How long to install headers?

[kissrocksforever]

The car is a 1994 GT, already has headers but they're old and leaky...assuming a professional, experienced mechanic does it. How many hours?

 

[joekd]

With a lift and air tools or lying on back with jack stands and hand tools?

 

[kissrocksforever]

Lift and air tools

 

[CC'S95GT]

how many stuck or broken bolts?

 

[kissrocksforever]

how many stuck or broken bolts?

Not a clue, that would be for my mechanic to find out haha. I don't even want to attempt headers. Lets assume they're all pretty decent?

 

[CC'S95GT]

joking. Experienced mech with a lift and air. Assuming nothing is broken or rusted in place. I'd say 4-6 just for headers. If he's done a Mustang before closer to 4.

 

[Venom351R]

it shold not take to long at all. Its only 2 bolts that hold them onto the H pipe and the bolts that hold them onto the heads. Its not really that difficult of a job

 

[OnyxCobra]

also depends if you're talkin shorties or long tubes

 

[ivan12]

Assuming shorties on a stock car, have to factor in the time it takes to take off most of the smog plumbing and steering shaft on driver's side. Also depends if they're equal or unequal headers (shorties). The equals will usually be more of a PITA when bolting them down to the heads as well as moving the dipstick around. Unequal shorties I think I can do in 3-4 hours with a lift and air tools

 

[Barner1]

My longtube installation wasn't very fun.

 

[justinschmidt1]

My longtube installation wasn't very fun.

You have a 2v....2v and long tubes are painful.

Not sure but I guess a 5.0 is a lot easier?

 

[ivan12]

A lot easier

 

[justinschmidt1]

A lot easier

Yea...I figured.

everything on a 2v is a pain

 

[GT Rob]

It took me 10 hours to do mine headers and xpipe the smog pump tube was a pain

 

[justinschmidt1]

It took me 10 hours to do mine headers and xpipe the smog pump tube was a pain

I can imagine....honestly it doesnt seem like something I would ever do with the motor in the car and I will not be putting long tubes back on the car....not that I have a choice with the turbo setup but still.

 

[OnyxCobra]

Yeah I was surprised how easy the longtubes really were all things considered. For the shorties I had though I didn't have to remove the steering shaft, and I deleted the smog crap so shorties were cake.

 

[vermilion]

8 hours on a lift with a break in between for this 2v. ive done mine about 2 times with shorties and 2 times with longtubes. 3 hours less with a tubed k-member then the original number i posted.

have:
*patience
*pb blaster.
*basic handtools
*camera for shit you dont know where it goes.
*good lighting.

 

[ivan12]

When I installed the Bassani equal lengths on mine I had to raise the engine remove the steering shaft and had to get a fox dipstick becaus I couldn't re route the original. The JBAs unequal went in without a hitch