THE BEST WAY TO INSTALL LONGTUBES ON A 4.6

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jason89gt

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What is the best way to install longtube headers in a 97 GT 4.6? Any help would be appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Superhereaux

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drop the K-member

 

Turbo92PGT

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Thats definitely the best way. However you CAN install them by lifting the engine up a few inches. It sucks though.

The absolute BEST way is to bolt them on with the engine outside of the car haha. Even that kind of sucks.

 

BennyBlown2v

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If you gotta keep the motor in the car - buy an engine/shop hoist and hold the motor in place, drop the K-member, pretty straight forward after that. I've done it countless times...with the stock stamped steel K/a-arms its a bit of a chore due to weight, but with a tubular setup like mine its cake

 

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Drop the K frame, or keep the stockers!!!!

 

blckstng96

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drop the kmember,even if you pull the motor and reinstall it after bolting them on out of the car,it wont go in with both of them on if you have a stock kmember,at least thats what i have experience.i got a tubular one and put the motor trans and headers in all at once with ease,tubular k-best investment ever.worth every penny

 

Dusstbuster

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blckstng96 said:

drop the kmember,even if you pull the motor and reinstall it after bolting them on out of the car,it wont go in with both of them on if you have a stock kmember,at least thats what i have experience.i got a tubular one and put the motor trans and headers in all at once with ease,tubular k-best investment ever.worth every penny

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Except when you get in an accident and your insurance companies sees the tubular K you get $0 from them

 

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Dusstbuster said:

Except when you get in an accident and your insurance companies sees the tubular K you get $0 from them

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I heard that was just a rumor... I asked about that in a previous post and everyone that I was crazy,,,

Id call the insurance company and ask them, but I don't even think they know what tubular means.

 

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jason89gt

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Thanks for your advice. I'm gonna put them on tomorrow.

 

98GTfromGA

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i did them without dropping the k member i got to tell ya', listen to these guys

 

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jason89gt

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It's a done deal! we had to remove the trans to switch the converter so that gave us more room to work from behind the engine. I'll stick with 5.0's Thanks Jason