I am going to be putting on my racing beat header and presilencer in a week or so. I was wondering if this is an easy job or what? I figure the toughest part will be getting all the bolts loose without breaking one off and having to get it out with an easy-out. I guess ill start with spraying some wd-40 or something on the bolts and letting them sit and coming back a few hours (or days) later and undoing the bolts. I guess if that goes smooth i can throw on the header first with the new gasket and then after its secured put on the presilencer attatching it to the header first and then to the rest of the exhaust pipes. I was wondering if there is anything else i need thats not already on the car or i did not mention. I figure i can use the old hangers, but do i need more support? Anyone with any comments or suggestions let me know.

 

Which FB do you have? On the SE, you will have to remove the acuators in order to get to the two top 14mm nuts that secure the heat exchanger. I use that PB lubricant to loosen the bolts first. It worked quite well. Be very careful with the 4 studs for the heat exchanger. You break off on of those and you are in deep doo doo. The rest is pretty much a bolt on installation. Good luck

Jeff

 

My bad i forgot to say its on my 83 gs. I got in an accident a few months ago and its needs the front end repaired. So i picked up some parts and some new bolt ons and now im gonna fix it up again.

 

How would you break a stud? And how would you prevent that from happening? I'd like to get a header eventually..... too bad I have to deal with smog *****.

 

Hey, the rents ordered me a header and presilncer also! (for xmas) Llcukily i got a fuill auto shop with hydraulic lifts at schooL!

 

Those 4 studs are quite large. Be sure to spray some pesetrating oil but as long as you are careful I doubt you'll be snapping one of these, usually if they are really stiff the stud will just unscrew from the block, not snap.

 

When installing the header components, be sure to use anti-seize compound on all of the studs and nuts to prevent them from seizing when you install them - and DO NO OVERTIGHTEN THEM.

They're supposed to be torqued only enough to prevent exhaust gas leaks, so strong-arming them is only going to cause problems.

Go easy, take your time, put everything up there loosely before you tighten everything down or you're going to have a hard time getting it all to line up when you go to install that last component. Good luck,

 

easy job! i did mine in about an hour...