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I have taken the headers out without removing the cylinder head, but its a bit of work. I had to remove all of the studs before i was able to pull the headers out, this involved the double nut method to back the studs out. This is a risky process because the studs can break in the head, there is no way to really get penetrating oil on them because of the angle they are at. The 6 bolts at the lower flange are also a bare to get out if they have never been removed before.
Its do-able, but at the risk of a stud breaking into the head. If that happens, you will need a right angle drill and alot of luck to drill out the broken stud (i looked into doing this on my 951 with a broken stud...ended up pulling the head). If you cant drill the stud out, your looking at a headgasket job.
Personally i think its going to be alot more trouble than its worth.
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Jon
1988 Granite Green 911 3.4L
2005 Arctic Silver 996 GT3
Past worth mentioning - 1987 924S, 1987 944, 1988 944T with 5.7L LS1
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