Hemi395
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- 5.7 Hemi
I would go JBA before BBK. If you want top quality in a shorties go for Kooks. Theyre pricy but high quality.
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JBA's are the cheapest option I would recommend. AFE and kooks are the preferred options for shorties.Appreciate it, I work at a dealership so I planned on buying the parts and having service install them. Just was looking at shorty bbks for headers.
Obviously varies but should not be more than $400 for install granted you provide the headers(both). Get a price up front if possible in case those broken bolts turn out to be more of a PITA to get out than normal lol. You can actually do yourself many write-ups on doing such. If this happens to me I will opt for shorties instead of fixing the stock manifolds/bolts. That is just me though.Also joining the warped pass. side manifold club with an '18 5.7 at 80k miles (although, I heard it back in winter... so, lop 10k and at least 7 mos off that).
Given the price that the dealer offered up (granted, the kid who was doing so was hand-writing his math on the sheet, carrying digits (seemingly incorrectly?) etc...),I think I'm looking to go the route of the independent mechanic. I have no idea how badly warped the manifold is, so I'm unsure if the planing method is applicable (yes, blaspheme me for not catching sooner). I priced everything out from one of the mopar sites based on the parts list he was doing said math on, so figured I'd ask for any non-dealer referrals, south of Chicago (try planing, first, then coin toss between new replacement (1 side), or just go with shortys and be done with it?).
Thanks!
Shouldn’t. I think there’s a heat treatment done to them beforehand.Will shorty headers warp too?
How much you pay for them?I got the kooks shorties for about a year I think and no issues so far.
Do you have a part number for the JBA headers that fit the 5.7 Hemi?You might want to do some research on the BBK shorties,they don't have a great rep on the trucks,JBA's are generally considered to be better then the BBK's,as the BBK's are famous for cracking at the welds
Talk to Nick at Got Exhaust,he'll help you out,and he's a vendor on here.You can track him down in the vendors section,if he doesn't reply here.Do you have a part number for the JBA headers that fit the 5.7 Hemi?
It's a seperate part.Sometimes you can get away with using a bigger washer if it's just the bolt holes broke out.I think alot of guys even run with-out the shields,if they're broke ,the majority of headers don't reuse the shields.If you elect to go the milled manifold route, is the heat shield a separate part that needs to be ordered? Mine is broken.
I used the exact same extraction method. Super easy and almost no risk if you mess up the weld.I had 2 bolts broke on each side and went back with JBA shorties and as stated above i used remflex gaskets. For the bolts i welded a flat washer to the broken stud (broke flush)and the welded a nut to the washer and they came right out.