Pacesetter Headers Install

[justinsstang]

Anyone have any tips for getting the header bolts tightened?

Did the best I could, but the ones in the back on the drivers side I couldn't hardly get to. I used a standard wrench on the hard to reach ones. Whenever I got them as tight as I could with the wrench, they start to strip and I can't tighten them anymore with the wrench
Not sure how to get them any tighter.

Haven't installed the passenger side yet, called it quits for the night around 2:30am. Finishing it up tomorrow. =)

It really hasn't been that bad. Very time consuming getting to some of the bolts without ratcheting wrenches though.

Maybe I'll get lucky and the passenger side goes on easily and everything bolts back up quickly. I just hope I got them tight enough so far that they don't leak

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

Sears has their Gear Wrench ratcheting wrenches for $49! I tried it without them and believe me.........BEST $49 I ever spent!

I had the high dollar swivel head wratcheting combo wrenches and I took them back......those things were AGGRAVATING!!! I did much better without the swivel head wratcheting combo wrenches. Just an FYI.

 

[KoolerSL2]

3v car?
darren is right a good set of gear wrenches will help a ton.
also a small set of hands will help out too.(wife helped me)
and i reused stock studs with a couple trimmed down. i didn't like header bolts they supply with them, and new factory gaskets and im going near 30K on mine with no leaks or any issues.

 

[travelers]

Sears has their Gear Wrench ratcheting wrenches for $49! I tried it without them and believe me.........BEST $49 I ever spent!

I had the high dollar swivel head wratcheting combo wrenches and I took them back......those things were AGGRAVATING!!! I did much better without the swivel head wratcheting combo wrenches. Just an FYI.

That's the way to go.

 

[durr4456]

I'm doing this right now (ran out of daylight with an hour left)

Ratcheting wrenches are saviors.

My stock gaskets looked fine. I used those.

Jacking up the motor helped a lot

 

[justinsstang]

Ohhhhhhhhhh Myyyyyyyyy Godddddddddddddd!!!

All day yesterday, all day today. Roughly 19 hours of working with my friend from work helping me the whole time. FINALLY DONE. Holy cow I never want to do that again.

Unfortunately, the driver and passenger has a different tone, so is that the sign of a leak? The driver side has a deep tone, and the passenger side sounds like its cammed lmao. If you get close to each tip you can tell the difference. Any clue why this would happen? Tune maybe? This shit new bama tune has me jumping at to 17 AF/R at idle and steadying in the 16s. If I touch the gas and let it idle it goes down like normal and hangs around the 14.6 mark for a bit and then is terrible again. I only had it started for a cold start to hear how it sounds and to back it out of the garage so it may correct itself tomorrow on the way to work. Going to have to baby it until I do a revision and afford a new tune.


Also, My MPG read 0.1 and my Miles to empty read 0... My tank is full lol. Is this a tuning issue or something to do with the sensors? I extended both front o2 sensors to the bungs in the collector, and I had to extend my wideband sensor all the way down right before the H in the H pipe... Not sure why they put other holes way down there. I put one of the extra o2 sensors in the extra hole so there wouldn't be a leak.

Gotta get mufflers welded in (I bought Borla Stinger mufflers to mid-mount) and then I have GOT to get a good tune from Lito. Just wish it didn't cost so much =( Pretty broke right now lmao, guess I'll have to use a credit card. Then I'm DONE modding for a while =X

 

[joe_momma]

I would think a different tone would indicate a leak somewhere - something maybe isn't sealed up properly. You indicated you couldn't get some of the bolts tight - I'd get back in there and work that angle.

 

[BadHabit2Break]

It took me and a friend 17 hours to install my JBA's.

Listen for tick sounds at the exhaust connections...usually means it is leaking there.

Did you buy the extenders for the 02's?

 

[msczesny1186]

Lol come on it's not that bad!

 

[Mustang Mark]

Yeah I went through that last winter such a pain in the ass! Then I had to redo the passenger side because the leaked. The cammed noise is definitely from it running super lean. I wouldn't be surprised if it throws a "stuck lean" code. Mine did.

 

[KoolerSL2]

when i did mine it took about 8 hrs total including building my o/r x.
last 2 sets of BBK's i done i did in less then 5 hrs.

 

[justinsstang]

The cammed noise is definitely from it running super lean.

Oh God, I hope you're right. I was so scared that it was due to a leak.

 

[BruceH]

Is the bama tune for long tubes? Did you recal the wideband? Have you looked at the fuel trims? They will tell you what the ecu thinks the a/f is doing by how much it's correcting it.

 

[fdjizm]

The cammed noise is definitely from it running super lean.

wut?

 

[justinsstang]

I don't know how to recalibrate a wideband, and haven't looked at the 02 sensor fuel trims either because my laptop battery doesn't work. Have to borrow my cousins to datalog until I pick one up lol.

 

[kevinatfms]

Jesus 19 hours to install long tubes is insane. Took me a good 4 hours but ive done it a few times before. This is with some shitty JBA knock offs.

 

[fdjizm]

I gladly paid someone to do that shit for me.
No ragrets.

 

[kevinatfms]

I gladly paid someone to do that shit for me.
No ragrets.

Not even one?

 

[fdjizm]

Not even one?

That's how I been living my whole life na'm saying?