, drop the engine in, drop the headers in. Bolt the engine up, bolt the headers up, bolt the starter up.

 

[BrandonE]

I dropped it in without them. Went good. It’s not that bad to slide them in after. Thanks all.