I'm wanting to get headers on my GT installed this spring. I think it might be a bit more than I can do. What can I expect to pay for that. Labor only. Detroit area
I would think 4-6 hours in labor. Might want to call around to some exhaust shops and see what there labor rates are.. where I work is $90 an hour, in guessing Detroit will be higher lol
You don't have to do either. It's easier to pull a motor in some cases or drop the K in others, but some header designs install with the steering shaft going through the driver side. Therefore it still must be installed with the engine in the car. Prepare for lots of cut/bruised hands and cussing but it's completely doable.
A tubular K member definitely makes life easier but again it's not needed. My first time I did headers was like an 8 hour install with 3 of us. Now we can knock them out much quicker if needed.
That being said I'll be buying a set that I can install on the engine stand and put in when I stab the motor and trans all at the same time. I've done that with a 4v and it was so much easier.
the steering shaft went through my headers but I still had to lift the engine a healthy 3/4 out of the bay to have clearance to A get to the bolts and B have wheel well clearance it was a huge pain
I highly recommend dropping the k member. A lot of times long tubes are done in conjunction with a new k member. +1 on checking to see if its one that has the steering shaft go through the primaries.
and just from my experience I wouldn't trust the hardware that comes with it ... maybe get locking header bolts long story short I dropped a valve and had to do all that hard work all over again
well funny story lol I knew I had an exhaust leak awhile back but I didn't realize it got worse from a couple header bolts backing out completely hell the passenger side header was hanging by two bolts so exhaust was flowing straight out of the head
I had open long tubes at the time so that was very loud I know I don't have much of an excuse I was a bonehead but it indeed happened by the time I got to it I could move the header (wiggle) with my hand ..huge mistake lesson learned just trying to help so that it doesn't happen to someone else im not trying to be one of those noobz that's trying to prove knowledge or something I don't know a lot and I can learn a lot from yall but I have learned a lot from a collection of mistakes lol
i have ran a lot of headers in my day not on my 04 mustang yet but i would look in to stage 8 header bolts they have a locking tab that stops them from backing out