dropping engine in header clearance?

[mebe007]

okay so im about to drop my sbc back in. i have the whole front clip off. im putting the engine and transmission in together 1 piece. what i was wondering was if i can leave the headers on from were i ran the engine on a stand? will they clear the steering and frame rails?

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Depends on the headers. Shorties are the most likely to work like that, but long tubes may also do it too. Only way to know for certain is to go ahead and try. You can always stop and pull it back out if it does not fit. The steering should not be a problem except maybe the shaft, and that's easily removed. It's a front steer car so they will not hit the center drag link.

I have the Edelbrock Shorties with Y pipe and I installed the engine/trans as a unit with the exhaust and all front accessory drives installed on the engine before installation. I also pulled the V6 out with the exhaust installed all the way back to the catalytic converter.

 

[mebe007]

yeah well i have long tubes and im gonna go ahead and try soon, maybe this weekend

 

[markcp]

I had longs on my SBC going into the 78 Monte. I needed to bring the loose headers into position as I lowered the block into place. Then bolt them up. The AC box was causing me fits when I tried lowering the engine while the headers were bolted up.