Early A transmission removal with Dougs D450 headers?

motorpirate · Mar 12, 2020

Dany's A998 trans is done, converter is here and we are ready for the swap.
Does anyone know if a 904 can be removed with the Dougs D450 headers in place?
Or do we need to remove the passenger side, or both ?
Hoping someone here has done it before as we are staring removal tomorrow morning.

Thanks in advance guys!!

66fyssh · Mar 12, 2020

I pulled the 904 out of my 66 Barracuda without pulling the Doug's 450's. It was tight on the driver's side but I managed to twist it clockwise (from the back) enough to get it past the collector. Haven't reinstalled one yet so not sure how that's going to go!

motorpirate · Mar 12, 2020

That's what we were hoping.
We REALLY don't want to pull that drivers side!!!

66fyssh · Mar 12, 2020

motorpirate said:
That's what we were hoping.
We REALLY don't want to pull that drivers side!!!

Lol. I'm with you on that! Long skinny fingers would help, but I'm the opposite. I think I've put them in and out three times in three months, but hopefully they will be in for a long time now.

Taking the transmission out was tight but I never felt like I was going to damage the header.