I just recently acquired my new crawford headers and the company says to use all the stock hardware, which doesn't seem right. Is it a smart idea to use the stock hardware or use aftermarket bolts, and if so, could anybody suggest a type of bolt or a setup they may have used.

 

use stock hardware as much as you can.....aka bolts, gaskets..their better

 

He is right even though he is post whoring ^

 

+1 , I re-used all the OE hardware except the nuts (I had strup headers, and they included the nuts...the OE nuts have a wider flange, and can sometimes cause interference with a new header)

-peter