I beat you all! I put mine on Thur, then I had to go do some other things Thur and Fri and could not post until now.
Being that I had left the fenders off my install was the easiest that I have ever done. Although I will say that all the others that I have done were mopars.
If you follow Ron's instructions you will not have any problems.
I started with the left side since that one came up off the frame first when I lifted the engine. I removed the starter and the darn thing practically jumped onto the car. total time-15 min. Half of that was cutting the bubble wrap off of the header itself. I had left it on for protection. At this time I had only put 4 bolts in to be sure of the fit. I later spent another 5 min putting the other 4 bolts in and tightening them all up. Another 5 min to put the starter back on and that one was done.
The right side was a bit more difficult. This one I had previously removed the bubble wrap to look at the header so I just wrapped it back up and got to it. If you follow the directions it will go very easy. Ron said the engine should be lifted between 1/2 and 1 inch and he was right. He also said the dipstick would present a little problem and he was right again. 5 min to remove the oil filter housing, 15 min to get the header up and into place, 5 more min to put in the bolts and tighten them up and that one was on. I left the oil filter housing off to take some pic's.
I can only hope the rest of the exhaust will be half as easy.
Here are a few pic's to look at. I have many more and can take some of a particular item if anyones needs one.
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