So I have a cracked manifold, and decided to order some bbk shorty headers to replace them. I called a shop today, and he said that if he put them on, he'd need to change the whole exhaust all the way back to get it to fit.

So my question is: Going with aftermarket shorty headers, can't it just bolt onto where the stock headers were, without having to get a new midpipe and all that? My exhaust is completely stock by the way. Sorry for such a noob question.

 

go to a different shop...they are just trying to **** you. shorty headers should not be any longer/shorter than the stock manifolds. you may need a midpipe but not the entire system like you said they said.

 

Yea that's what I thought. Thanks for the quick reply. Hopefully if I do need a new midpipe, they can just make a custom Y pipe to replace it... that way I wouldn't have to pay for a new exhaust all the way back.

 

They bolt right up.

 

Shorty headers are a direct replacement for the stock headers. You don't need a new mid pipe.

 

That's what I've been telling all these shops, but they've been trying to screw me over and make me get new everything. I finaly found someone to do it on monday though, so it's all good.

 

Why don't you do them?

 

Not very good as a mechanic... just thought it'd be easier to pay a professional. For a noob, how hard would the install be?

 

How much did the shop quote you for the install?

I installed my long tubes with my dad. It's not a hard job by any means, just a time consuming one. I spread the work out over 2 days. Just take your time and have fun with it.

Heres a link to a walkthrough. It's for long tubes, but the same applies to shorty's. Give it a look to see if it's something you wanna do yourself.

http://3.8mustang.com/wiki/How_To_In...g_Tube_Headers

 

Bro, google it. ^^

 

Thanks man, I'll take a look at that. The guy never gave me a price... the first thing he started talking about was having to re-do the whole system, so I argued with him about how they were only replacement headers, exactly the same. But he eventually gave me another guys number. No price yet.

 

V6 mustangs generally come with shortys stock. They don't even appear like manifolds at all...

But yeah, they are equal length.

I would do the job yourself, shortys arent bad,, but longtubes are troublesome. So save yourself some money and have some fun doing it yourself and learning more about your car.

 

Take a weekend and do the work yourself. Its way more fun to mod your own car!