intake problem
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intake problem
i may be making this more difficult than it should be, but i was putting my edel intake on last night in place of my old S code. the block has a dowel pin up in the front corner on driver side. old intake has a provision for this, edel does not. i tried taking out the dowel with no success. or should i just drill a hole in the edel intake?
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If you can pull the dowel - - do it. Otherwise you'll need to drill the intake. Earlier FE blocks all had dowels - - don't know why Ebrock chose not to accomodate them. The dowel helps locate the manifold.
The most important thing without a dowel will be distributor alignment - make sure you can get it all the way in and spinnable so you can adjust timing before you tighten the bolts. Sometimes you need a gentle tap with a mallet to move the intake around a hair before the gasket goo sets up. Then check for port alignment with a flashlight. Not much you're gonna do about it - but you will want to match them up the best you can with the dizzy in place - more taps.
Have all your tools ready because you only have a short time before any gasket goop start setting up - 15 minutes+/-. Once tightened and done you want to walk away for at least an hour or two to let things firm up, Recheck torque. Fill fluids. Drive...
The most important thing without a dowel will be distributor alignment - make sure you can get it all the way in and spinnable so you can adjust timing before you tighten the bolts. Sometimes you need a gentle tap with a mallet to move the intake around a hair before the gasket goo sets up. Then check for port alignment with a flashlight. Not much you're gonna do about it - but you will want to match them up the best you can with the dizzy in place - more taps.
Have all your tools ready because you only have a short time before any gasket goop start setting up - 15 minutes+/-. Once tightened and done you want to walk away for at least an hour or two to let things firm up, Recheck torque. Fill fluids. Drive...
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Note about dizzy placement: Before I tightened my intake down, I put the dizzy in the hole and made sure it was centered before tightening down the intake (with the dizzy still in the hole).
How did I learn this? The HARD way!
The dowel should come out, vice-grips?
How did I learn this? The HARD way!
The dowel should come out, vice-grips?
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I tried for hours to get that damn dowel out when putting on my RPM. I eventually took a cutting wheel to it and made it disappear. Probably not the best move but it hasn't been an issue. I didn't want to drill my new intake.
