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

 

You dont need to take out the engine.

 

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!

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Its THEN that u have to pull the motor

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.