Header install question?

[silverFX]

What is the best way to get the passenger side lower rear nut off of the header stud?

I am stuck! Do I need a mid size thin shoulder 14mm socket. I hope the local parts store has whatever it is I need.

TIA

 

[EG3]

TurboCad should know.. I believe he did his headers himself.. Most of the rest of us got it done in a shop I believe..

 

[rookie]

A few of the nuts are very tight to get off with the motor in the car. Open ended wrenches are helpful vs sockets. a 1/4 14mm socket is probably thin walled enough to get around a flange but you got no torque vs a 3/8 or 1/2 drive.

 

[Ripjam]

bolts

it's better to reinstall using allens to make that easier

 

[silverFX]

I gave up. I will just find a local shop to do it. What is the going rate for a shop to install?

At least I got to put on my Y-pipe. Had to add back a 1/2 gallon of anti-freeze too.

O' and I got to buy more tools

 

[asherchy]

guess that counts headers out for me

 

[brown_fv]

I gave up. I will just find a local shop to do it. What is the going rate for a shop to install?

Probably 4-5 hours...so depending on what your mechanic charges by the hour.

 

[EG3]

I paid 6 hrs labor for the installation. If you get Strup or DC headers for a good price (less than $600), I think paying for 6 hours labor is worth it. One thing for sure, the FX sounds like a real race engine with headers and it opens up good after 3500 rpms.

 

[GiggityGiggity]

it's better to reinstall using allens to make that easier

+1

I have done this EVERY vehicle I have ever installed new headers/exhaust manifolds on and life is so much easier afterwards. Dont know why they dont come like this from the factory.

 

[GiggityGiggity]

One thing for sure, the FX sounds like a real race engine with headers and it opens up good after 3500 rpms.

Thats exaxtly what I have heard about the header upgrade, one day I'll join ya.

 

[theMerchant]

+1

I have done this EVERY vehicle I have ever installed new headers/exhaust manifolds on and life is so much easier afterwards. Dont know why they dont come like this from the factory.

I would think mainly for noise reasons, especially on a Infiniti. Also stock exhaust manifolds are cast so that is cheaper to produce than mandrel piping.

 

[turbocad6]

I've been driving around with my headers in the hatch, haven't had the time to install them yet, gotta find a big enough time slot to do them where I'll be able to finish & drive it home that night. allen bolts would def make life easier... most other cars I've installed headers there have been specific header bolts, usually a much smaller head or an allen key...