Ninety5five0

So there is no way to actually use a torque wrench to tighten down the upper to the lower. I can get the top middle 2 fine, and the front passenger side one pretty good, but the 2 on the driver side are gonna be a bytch, and the 1 on the back passenger side is gonna be kindof tuff too, but not as bad as the other.
I'm only gonna be able to use the closed end of a wrech, its a 12 point 3/8"

How did you fellas go about tightening that up ? 3 veins = 20 ft lbs ? haha

Should i just tighten it pretty good, or as good as i can ?

nmerrill

tI jsut tightened them up as tight as i could, call up trickflow and make them feel like idiots for designing that thing

XSRACINGGT

yeah, thats the only down fall of the TFS intakes in my opinion. I hate those little nuts. hehe, I hate little nuts. thats funny. anyhoo, I have to lift my upper off the lower and then put on the back drivers side nut on because of the low bend of the upper intake. I did tell them that they could have designed a better upper. or at least send a tool to help with the nuts. Oh, I just tighten them down till they are pretty right. 20 ft/lbs is like 6 veins for me, I am a weakling tho. hehe j/k

Ninety5five0

Just followed the tightening order when you did it ?

Ninety5five0

And did you guys just screw the studs in with your hands ? Thats what i did and figured it would be tight enough once the bolts are one.

XSRACINGGT

yeah, just tightened by hand let the nuts do the rest

Ninety5five0

I cant get to that nut in the back driver side. I cant even get a wrench around it. Any solutions to that one ?

Ninety5five0

bump

nmerrill

i got it on but i had to move the wiring harness out of the way to get the wrench on. Yes i followed the pattern provided, although i dont really think it mattered much because its not like they are torqued properly