Started the work today. After about 2 hours 45 mins I got everything taken off. Rear motor mount was a beast to get out jeez it was probably hour and a half by itself. Work resumes tomorrow morning at 8am sharp. If all goes well ill be done well before 10am and have some pics to show. This is the only one I took today:

Front header out.

 

 

2 hours 45 min should have been all the motor mounts and header swap.. How many breaks are you taking jeesh...

 

=o( be nice. Mine hasnt been apart before! I had to torch the cat converter bolts and I had trouble getting the bracket off the motor mount. I'm hoping to put it all back together in an hour or so.

 

you know, being that im not that far from you, you could ask for help and drive it up and id give you a hand with this stuff It might cost you a 6-12 pack of Stella, but its a cheap price to pay

 

why you abusing animals, what did the pussy ever do to you

 

gave him hard time in the rear

 

i say go for it kris is a hermit, and you can find out what next thing he has going down in the lab...












plus if you get him nice and drunk you take his car for a quick drive.........

 

the pussy gave it to him in the rear, dave is a freak, strap on fun

 

After taking 5 hours to finish I will definitely take U up on that offer, Kris. I'm so discouraged right now.

 

After driving the car there is some vibrations at idle that I notice w fixed mount and my cat converter shield is now rattling somehow it loosened up a little. I feel a noticeable difference in the performance w the new headers. The mount I imagine will break in and soften up. With the fixed mount there was no instructions or torque specs so I used factory specs. The bolt that goes thru the bushing and connects the 2 parts of the mount I didn't extra tighten it to avoid crushing the bushing w the upper section. It's a lock nut so it won't come loose. Seems ok.

 

i have tl type s 2003, didn't have to remove motor mount to install headers

 

Neither did I. Had to remove rear motor mount to put in new mount!

 

go to ace hardware or lowes or something and pick up a few hose clamps. theres a thread on here about heat sheild rattle where i learned the trick. i think you need like 4" or 5" diameter clamps. they should be like 2 bux or something. just put 1 or 2 around your cat it should stop the rattle. did it to mine about 10k ago and havent heard anything since

 

Awesome tip! I'm on it ASAP.