Steve, do I need to do that if I lay the headers in place and drop the engine in? I can pop them apart if need be but I thought laying them in place and dropping in they wouldn't need to be removed?
As Jimmy said, the more room the better. I do it just to get clearance especially in a freshly painted engine bay. It's easily taken off in about ten minutes. DO you have a pitman arm puller? If not, just rent one.
