Lost intake manifold bolt! Help on what to do!
Lost intake manifold bolt! Help on what to do! Ok so I started the ls6 intake swap and I canot find one of the intake manifold bolts. Would it be ok to bolt it up with 9 out of the 10 bolts? I figure probably not, but I really need it to be running. Where could I pick up a bolt that i could substatute in for the ls1 manifold bolt temporarely?
Only place I know of would be the dealer, You could try to go to an industrial bolt store or supply, I can tell ya now you aint gonna get it at lowes or home depot, its such a long bolt its kinda hard to find. I wouldnt leave it out, when putting the manifold on you are torquing it to a set value using torque steps, (thats the correct way to do it) Its a plastic intake So I dont know about running without the bolt, I personally wouldnt do it,,,but if you have to I would leave one out of the front half, not the very first one but the one beside it going towards the center. If you were closer I could give ya a spare, another option if you absolutely have to have it and cant find the bolt You could buy a piece of allthread cut it to length screw it into the head and then torque a nut down. and use it like that till you can get a bolt. If ya do that put it in the easiest one to get to that way when you get a bolt it wont be a pain.
Hey I really appreciate both of your guys input alot. This is what I ended up doing
Ok well my friend has a junked 99 v6 camaro and I found an identical bolt on its intake manifold, except it was about half inch short. Soo I cut down the place where the bolt goes through a little bit so the bolt would fit. What do you guys think?
Ok well my friend has a junked 99 v6 camaro and I found an identical bolt on its intake manifold, except it was about half inch short. Soo I cut down the place where the bolt goes through a little bit so the bolt would fit. What do you guys think?
So you just bought a brand new LS6 intake and hacked at it cause you lost a bolt 
Patience man, patience! You sure you didnt drop this down in the intake port too along with the clothespin.
Patience man, patience! You sure you didnt drop this down in the intake port too along with the clothespin. Trending Topics
ha its ok I smoothed it all over and you cant even tell I cut a little peice off. Nope I have been driving the car all day lol I checked the intake port very very thuroly(spelling?)
I dropped the bolts like 3 different time in the garage and My cement floor have huge deep cracks lol. Im sure it lieing in one of them. Car has ran perfect all day and I can feel a bit more power. I had a cuple friends with camaro's look at it and had them look over the engine to see if they could find something wrong and they never seen that I had cut the top of that post off so I think it cleaned up nice and I can't even tell. Soo im very happy with the install. Overall probably took me 3 hours of working on it lol
I dropped the bolts like 3 different time in the garage and My cement floor have huge deep cracks lol. Im sure it lieing in one of them. Car has ran perfect all day and I can feel a bit more power. I had a cuple friends with camaro's look at it and had them look over the engine to see if they could find something wrong and they never seen that I had cut the top of that post off so I think it cleaned up nice and I can't even tell. Soo im very happy with the install. Overall probably took me 3 hours of working on it lol
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I didn't have time and no one had the bolt I needed. I looked everywhere. Had work today so it had to be running for today and I didn't feel comfortable running 9 bolts, I think it would have leaked
I would have waited for the proper bolt, but my car isn't a daily driver. So I can afford to have it in "not running" condition.
I'd say, "Kudos" for having the ***** to do what it takes to get the job done. Modifying a performance part that you spent your hard earned money on isn't an easy decision to make.
I'd like to see a picture of the modified hole with the bolt in it. If it looks as unnoticeable as you say it is, then I say, good job!
I'd say, "Kudos" for having the ***** to do what it takes to get the job done. Modifying a performance part that you spent your hard earned money on isn't an easy decision to make.
I'd like to see a picture of the modified hole with the bolt in it. If it looks as unnoticeable as you say it is, then I say, good job!
Yea I def would have waited if i would have had anothe car to drive for sure, I just did what I had to do. I would not have done it if I didn't think it would hold good. Im sure it holds it down just as good as the rest
