This winter I'll be bolting up the snail, but before that I wanted to swap clutches. Still on the stocker so far. From what I have seen, sounds to me it would be ALOT easier getting to all the nuts/bolts once the manifold and head where off. Since they will be off for the new setup, wouldn't it be smart to put the clutch on @ the same time?

 

Yes.

 

Yes, once the head is off, you don't need to tilt the motor back to get the bolts on top.

Good luck.

 

Cool. From everything I have read I figured this would be somewhat easier than an all out assault w/the exhaust manifold and head in place.

Tackle 2 birds with one stone.

 

I don't think you can remove the trans with the header on bro...

 

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Right, thats why I figured instead of taking everything off, pulling the trans then putting it back together only to pull it all apart again for the turdbo, I would do it all @ once.

 

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yes you can



I i have said before, it is possible, and it makes it a lot easier if you grind off one of the tabs that hold on one of the poinless heat shields. I has no issues removing the tranny on the last clutch swap i did

 

Being lazy FTW

 

word.

 

oh yeah, once the car is boosted would it only be a matter of removing the downpipe anyways? I bet the downpipe would take up less room than the header...i am prob wrong though.