tarpon4me

My muffler is in at the shop, and it seems it's the correct one. After balancing my check book, i'm thinking about going ahead and doing the swap. I'm going to pick up the muffler and have it installed today, and this afternoon, swap the headers.

I soaked the bolts with Kroll oil last week. I'm going to soak them again today. I was hoping to gather any last minute tips for the install. I'm putting a set of Pacesetter long tubes and an ORY on my 2001 Silverado w/ a 5.3 liter. Looks like i'll have plenty of room and all. Any special tools i'll need? Any considerations before I begin?

1slowz71

iTrader: (6)

yeah make sure you lift the truck take off the front tires and wheel wells ! that will mke it so much easier to take off the manifolds and install the headers ! make sure you have a swibal socket handy youll need it ! don't completely tighten the headers untill after you have the ory fitted ! i made that mistake once and hade a hell of a time fittin in the ory ! other then that its a perty easy swap ! good luck and have fun man!

SloStepSide

iTrader: (8)

just finished mine up today, farely easy other than trying to put the dipstick back in, i had a hard time with that. good luck

tarpon4me

Thanks guys. I might try to break some of the bolts loose while the exhaust is hot, being VERY careful of course. Sounds like it shouldn't be too bad. T-minus 30 minutes, and i'm on the way home. I'm pretty damn excited.