Intake Manifold Swap

[greg94080]

I have been reading this forum for some time now and this is my first post. Sorry if this sounds like a noobish question, but I could not find any post after looking, that answered my questions fully so I figured I would finally post here.

I am about to swap my entire stock intake with a gt40 intake and I was wondering if there was anything I may need to look out for? Has anyone seen a good walkthrough on the net that details this install on our cars? Thanks in advance.

-greg

 

[95stocker]

yea, look at the sticky at the top of the page....complete install information

 

[1105]

Welcome to the boards. Just basically remove your stock intake, then bolt down your new one and your set. You'll need gaskets of course, some RTV, and an intake elbow. Just look at the vaccume lines on your stock intake, and hook them back up on the GT40 the same way. For gaskets your going to need.... a Cobra lower intake gasket set for sure, and these if you cant reuse the ones allready on: EGR valve gasket, and thermastat gasket. As for a gasket for the TB and elbow, you might be better off buying gasket material and cutting out your own.

 

[greg94080]

Thanks for the input guys. Im getting my cast cut off today and plan to do this install tommorow night. I post pics to show how it went.

 

[greg94080]

coolant fitting seized

So I have gotten everything off of the lower intake manifold now except one piece and am having trouble with it.

It has been refered to in the sticky as the coolant fitting located behind the area where the thermostat is. Bolted directly in the intake manifold, and seems to be seized.

Does anyone know the size of wrench required to twist this off? Is there something special Im not getting here? Clockwise, or counter clockwise?

Thanks in advance.

 

[hillie16]

Prolly just stuck real good. Since you are ditching the old intake, get the right size wrench (don't remember the size) and twist it like a bit*h til it pops loose.

 

[greg94080]

Prolly just stuck real good. Since you are ditching the old intake, get the right size wrench (don't remember the size) and twist it like a bit*h til it pops loose.

Do you know what the part number on this piece is? Its starting to strip out.

 

[Black95GTS]

get some liquid wrench, drown it for a solid 15 seconds of spray, and let it sit for a couple hours (or overnight... this is how I got off the notoriously stuck bolts when doin the exhaust with a minimum of effort) then have a go at it... give the liquid wrench some time to do its thing.

 

[hillie16]

Do you know what the part number on this piece is? Its starting to strip out.

No idea. Sorry.

 

[greg94080]

It's done!

Hoo Haaa, got it finished this past weekend. Must have hit up the hardware store at least 8 times but I got it all done. Had to cap off bout three of four spots, and replaced almost all vacuum lines. Had a bit of trouble with the EGR but nothing some liquid wrench and RTV could not fix. I will bring my camera to work tommorow and post some pics of how it went.

 

[Black95GTS]

any chance you dynoed that beast before and after the install? I'm interesting in finding out actual data before and after just this mod as I am considering it for a summer project.

 

[greg94080]

Nope sorry, I have yet to do a dyno pull on this car. I did however smog it before I ripped it all apart (im in cali.) The guy at the smog place said I did not need to do it and asked if I was planning on selling her. I told him I had a new intake at home and he said I would not pass afterwards. What does he know anyway? I think it will pass even now. Regardless I know another guy that will smog a toaster so I think Im set.

 

[greg94080]

Here are before, during, and finished shots of the intake swap.

http://www.geocities.com/gregswallace/DSC00788.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/gregswallace/DSC00810.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/gregswallace/DSC00825.JPG

 

[1105]

links down work

 

[greg94080]

Freakin free yahoo pages. Your going to have to cut and paste the URL. That should work. Im not sure how else to get them posted here. These pics are too large, stangnet wont let me upload em. Please tell me what ya think
-g