Let me know if you need a set of manifolds I have a set. Fel pro has the gaskets iirc.I was at the stealership today and they had no idea about the gaskets, I will see if one of the local machine shops can work on them
Thanks!!
You bet !!I may take you up on that set Allen then I can get them surfaced, blasted, and coated. I may still put the gaskets just to make sure
I have been soaking them every once and a while getting ready for this
My original motor had some issues with bolt heads poppen off too.On my 96 1 ton i had the drivers manifold warped so bad the back bolt head broke off. A friend of mine at work is a machinist and he planed in down for me, and it worked perfect w/o a gasket. I would definitely remove the fender well. I removed mine and it helped alot. Hope it all goes well. Roger
so the sd pipes wont connect to the obs manifolds? and do i need both drivers and passengers side manifolds off a sd? i've heard i only need the drivers side and i've also been told the 97's work with the pipes on a sd setup.If you already have the bellowed uppipes and 38r then yes now would be the time to change it all over.