S&S Header Issue - Oil Dip Stick

[dfiedler]

Hello Forum,

Hope someone has dealt with this before. I bought S&S headers for my 3400, 99 Grand Am (one of my daughters cars). I tried to install the front header and found that the flange that connects the header pipes together and mounts flush to the cylinder head interferes with the oil dipstick. I tried bending the oil dipstick out of the way but the flange on the dipstick used to secure it to the engine can't get through the headers. I have emailed S&S but probably won't hear from them until tomorrow. The only solution that would appear to work is cutting the flange on the headers, which I will do if S&S agrees (other issues yet to be discovered may require that S&S be willing to take them back - they are expensive!). Any advice would be appreciated.

[asylummotorsports]

Just modify the bracket that holds the dip stick.

I did it on mine.

Took 5 seconds.

DO NOT CUT THE HEADER FLANGE!

And the chances of S&S accepting a return on a set of headers that have been installed are pretty slim.

Headers are a compromise in any application, and there will be some things that may have to be moved or modified.

[dfiedler]

S&S Headers

Eric,

Thanks for a quick response. I will take your advice and modify the oil dip stick.

[geldartb]

all i did was modify the bracket that bolts the dipstick to the head. required a little bending of the bracket and it sits fine.

[johnnymossville]

Yea, pull the dipstick tube out and install the header. Put the tube back in and bend the bracket to fit. It's not hard to do, just make sure that the o-ring on the tube stays in place and that the tube is fully seated in the block when you're done.