I got some Kooks LT's Jet Hot coated and hi-flow cats.....
Did the whole thing in my garage on jack stands by myself. Wouldn't want to do it again alone but overall it wasn't all that bad....only a few skinned knuckles and 1 hole in the drywall (brace fell and hit me in the mouth).
I've got a few pictures of things and a few notes, some got ruined with "fluid damage" from the rack.
Lessons learned:
1. You must drop the rack, I don't know how else to get the room otherwise
2. Kooks' Instructions suck! Their headers rock but for something that costs that much, I felt like I had the instructions to a $5 swing set.
3. A 17mm crow's foot and 17mm stubby wrench is your friend
4. Watch out for those PS o-rings, I had the PS lines all back on and then saw a little black circle on the ground....that sucked!
5. Stock exhaust gasket edges are sharp....really sharp!
6. One of the spark plugs boots (driver' side 2nd from front) barely touches the header
7. I have nothing to compare to but I can tell a difference in heat levels. The engine bay still gets pretty hot but not like it was AND you can feel a difference in the cabin if you get in the car after it sits for a bit after a drive, a good bit warmer. I don't know if that's due to the coating or just the general result of LT's
Some more of the same notes with pictures:
http://www.wvsporttouring.com/JV/AdditionalInformationKooks.doc (1.05Mb)
Did the whole thing in my garage on jack stands by myself. Wouldn't want to do it again alone but overall it wasn't all that bad....only a few skinned knuckles and 1 hole in the drywall (brace fell and hit me in the mouth).
I've got a few pictures of things and a few notes, some got ruined with "fluid damage" from the rack.
Lessons learned:
1. You must drop the rack, I don't know how else to get the room otherwise
2. Kooks' Instructions suck! Their headers rock but for something that costs that much, I felt like I had the instructions to a $5 swing set.
3. A 17mm crow's foot and 17mm stubby wrench is your friend
4. Watch out for those PS o-rings, I had the PS lines all back on and then saw a little black circle on the ground....that sucked!
5. Stock exhaust gasket edges are sharp....really sharp!
6. One of the spark plugs boots (driver' side 2nd from front) barely touches the header
7. I have nothing to compare to but I can tell a difference in heat levels. The engine bay still gets pretty hot but not like it was AND you can feel a difference in the cabin if you get in the car after it sits for a bit after a drive, a good bit warmer. I don't know if that's due to the coating or just the general result of LT's
Some more of the same notes with pictures:
http://www.wvsporttouring.com/JV/AdditionalInformationKooks.doc (1.05Mb)