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<blockquote data-quote="boosted2000si" data-source="post: 7084654" data-attributes="member: 38988"><p>I bought quality headers, bassani mids, so I dint have any issues with having to band/dent/crimp any pipes. Mine went in perfect, the first time, and holding strong. </p><p></p><p>If everything else you put on the car has given you troubles, then I would NOT recommend doing it yourself. Its a very tedious, time consuming, job. If you have time, patience and a good workmanship then you could knock it out. I personally had more of an issue installing my H/E then I did my headers, but the headers took 5x's longer. </p><p></p><p>If you do not have good workmanship, then do not tackle it yourself. It will cause you issues down the road with leaks and gaskets blowing. If you do DIY, then take these few suggestions. </p><p>1. OEM Gaskets from Ford. </p><p>2. OEM Hardware(nuts and bolts) or the stage 8(I think) locking bolts. </p><p>3. Get some heavy duty thread locker from your auto parts store. It will be white and a think stinky paste. Make sure you use plenty of it on the hardware connecting to the heads. </p><p>4. Use a sharpie and mark all the points the k-member bolts to the car. Both wheel wells, and both sides under the car. Use many many marks, not just one line. Make sure you get it as close as you can back to those marks when putting it back up. </p><p></p><p>Keep in mind you have to brace the engine, as your removing the engine support(K-Member.) Once again this can get very ugly if not done a correct way. </p><p></p><p></p><p>So to sum it up, I didnt think it was nearly as bad as I read online. However I used to own and run my own performance shop, so I have all the tools I could ever need for the job, and feel I have great workmanship as well. I did have quality headers, I didnt have any clearance issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boosted2000si, post: 7084654, member: 38988"] I bought quality headers, bassani mids, so I dint have any issues with having to band/dent/crimp any pipes. Mine went in perfect, the first time, and holding strong. If everything else you put on the car has given you troubles, then I would NOT recommend doing it yourself. Its a very tedious, time consuming, job. If you have time, patience and a good workmanship then you could knock it out. I personally had more of an issue installing my H/E then I did my headers, but the headers took 5x's longer. If you do not have good workmanship, then do not tackle it yourself. It will cause you issues down the road with leaks and gaskets blowing. If you do DIY, then take these few suggestions. 1. OEM Gaskets from Ford. 2. OEM Hardware(nuts and bolts) or the stage 8(I think) locking bolts. 3. Get some heavy duty thread locker from your auto parts store. It will be white and a think stinky paste. Make sure you use plenty of it on the hardware connecting to the heads. 4. Use a sharpie and mark all the points the k-member bolts to the car. Both wheel wells, and both sides under the car. Use many many marks, not just one line. Make sure you get it as close as you can back to those marks when putting it back up. Keep in mind you have to brace the engine, as your removing the engine support(K-Member.) Once again this can get very ugly if not done a correct way. So to sum it up, I didnt think it was nearly as bad as I read online. However I used to own and run my own performance shop, so I have all the tools I could ever need for the job, and feel I have great workmanship as well. I did have quality headers, I didnt have any clearance issues. [/QUOTE]
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