The Headers are IN!
What a collosal pain in the ass it is to put Hooker HOK-5901HKR Headers into a Mopar A-Body. Both motor mounts were unbolted. Torsion bars had to be removed on both sides which was a pain in itself. Once those were removed, the passenger side installed without much of a hassle. The drivers side however, a very different story. The steering box was removed, the clutch z-bar was removed. The car had to be raised as high as possible. We used ramps on the rear wheels with 3-ton jackstands on the rear axle. On the front, a special contraption was made out of wood that was lying around which gave us 12″ of extra lift and was used as a base for the taller 3-ton jackstands. Together, that gave us 34 inches of lift. It’s important to understand that after we got the vehicle up that high, we DID NOT go under it. We attached a bungee cord and rope to the header and pulled it up from above. The car needed to be that high so that the header could get just about verticle. The steering box was held from above and positioned into place while the headers were pulled up. The engine was jacked as high as it would go before it started moving the body…When we got it close to being in place (after lots of tugging, pulling and some serious swearing), we put 1 bolt in and then lowered the car back to a normal, safe height and bolted the steering box back in place. The we proceeded to bolt the driver’s side header n place. After that, we bolted the motor mounts and re-installed the clutch z-bar. WHAT A HUGE PAIN IN THE ASS…but it’s done and getting much closer to firing it up!
