Header Installation Problems

[Long Knight]

Another typical truck day, I spent 6 hours doing a 2 hour job. Last Sat. I put some Flowtech headers on my 350. Passenger side went on great, except I broke the plastic cover on my cylinoid (I thought I could get away with not taking off the starter). Worst part is I didn't break it with the header!

When I put on the driver's side I had all kinds of problems. My temp sensor was in the way so I had to back it out a little, getting coolant everywhere. Then the header got wedged somehow and I spent freakin forever trying to get it unstuck.

In addition to all of this my truck is not in a garage and it is like 30 degrees outside with additional breeze.

The finale was when I put on my plug wires and the boots sat right up against the pipes! I was so pissed I broke off one of the plugs. So, I shifted my attention to the starter. I glued the broken piece back on and it still worked, but sounded bad. So, I took it back to the parts store and got a replacement under warrenty. And since parts people can't be reasonably intellegent for more than a brief moment I had to go to another parts store for shorter plugs. Finally done, runs good, need to get a timing light!

Q: Will the short plugs mess anything up? The threads are the same length, just the ceramic is shorter.

Roman