joblo1978

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Well, some of you may remember I bought an LS6 intake manifold for a dollar, and I finished the install the other day. It wasn't without minor issues though.

I ended up ordering the wrong torque wrench at first so I ordered the correct one, so that's the cost of 2 torque wrenches.

I broke the MAP sensor and oil pressure sending unit, had to buy those and the sending unit socket.

I used the instruction from LS1howto.com but I would add a few things to it.

-Completely remove the brake booster line and unplug the MAP sensor before attempting to slide the intake at ALL. You will break one of them if you don't.

-Completely remove the fuel rails before trying to slide the intake out as well.

-You can reuse the stock gaskets, they're fine.

Reinstall was a breeze and went great, my gloss black manifold looks awesome. She found idle after a few seconds and was right on after a few decelerations on the street.

I think the pulls a bit harder in the upper RPM range, but it's hard to tell up here at over 6000 ft.

I think I still got a good deal and a few new tools out of it though. The learning experience was very good.

I did have a little oil in the old manifold.

Justin00SS

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You ordered torque wrenches?

joblo1978

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That's what the post sais doesn't it? How else would you tighten the manifold bolts to spec?

Justin00SS

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I just tightened them. I have a calibrated wrist. Its pretty easy.

dklimek

Guess im just used to it from turning wrenches for so long. but how the hell did you come across a ls6 manifold for a damn dollar!!??

joblo1978

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Buddy of mine with an 02 SS I've worked on in the past and given lots of tech help upgraded to a FAST 78mm, he hooked me up!

Anyways, ASE certified mechanics use torque wrenches as do master technicians. Would you bolt on a new set of heads without torquing them? Why would you do anything less with an intake manifold? I was just trying to make sure the rubber seals actually sealed and I didn't crack the plastic. That's why I bought a torque wrench.

dklimek

Damn dude you got a SMOKING deal!! Im not knocking you for doing things the proper way by anymeans...but comparing an intake manifold to torquing heads is a bit of a stretch, reguardless i see where you are coming from. Now you need to pick up his 241 heads for a dollar!!

DONAIMIAN

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With the intake gaskets, sometimes you can reuse them, sometimes you cant.

Justin00SS

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My 2000 and my buddie's 2000 formula have 241 heads stock.

WILWAXU

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Why would you remove the fuel rails before taking the intake off? Sounds like you forgot to disconnect a few things before trying to rip it out.

Justin00SS

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I didn't even take my fuel rails out. I just set them to the side. I couldn't get the qd to disconnect.

daryl2cb@yahoo.com

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you need a fuel rail tool for that, a 2 dollar tool, also I can not stress enough that you have to take your time disconnect the whole harness first injectors coil pack, egr and map, oil sender, and flop the whole thing to the driver side, then lift the brake booster line over the oil sender. do not forget the vac line also, pretty easy if you take your time, if you do not, I guess you found out, 80 for pressure sender and what, 60 for the map?

joblo1978

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What I meant was out of the intake, the injectors, not disconnecting the whole thing.

Yes, you can just lay them to the side.

joblo1978

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Both parts from a non-sponsor were around 90 shipped.

89Formulaws6

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why not go rent a torque wrench from vatozone, i'm pretty sure the intake is prolly in inch-lbs but either way you could just buy one off the shelf and then return it,done that many times.

i got the whole calibrated wrist as well

sweet deal tho

1FSTLS1

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Ill give you $50 for your $1 intake! I got a good torq wrench. I can use my right or left wrist!

Justin00SS

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Yours is dual directional?

1FSTLS1

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Yea it torques and untorques anything over 50fp requires a hammer.

joblo1978

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I look at it this way, the money I save on labor, I can spend on tools, and have them forever. Am I wrong in saying you can never have too many tools?

I can't believe I'm getting my ***** busted for buying tools by a bunch of supposed gearheads. Jeez.

98_Formula

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well your thread does start out "$1 dollar ls6 intake" i'm sure most people coming in here were the ones that are always lookin to keep a few extra bucks in there pocket...

not that i can blame ne of them, i think it comes down to if you would be ever using said tool again, and if you didn't already own it, its possible you won't ever be using it again either.

but nice job on the $1 intake and did i catch thats also painted? they do make a difference, and they make other mods more efficient too.

hell for a dollar even if you weren't interested in the performance aspect, how could you not do it!