mvvette97

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on a 2000 Trans am. I have read the article on LS1howto many times but how was it when you do it for real? I did my cam swap myself so i figure I can do it but was there anything that i should look out for??

RoastEmSS

very easy, shouldnt take longer than an hour or 2. Just be careful when pulling the intake off to not break the oil pressure sending unit that's right behind it

35th SS

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if you can do a cam swap you can do a intake swap.piece of cake mang.good luck.

mvvette97

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the oil pressure sensor is behind it or under it?

RrCoX22

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right behind it.... just make sure you get all the hoses off in the back or else the simplest touch will slice that ****** off

...if you can do a cam swap, there's nothing on the car you shouldn't be able to handle

00formLs1

it should be cake if you did a cam swap. also you have a vette ur crowl is little compared ta an f-body. i did mine in 2 hours

CaptUSA

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Yeah, what they said. You did the cam... you can do the intake. No problem. Just take your time, and if you get to a point where you aren't sure take a step back for a sec before you continue.

If you're really nervous, print up the directions, and have them next to you while you do the work. Step by step is pretty easy to get right the first time.

GL!!

wizkid

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The hardest part is disconnect the freekn fuel hoses. After that it flies. Don't even sweat this one.

Eric

Beasst8

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Did somebody say Cake. AH man, now Im all worked up.

No really, its easy as hell compared to a cam swap.

Blacker

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I replaced mine a few weeks ago and it was easier than I thought. Just take your time and my mindfull of the hoses on the rear of the intake. Once the new intake is installed, thread all of the bolts before tightening.

http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=5

staringback05

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your best friend is a air compressor with adjustable rachet for the rear intake bolts....leave the bolts in but pull them up and put tape between where the head of the bolt is and the manifold itself....this will keep them from dragging on the valley cover and also makes it easier then reinstalling the bolts....becareful not to push to hard when trying to put the manifold back in, it will have a tendacy to get stuck and the push might smack the psi sending unit in the back....a fuel line release tool is a must, and becareful not to knock anything down into the valves....trust me when you take the manifold off its going to be very dirty under there

mvvette97

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just wondering, on Ls1howto it says you don't have to disconnect the fuel line.

staringback05

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....either its stated in the wrong way....or thats wrong....how exactly are you going to leave the old manfiold attached to the fuel lines? and have a new manifold sitting there....

1fast01

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You wont need a fuel release line, just pull out all 8 injectors & put them to the side attached to the fuel line...thats how i understood the LS1howto instructions

staringback05

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WTF^^^? why would you do that?, theres more risk in damaging a injector and more work required then just using the little plastic tool to undo the line....if howto.com said this....they werent thinking correctly

Blacker

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I replaced my intake without disconnecting the fuel line. It is not necessary and it was easy.

Johnny5

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If you are swapping the intake you will at some point need to swap the fuel rail & injectors from the old intake to the new. After now doing both an intake swap and just swapping injectors I'd say that is doesn't really matter either way. You will need to pull the injectors out of the intake and wheter or not you disconnect the fuel line fitting is up to you. If you disconnect it you can work a bit more comfortably at a bench or just flip it out of the way, install new intake and re-install injectors and rail.

I must say that even with the PLASTIC fuel removal tool that thing can be a bitch. I swear that is a secret to using that tool to it's fullest potential because the first time it took almost an hour to separate the line from the rail.

If you do separate it take a couple plastic bags and a rubberband and seal off the line and zip-tie it out of the way. Keeps any unecessary gas from spilling out.

00formLs1

i pulled the injectors out along with the rail and moved them aside. i didn't see the need for removing the line since i have to pull them out anyway.

mvvette97

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well I got it done. I can't feel any differance between the stock and the stock ported manifold. Oh well, now I know how to do it. Thanks for all the help.

TheBlurLS1

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Should have asked before you did the swap, we could have saved you a few hours.