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    In the process of doing this with a set of those ebay ssac headers... biggest headache of my life. i am about 5.5 hours of work in and now i must take the radiator and fans off because that cheap Chinese bolt broke off in my cylinder head. so i guess its time to tap that out and finish up this nightmare... better be worth it in the end
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    Quote Originally Posted by smyoung52 View Post
    In the process of doing this with a set of those ebay ssac headers... biggest headache of my life. i am about 5.5 hours of work in and now i must take the radiator and fans off because that cheap Chinese bolt broke off in my cylinder head. so i guess its time to tap that out and finish up this nightmare... better be worth it in the end
    I broke one of my header bolts and then broke off an extractor tip in the bolt. Ended up having to get some carbide bits from Grainger and drilling it out and retapping. Not really that fun, but it all worked out in the end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by glendayle View Post
    I broke one of my header bolts and then broke off an extractor tip in the bolt. Ended up having to get some carbide bits from Grainger and drilling it out and retapping. Not really that fun, but it all worked out in the end.
    Just picked up some grade 8 bolts from napa. should have this finished soon now haha
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