started the long tubes today

[crazystang25]

so as the title implies i started the long tubes today, and of course cant do nothing without somethin makin it a PIA. so for starters when i was doin the passenger side i got all the studs out except one which refuses to come out. done tried PB blaster and everything short of heating the stud up, but im not about to heat an aluminum cylinder head up with a torch. and then to make things worse which it wasn't his fault because of the circumstances but as my roommate was workin on the driver side stock manifold to get it off, the egr tube just twisted up instead of unscrewing. and then i could get the steering shaft off cause as we were workin on it through the day the hose on the alignment rack blew off for the middle part of the lift so i could get the front tires off the ground. but at least i got all the exhaust off now and just need to get the new on.

 

[stangnutlx]

good luck my friend!

 

[crazystang25]

ya it got me a bit irritated earlier.

 

[Deleted member 38176]

LOL when is a LT install not a complete PITA?

Good luck.

 

[stangnutlx]

When someone else is doing it for you!

 

[crazystang25]

ya i have to agree with ya on that one. i havent had to remove my k-member yet which is nice but i just cant get that stud out.

 

[deftsound]

makes me glad i let the shop install mine...i like to do most of my own work but without a lift i wasn't about to attempt the dreaded LT install...

 

[peepeeskillz]

took me 9 days to install my LTs LOL(took a couple days off because of frustration), i didnt take all my studs out though, got 2 stock studs on the passanger side and 6 on the driver side rest are the bolts that came with the headers lol, headers are a major PITA, i didnt have to remove my k-member either.

 

[Tim2002GT]

With two people working on it, dropping the k-member isn't that bad. IMO, that makes the install alot easier. Luckily, we didn't have any major problems with my LT install and finished them up in ~10 hours.

 

[Winters98GT]

LT's are how car junkies get bloody knuckles.

 

[slick35thgt]

LT's are how car junkies get bloody knuckles.

Haha well put!!

 

[stangnutlx]

Longtubes make beer and swearing that much more satifying!

 

[oxfordgt]

I really don't see how longtubes is such a PIA for people. I install longtubes in 4 hours on jack stands. I would have left the studs in the heads and reused them. Other then locking header bolts the seal the best and don't back out. all other bolts will back out.

 

[crazystang25]

ya im still tryin to figure out what im gonna do about the stud though cause i cant get the header flange over it. plus i have locking header bolts for it.

 

[flstang65]

Longtubes make beer and swearing that much more satifying!

Agreed.

I have always just got the car high enough up on the jack stands and dropped the k member. Takes a little longer, but I think the saved in doing the actual swap makes up for the time dropping the k member.

 

[crazystang25]

ya and see the spot where the stud is im hittin the frame rail and not the k-member.

 

[mazen189]

I really don't see how longtubes is such a PIA for people. I install longtubes in 4 hours on jack stands. I would have left the studs in the heads and reused them. Other then locking header bolts the seal the best and don't back out. all other bolts will back out.

they YOU wont have a problem doing me a favor and swapping mine when i role through That badass state of Tennesee

 

[mazen189]

LT's are how car junkies get bloody knuckles.

cold air intakes too jk.

my bloody knuckles came in when i did my shocks and springs.

 

[usaf_branham]

have fun... it took me 12 hours (did not drop k-member), and i reused the oem studs (which turns out is a HUGE mistake with bbk l/t's) needless to say, i have since paid a shop to remove said studs & replace with stage 8 locking fastners & new header gaskets... best $350 I have ever spent. I love to work on things, and i love a challenge, but that is one job i will not ever take on again, its worth paying some one else to do it.

 

[oxfordgt]

they YOU wont have a problem doing me a favor and swapping mine when i role through That badass state of Tennesee

Sure $500 but I leave the country in Feb for a year so you better hurry.