Smoke Em

how hard is it to take off the intake for a stock lt1, it still has egr and air, bone stock motor, need to replace intake gasket

is their an order things should be done??

Badazz 97 TA

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the only special tool you will need is a fuel line disconnect tool. you can get one from autozone.





the job isnt not too bad. Theres 6 bolts on each side. Just unplug any electrical stuff mounted on the intake. unbolts EGR tube. Disconnect the fuel line. Remove the 12 bolts. gently pry the intake and remove it. It helps to have one other person there to remove and install it. makes life easier. clean everything really good. Put the intake gaskets in place. Apply a bead of RTV sealant on the front and back of block. Install intake making sure to drop it straight down so you dont disturb the bead of RTV.

Hawk40

go to shbox.com and look at the cam swap section..it details getting the intake off there

Smoke Em

is there different size fuel line tools or just one size

Badazz 97 TA

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there are different sizes. If you buy the one i posted it will have the 2 sizes you need. Theres only one of those they sell at autozone. One of the lines on the LT1 is slightly bigger then the other

Smoke Em

is there any other small gaskets i should know about before i take the intake off and realize i need them, is there one in between the TB and intake?

Badazz 97 TA

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The gasket kit should or might come with the egr gasket, TB gasket and injector o-rings. You dont need to remove the TB though. You can leave it on. same with the injectors. but thats up to you if you really want to replace the stuff or not.

am_muscl

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you can take the throttle body and intake off as one piece, but yes there is one between the throttle body and intake, it's like $2 or something from autozone. But listen to joe too he is a BADAZZ, he also basically took apart my top end with my cam swap haha.

shobox is a king as well in terms of needing to find a process of removing and installing things.

Smoke Em

i figured while the intakes off might as well clean it up, as long as autozone has that little gasket thats good, i could just make it right
how about the rear of the intake as well as the front any gaskets or just rtv?

koolaid_kid

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I put a link in your other thread that explains everything you need to do.

Smoke Em

how long does it usually take someone start to finish no problems

Smoke Em

where can i get the gaskets from summit doesnt have them, i doubt autozone will have them

ORedRoc4

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Autozone will have them in stock, so will advanced auto, and o'reilly... i used Advanced twice in the passed 3 months for intake gaskets and both times they had them in stock... It was around $25-30, came with injector o rings, egr gasket, throttle body gasket, intake runner gaskets and some black permatex...

-Justin

RamAir95TA

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You should have NO problem finding the gaskets from Autozone.

Since it's your first time doing this, I'd plan on a whole day to get the job done. Once you've done it a few times though you can have it on and off in an hour or two.

Smoke Em

hopefully this will be my only time

Badazz 97 TA

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get some copper RTV. That little tube they give you isnt enough. i tried it and it only was enough sealant for the front. Autozone will have it. Felpro gasket kit

Smoke Em

thanks everyone hopefully ill have it off tomorrow get it cleaned and painted fix the gasket and seal and have it done by monday

am_muscl

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keep us posted, let us know how it goes

Smoke Em

came off with out any problems, getting gaskets tomorrow
is it obvious if the back rtv was bad?

Smoke Em

here are some pics of the tear down