best way to take off intake manifold on 2g??

[1fast97gsx]

take off the battery and intercooler piping and you can reach down and grab all the bolts. You can do it all from the top .. although the first time I had the car on stands and did it from top and bottom.

*edit ... I used an open end wrench because I didn't have any small swivel sockets laying around ... took about 1 - 1.5 hours.

 

[DSMJim]

take off the battery and intercooler piping and you can reach down and grab all the bolts. You can do it all from the top .. although the first time I had the car on stands and did it from top and bottom.

*edit ... I used an open end wrench because I didn't have any small swivel sockets laying around ... took about 1 - 1.5 hours.

Exactly how I did it as well. Honestly it's not that hard.

 

[Strm Trpr]

Sephroth57

So did you get her done or what?

 

[a_scobel]

Read my method at the very bottom of this page, if you don't want to even get underneath the car: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110252

Worked for me.

 

[na90dsm]

he never got it doen and i quit trying. i got my 1g mani off fine but i can not get his off for some reason. maybe he can get it if he messes wiht it but his car hates me lieka girl on the wrong week of this month.

 

[1fast97gsx]

he never got it doen and i quit trying. i got my 1g mani off fine but i can not get his off for some reason. maybe he can get it if he messes wiht it but his car hates me lieka girl on the wrong week of this month.

what went wrong? It's not really rocket science ..

 

[DSMJim]

he never got it doen and i quit trying. i got my 1g mani off fine but i can not get his off for some reason. maybe he can get it if he messes wiht it but his car hates me lieka girl on the wrong week of this month.

hahahh. Oh well, if he can't get his old manifold off the he shouldn't be playing around with cars anyways. My first time ever taking one off a few years ago took me 1.5 hours with basic and limited hand tools. I could almost do one in my sleep now, hell I think I did one last night, let me check under my pillow for a 10mm...

 

[gaddis]

It will take about twice as long, but you may as well remove the head and slap in some ARP head studs if you're removing the IM anyway. Also a 1G throttle body would be a great upgrade while you have the head off 'cause it will be really easy to port match the intake manifold while it's off. Those are things you're probably going to do anyway, so may as well do 'em at the easiest time.

 

[Sephroth57]

eh i havent tried since i got your guys advice, im sure i could do it if i came in from the left and took off the pipes and battery, didnt do that last time. but i havent gotten around to it yet, also im not even sure the intake manny is the problem anymore