I heard that LT's would clear a manual transmission but not an automatic, if a tranny need to be pulled. I do agree that it is a long PITA process, I was doing a head swap at the same time and even with the heads off I had to unbolt the motor mounts and jack up the motor 3-4 inches to clear the LT on the passenger side. Then bolting them down once i had the heads on was a long process as well. I used the stage 8 locking header bolts and a gear wrench and for alot of the bolts I only had enough room to turn the wrench one click at a time and then did one heat cycle re tightened and put the locks on and have not had a leak yet beside from the egr port but that was pretty easy to fix. Overall I say go for it because from what i have seen shorties only yield a couple maybe 3 extra horsepower.
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Drop the K member! i did it with the k member in and it seemed to take forever.
i'll never do them again unless i unbolt the tranny, drop the k member and pull the engine out. I sware it would've taken less time just taking everything out, sliding the headers into their position then setting the motor back down and bolting them back up.. BTW the passenger rear top 2 bolts will be the biggest PITA.
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