View Poll Results: Best/fastest method?
Remove coil packs & get them all from the top.
42
56.00%
Leave the packs on & get #8 from the bottom.
33
44.00%
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#8 Plug From Top Or Bottom?
I did all 8 in about 40 minutes - Crawl under andf you can see #8 plain as day. Sometimes pulling the coil packs can be just as much of a bitch as pulling the plugs (pass side rear bolt).
On my car when it still had stock manifolds I had no luck getting #8 from the bottom. We ended up using a crazy frankenwrench which was a combination of like 2 pivoting u-joints, and 3 or 4 extensions. #8 took about 4 hours on my car.
On my buddies z28 with headers I got the coil packs off and every plug out of the pass. side including #8 in under an hour, a 1" extension does wonders for #8 on a car with headers.
On my buddies z28 with headers I got the coil packs off and every plug out of the pass. side including #8 in under an hour, a 1" extension does wonders for #8 on a car with headers.
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Originally Posted by Luna
with headers I got the coil packs off and every plug out of the pass. side including #8 in under an hour, a 1" extension does wonders for #8 on a car with headers.
Originally Posted by FL01SS
I'd stil like to know how long it took some of you guys. And how long does it take just to get the coil packs off?
Definitely from top. I pulled #8 first because it was said to be the hardest. I removed the AIR pipe, coil packs and had the plug out in less than 5 minutes after that. Use the 12 pt side of a small 10 mm wrench to get at that back coil bracket bolt off, then throw it as far as you can. 4 bolts is enough to keep that bracket snug on the valve cover.
I did not take coils off on driver side but I did unbolt the AIR pipe and push it aside. I had all plugs changed and wires on in about 1.5 hours. It was my first time
I will say the hardest part for me was getting the #8 plug wire on. For some reason it did not want to slip on.
I did not take coils off on driver side but I did unbolt the AIR pipe and push it aside. I had all plugs changed and wires on in about 1.5 hours. It was my first time
I will say the hardest part for me was getting the #8 plug wire on. For some reason it did not want to slip on.
Originally Posted by FL01SS
Damn, that's not bad at all! Does that include pulling of the coils???
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Used to only take me an hour and a half on the bolt on bird. But, the supercharged bird......aye yay yaye..probably 2.5 hours and alot of cuts on my arms.
Lets not even talk about changing belts...
But its money in my pocket and with gas prices now a days...it all adds up.
Lets not even talk about changing belts...
But its money in my pocket and with gas prices now a days...it all adds up.
Originally Posted by Luna
On my buddies z28 with headers I got the coil packs off and every plug out of the pass. side including #8 in under an hour, a 1" extension does wonders for #8 on a car with headers.