Please help me because I am lazy and don't want to RTFM
02-08-2007, 03:36 PM
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RE: Please help me because I am lazy and don't want to RTFM
ORIGINAL: frdmstng1986GT
all intakes, cast iron or aluminum or... sheet metal if you are a ricer(
)... have bolt patterns. it prevents from minor warping and chances for leaky intake gastkets.. .. usualy it is just work from the middle out in a circle.
ORIGINAL: samseed101
Is there a pattern for Iron too? I know that the lower has a pattern, but I wasn't sure about the upper. I added a 1" spacer so I never had to remove the lower.
ORIGINAL: 88BlueGT
So its only aluminum intakes that need to be torqued down in a specific bolt pattern?
So its only aluminum intakes that need to be torqued down in a specific bolt pattern?
)... have bolt patterns. it prevents from minor warping and chances for leaky intake gastkets.. .. usualy it is just work from the middle out in a circle.
02-08-2007, 05:19 PM
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RE: Please help me because I am lazy and don't want to RTFM
Every intake, whether made out of aluminum, iron, or grandma's two week old beef stroganov, requires a pattern tightening. If you clamp one end all of the way down, and continue toward the other end until finally the other end is done last, it won't clamp down as much. Same principle as the star pattern on a 5 lug. There is also the risk, in certain applications, of pushing the gasket around. The same goes for heads, etc.
Don't take this for law because it's an aluminum intake, but this is probably the sequence you're looking for. I'll leave specs alone because they will be different for iron. Don't forget to coat the bolts in 30w motor oil (which will probably also change specs)
Don't take this for law because it's an aluminum intake, but this is probably the sequence you're looking for. I'll leave specs alone because they will be different for iron. Don't forget to coat the bolts in 30w motor oil (which will probably also change specs)
02-08-2007, 06:20 PM
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RE: Please help me because I am lazy and don't want to RTFM
ORIGINAL: 88BlueGT
I hope that was a joke right?
ORIGINAL: frdmstng1986GT
all intakes, cast iron or aluminum or... sheet metal if you are a ricer()... have bolt patterns. it prevents from minor warping and chances for leaky intake gastkets.. .. usualy it is just work from the middle out in a circle.
ORIGINAL: samseed101
Is there a pattern for Iron too? I know that the lower has a pattern, but I wasn't sure about the upper. I added a 1" spacer so I never had to remove the lower.
ORIGINAL: 88BlueGT
So its only aluminum intakes that need to be torqued down in a specific bolt pattern?
So its only aluminum intakes that need to be torqued down in a specific bolt pattern?
)... have bolt patterns. it prevents from minor warping and chances for leaky intake gastkets.. .. usualy it is just work from the middle out in a circle.
02-08-2007, 06:27 PM
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RE: Please help me because I am lazy and don't want to RTFM
ORIGINAL: LTnone
Every intake, whether made out of aluminum, iron, or grandma's two week old beef stroganov, requires a pattern tightening. If you clamp one end all of the way down, and continue toward the other end until finally the other end is done last, it won't clamp down as much. Same principle as the star pattern on a 5 lug. There is also the risk, in certain applications, of pushing the gasket around. The same goes for heads, etc.
Don't take this for law because it's an aluminum intake, but this is probably the sequence you're looking for. I'll leave specs alone because they will be different for iron. Don't forget to coat the bolts in 30w motor oil (which will probably also change specs)
Every intake, whether made out of aluminum, iron, or grandma's two week old beef stroganov, requires a pattern tightening. If you clamp one end all of the way down, and continue toward the other end until finally the other end is done last, it won't clamp down as much. Same principle as the star pattern on a 5 lug. There is also the risk, in certain applications, of pushing the gasket around. The same goes for heads, etc.
Don't take this for law because it's an aluminum intake, but this is probably the sequence you're looking for. I'll leave specs alone because they will be different for iron. Don't forget to coat the bolts in 30w motor oil (which will probably also change specs)
02-08-2007, 06:53 PM
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RE: Please help me because I am lazy and don't want to RTFM
I suck...
If I were to guess, middle two, one side, then the other. But once again that's guessing. Haven't put mine on yet. It struck me odd that someone like you would ask that question
If I were to guess, middle two, one side, then the other. But once again that's guessing. Haven't put mine on yet. It struck me odd that someone like you would ask that question
02-08-2007, 06:56 PM
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RE: Please help me because I am lazy and don't want to RTFM
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I suck...
If I were to guess, middle two, one side, then the other. But once again that's guessing. Haven't put mine on yet. It struck me odd that someone like you would ask that question
I suck...
If I were to guess, middle two, one side, then the other. But once again that's guessing. Haven't put mine on yet. It struck me odd that someone like you would ask that question
I like your setup BTW. Curious what kinda nuymbers you are gonna pull when it's all said and done. I was soooo clsoe to going to the trick flow top end kit, but wussed out in the end [8D]
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