Upper intake swap
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,179
Likes: 5
From: Lake Orion Michigan
Upper intake swap
I'm going to switch the upper intake on my 85 L98 and was wondering how long this should take? Scale of 1-10 how hard should this be? This will be my first fuel injection job. 
Last edited by snowmanmdp; Mar 15, 2009 at 09:27 AM.
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 24,460
Likes: 7
From: sw Ohio
Are you removing just the plenum? If so its a piece of cake, there are 4 10mm bolts to remove the throttle body, and 8 torx bolts to remove it from the runners. You also have the distributor cover plate which has 3 screws, the brake booster line at the rear by the distributor, some vacuum lines and a sensor underneath. Shouldnt take more than 15-20 minutes to do. 
Advanced
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 53
Likes: 0
From: Mission Viejo CA
As long as you're not removing the lower intake and fuel injectors, it's easy. You just have to make sure you don't strip the torx head screws. Those bastards are PITA when they are tight. When you put the torx bit into the torx screw head, make sure it is all the way in before you start twisting. Don't rush it and take your time and never force them loose.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,179
Likes: 5
From: Lake Orion Michigan
As long as you're not removing the lower intake and fuel injectors, it's easy. You just have to make sure you don't strip the torx head screws. Those bastards are PITA when they are tight. When you put the torx bit into the torx screw head, make sure it is all the way in before you start twisting. Don't rush it and take your time and never force them loose.
Is there a specail wrench to get to it?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 898
Likes: 1
From: Pearland Texas
