You don't need to entirely lift the engine. I've been making a good dime on several of the local enthusiast out of my area simply because they don't want to tackle the job.
I'll give you the quick hitters:
Start with the drivers side, you do not need to take out the steering shaft like everyone says. If you remove the stock manifolds, support the motor, remove the motor mount bolt and raise it as high as you can then the header slides right in. Reinstall everything and bolt the motor back down. Then proceed to the passenger side.
Passenger side is a bit tougher, you can get the header in without removing the starter which everyone recommends. To make it easy on you the starter is the way to go, but it's faster to take the motor mount off the block, again raise the motor to the highest possible point and the header will go in with some creative angling. This will cut alot of wrench rage, because the starter is in a spot that leaves it's bolts invisible to line of sight.
I like to put a 1ft by 1ft piece of plywood on my jack that I raise the motor with. This distributes the weight and avoids denting the oil pan.
Doing it the way I mentioned I've got it down to about a 3.5 to 4hr job.
Sorry I was at the auto show all day and didn;t catch this earlier, I responded to your pm Clay, but wanted to also answer here in the event anyone else is following along.
I only remove 1 at a time, it's safer, and there is plenty of room for movement even with one connected. Not to mention, it also makes sure your not stuck trying to swing the motor around to bolt it back down.
07 boss, Motor will come far enough with only one unbolted that the bell housing on the trans will touch the tunnel. There's a significant amount of movement.
Not sure what you want to know about the 02 sensors, can you be more specific?
You can get to it, it's just a pain to undo. The single best investment you can make before you do headers is a set of metric ratcheting wrenches, it will save you so much trouble it will pay for itself in avoided aggravation.
Dan
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