Hey Mike, the headers look awesome!!

Nice bling! They look awesome. They make some beautiful stuff. Sweet.

Very nice Mike. The shine on those SW headers are awesome.:yes:

Thanks guys.

I got the headers installed today. They look great.

Got the tape off and cleaned up the head

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000741.jpg

Stainless Works recommends using the stock steel gaskets. For once I didn't go and do something stupid like sell them or throw them out.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000742.jpg

These things are dummy proof

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000744.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000745.jpg

The last motor I had in this car had Stage 8 header bolts. Hated them. They came loose all the time so this time I decided to go with Percy's split lock header bolts

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000746.jpg

If you're wondering how they work, here's some close ups

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000747.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000748.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000749.jpg

Added some of this good stuff to each of the bolts

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000751.jpg

And they were on

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000752.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000753.jpg

Other than the obvious reasons to do a LS swap, one more great reason is putting on the headers. These things took me less than an hour to put on. And I was taking my time not to scuff any thing up. I didn't swear once while putting the bolts in. Here's a close up of the bolt pattern

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000750.jpg

After I got the headers done, I decided to install the intake so it wasn't just sitting there. I started by taking off the coils and the coil mounts

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000772.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000776.jpg

Then I cleaned up the valley cover and intake ports

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000777.jpg

I had to buy some new intake seals. Glad they were cheap.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000770.jpg

These

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000778.jpg

Go into there

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000771.jpg

Like so

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000779.jpg

And it was back on

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000784.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000781.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000782.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000783.jpg

I plan on replacing the valve covers with some polished ones without coils mounts. I haven't decided yet exactly where I'm going to relocate the coils, but they will be hidden. I'm thinking about making a bracket and putting them on the subframe.

One other thing I'm debating about which I would love to hear your thoughts about. I'm leaning towards sanding down the intake and painting it body color. The way it is now, I think the grey doesn't really fit in. I plan on painting the engine compartment body color also, but I think the intake would look better red than grey. Thoughts???

Tomorrow I'll head back out to the shop. Not sure exactly what I will get done, but one thing I plan on doing is in regards to the ash tray. I don't smoke and I never will. I won't allow anyone to smoke in my car, so tomorrow I plan on filling in the ash tray area. I have two ashtrays for the car so I thought I might as well sell them and get some money towards the build.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000786.jpg

I was wondering where my gaskets were? Ha ha

One other thing I forgot to add was a mistake I made by rushing a job. When I did the firewall and put the hole in for the steering column, I rushed it and didn't mount the column properly. Well I'm paying for it now. I have to expand the existing hole for the steering column so it sits better. Right now it it crooked towards the driver's side and too far down. I'll expand the hole and hope that the polished cover I have will cover up most of the hole, if not I'll have to figure out a fix to cover the ooops area. I already have an idea of what I'll do.

Here's a pics of what I'm talking about

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000757.jpg

Looks great Mike.
I think the intake would look killer painted to match the color of the engine bay.:thumbsup:

The anti sieze is a must. It looks great.

Those headers are gorgeous! And I think the motor will look far less cluttered with the coils mounted elsewhere. :thumbsup: