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    header installation

    first time hooking up headers anyone got suggestions on how to do it and what not to do?
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    pretty basic striaght foward. Unbolt from the cat and unbolt the bolts from the header. Pull forward and down.

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      #3
      Originally posted by jimy View Post
      pretty basic striaght foward. Unbolt from the cat and unbolt the bolts from the header. Pull forward and down.
      i dont have to wait for the car to cool down? what the worst situation i can be in? someone was talking about be careful n put a stand under something any clue what they are talking about?

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        #4
        yeah maybe they said to put a jack stand under your car so that way while you are under there your jack doesnt let go and you get crushed underneath your car.

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          could you unbolt the header from the down pipe and pull the header up and the down pipe down??? thats how i imagined it

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            Originally posted by a_exaprentice View Post
            i dont have to wait for the car to cool down? what the worst situation i can be in? someone was talking about be careful n put a stand under something any clue what they are talking about?
            If you have a good set of mechanic gloves, you can get away with it just letting it cool down a bit. Its easier to take off the bolts when its hot. The metal expands.

            Originally posted by Flatline View Post
            could you unbolt the header from the down pipe and pull the header up and the down pipe down??? thats how i imagined it
            You'll still have to unbolt from the cat, to pull down the other half. If you car isn't up on a hoist. You'll have to take it apart in two pieces.

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              You MUST let the engine cool completely or you could damage the threads.






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                Originally posted by deevergote. View Post
                You MUST let the engine cool completely or you could damage the threads.
                I did mine when the engine was dead cold. Just so nothing happened with the threads on the head.
                When removing the bolts from the cat converter, be prepared to have to put on a socket size smaller and crank it hard. If yours is anything like mine, It was abolutley brutal. I just pulled out my entire exhaust system, and did it on the work bench.

                Put 2 jackstands on the jack/lift supports on the vehicle. bring it down VERY slow so you dont break nothin.
                90 Accord EX F22a1 Auto R.I.P.
                2011 Mazda 3 Hatch 2.5L GS sport HELLO!

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                  #9
                  Soak all bolts with PB Blaster the night before, and then in the morning, about an hour or two before you get to work. It'll help IMMENSELY.






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