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Old 10-03-2022, 06:32 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by ZDan View Post
I had to get a set of crows-foot wrenches to tighten some of the bolts to the cylinder head.

Recommend retightening bolts after a few heat cycles, Maybe do that a coupleof times. I found my new gaskets compressed a bit and I was able to add some rotation on the nuts. My header is an ACE-350, and header to overpipe bolts/nuts are known to loosen and sometimes back out, that was my heads-up to retighten.
Top locks will save you the hassle. I know the Ace has their special collector but I don't see why they wouldn't work there.
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