b_rabbit023

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Hi guys i'm about to buy some alphawerks headers but i realized that headers on a 350z are pretty hard to reach...

i'd like to know if there is a solution to install them without taking out the engine ??

i got all the tools that i'll need but i don't have an engine lift....

thx for your help guys

EM-EFER

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You dont need to take out the engine.

HoldThisForMe

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you may have to unbolt the engine mounts...just two bolts...and jack the engine up a few inches...if the headers wont go in...if they will then no worries and good luck. i just installed some headers on my friends g35 and it was a PITA but definitely doable!

Eazzy

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Piece of cake --First move everything out of the way ,,left and right up top so u can unbolt and get a clean torque on the install-- Raise the car ---the right drops out and the Alpha drops in. On the left, undo the steering universal. ( Pay attention to aligment ) Left drops out and Alpha drops in. Do a clean torque-- Put ur universal back together, Do ur top reassy. --TTTTThhats all Folks !!!

Little edit here: On torqueing, I always do it in steps--Example:30 60 90---Headers are usually round 30 or so, CHECK !!--go 15 30. Now--- a header for example should start in the center then alternate couple to the front ,couple to the back --front-back, front - back

Eazzy

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BTW --Last set I put in took an hour and 15 minutes

b_rabbit023

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Thx alot E***zzzzzy Much appreciate man
Should be alright !!!

Wired 24/7

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Don't forget high temperature resistant loctite on the header bolts/studs

Gumpdriver

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Wil not require you to take the motor down. But install should take about 1 1/2 to 2 hrs.

Eazzy

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In all due respect---Better off with anti-sieze compound---There not going anywhere and the last thing anyone needs is a steel bolt siezing in an aluminum head. UGH

Eazzy

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Its THEN that u have to pull the motor

99atlantic

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how the hell are some of you guys doing it in 1hr......most shops need 4-8 :/

Eazzy

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Well ---I own a shop and I own a watch----If Joe Blow walks in, I charge for my time and my experience and it may just be 10 hours if hes an a$$hole

davidv

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Its a tight fit. I don't have the proper tools or the stamina to lay on my back for hours. So I paid an experienced professional.

Wired 24/7

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I agree in retrospect, antisieze is good stuff. I used it on my cats install. We use antisieze in our research lab all the time

chadalac350z

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thats what is wrong with shops today!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eazzy

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Unlike most shops---If someone new comes in ---I can tell right away weather he is going to be a pain , and I just run them off and wont do business with them---Because of it I have ONLY good customers who become friends---My customers dont pick me ---I pick them. So fact is what I wrote vertually never happens

Eazzy

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And I mite add ---Good customers bring in more new Good customers

Eazzy

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Looking in retrospect---cuz that was a few days ago ---I was hinting to others that if u treat ur shop right an honest shop will treat u right

plumpzz

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^thats not always true. People don't open shops to make friends, they open shops to make money.

OCZTrack

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Treat your shop right? It's pretty simple I pay a shop money and they do their job. It's that easy. Yeah, I understand that some people may be a pain in the *** but that means that you don't accept their business in the future. You don't rip them off and overcharge them. If I found out that you did that to me I would be either calling the cops or kicking your ***.

You are everything that is wrong with mechanic shops.