so i decided to pull the motor in my '72 240 to 'clean her up' and paint the engine bay. while at it, i decided to ditch the oem exhaust manifold and go with MSA's 6-1 header. i currently have the engine and trans together on my bench/stand

Q: can i fit the header to the block (while on bench/stand) and still be able to manuever engine, new header and trans back into the car. i ask because the 6-1 header is bigger and wider the stock manifold when i removed the engine. the oem downpipe was attached to my exhaust.

thanks in advance for input to anyone who has done this )

I have a header also, looks close to the one from MSA. When I pulled out mine, I took the motor, header, trans and everything attached to it.

I havn't put it all back in mind you...but it came out ok.

I am interested in hearing answers to this question as that's what I was planning to do with my stroker when it's all together. Funny, it never occurred to me that it might not fit easily. There's just so much ROOM in an S30 engine bay. I look at my friends' Z32 and Z33 engine bays and just shudder.