AtlantaSteve
Active Member
When recently having to dink around with my headers, I decided while I had them unhooked from the engine, I wanted to install some locking header bolts, but was sorta put off by the cost. I know 50 to 80 bucks is not a whole lot in the grand scheme, but I'm shaving any penny I can, and if a cheaper solution falls in my lap, I'm gonna try it.
A cheaper solution fell in my lap.
Spectre, ye-olde-maker of cheap metal braiding for your hoses, has a set of header bolts that are super cheap, that include a locking solution using lockwire. This appealed to me as it's sorta old-school-racer looking, so I figured WTF. Jeggs is getting 15 for a set, but I got them at Autozone for just over 10 per set.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Spectre/865/4668/10002/-1
Unfortunately, they targeted the chevy community,and since the SBCs have the two middle primaries together, with only 2 bolts holding the center of the flange, one kit is not enough for a SBF, so I had to buy 2 kits, and have some left over bolts and wire (which is great to have available should I need to replace anything)
SO here are some pictures:
IN the packaging, though I had already cut the packaging open.
Here you can see the drilled bolt head and lock wire.
Blurry picture here showing the allen head in the bolt. This allows you to use an allen socket (included in box) or other allen tools to get around difficult to navigate headers.
Wobble Head Allen Socket...I had mixed results with this. My main complaint was that the wobble head would get stuck in the bolt and I Had to use China-locks(Channel-Lock knockoff from China) to snatch it back out. Total pain. Also, it was only SLIGHTLY helpful in getting around some of my header tubes.
Just showing how these work together.
After cursing and yelling at whoever the heck designed my headers and finally got them installed, I forgot to take pictures of the final product...OOPS.
so here's a swiped installed image I found online:
A cheaper solution fell in my lap.
Spectre, ye-olde-maker of cheap metal braiding for your hoses, has a set of header bolts that are super cheap, that include a locking solution using lockwire. This appealed to me as it's sorta old-school-racer looking, so I figured WTF. Jeggs is getting 15 for a set, but I got them at Autozone for just over 10 per set.
http://www.jegs.com/i/Spectre/865/4668/10002/-1
Unfortunately, they targeted the chevy community,and since the SBCs have the two middle primaries together, with only 2 bolts holding the center of the flange, one kit is not enough for a SBF, so I had to buy 2 kits, and have some left over bolts and wire (which is great to have available should I need to replace anything)
SO here are some pictures:
IN the packaging, though I had already cut the packaging open.
Here you can see the drilled bolt head and lock wire.
Blurry picture here showing the allen head in the bolt. This allows you to use an allen socket (included in box) or other allen tools to get around difficult to navigate headers.
Wobble Head Allen Socket...I had mixed results with this. My main complaint was that the wobble head would get stuck in the bolt and I Had to use China-locks(Channel-Lock knockoff from China) to snatch it back out. Total pain. Also, it was only SLIGHTLY helpful in getting around some of my header tubes.
Just showing how these work together.
After cursing and yelling at whoever the heck designed my headers and finally got them installed, I forgot to take pictures of the final product...OOPS.
so here's a swiped installed image I found online: