Ok, my motordyne iso thermal plenum just arrived and i am going to wait for the engine to cool down until installing it. I drove everywhere looking for a inch-pound torque wrench and couldn't find one. Has anyone installed this without a torque wrench.. ie a nut driver. What does 100 inch pounds feel like? lol

 

do it right and find an in-lb torque wrench. sears has them. it's not that much force.

 

I contacted motordyne and they siad it is perfectly safe to do the torquing by hade aslong as you use a nut driver and NOT A WRENCH, so i am going to go ahead and do it.

 

I didn't find an inch-pound torque wrench either, so just did it by hand, using the method referred to in the instructions (leather glove and nut driver). Haven't had any problems.

 

Yes. Instructions are with the spacer.

 

I think I only went to 61 inch lbs. I can't remember. Saw it in a wiki manual.

 

OK. When you did it by hand (with leather gloves), did you tighten the bolts as much as you could or, just a little bit less?

 

do it right with a torque wrench. you can even find them at sears

 

+1. If you snap one of them bolts, the $75 spent on a torque wrench will seem miniscule compared to the heart ache of tapping you plenum and rethreading it.

 

I just did my plenum i by hand. I tightened it till it was snug. Then a quarter more turn with a socket and was good.

 

contacted motordyne, and they said if you tighten by hand then you cant physically break a bolt, so tighten as hard as you want becuase you will probably get it to 90-110 pounds per inch which is perfect.

 

I did it with no torque wrench like an idiot. Sheared off a bolt, did nothing about it. still sitting in the plenum with no head, and one day I will do something about it. GET A TORQUE WRENCH!!!

They are on drugs. I did it, it can be done.

 

You broke a bolt with a nut driver?

 

Ive installed 4 MD spacers/MREV 2's with a nut runner and never had an issue with over torqueing a bolt and stripping it or breaking anything. On my own car at 15psi no plenum leaks, just use a nut runner like the directions say....

 

He probably didn't know what a nut driver was and substituted it with a breaker bar.

I was hoping to get my spacer by this weekend but it didn't show up today. I'll have to wait until next weekend to install it. boohoo hehe

 

ratchet.

 

ok.

Yes, that will always do it.
That is specifically why it says in the instruction manual to not use a regular wrench.

A torque wrench or a nut driver is the only insurance to not break a bolt.

EDIT:
The only time a problem happens is when the instructions are not fully read and understood before starting.
Read and understand the instructions and you will have a perfect install.

 

Tony............ you should put a picture of someone getting their hand smacked for using a ratchet. Seem like a lot of people just look at the pictures. If you need a stunt hand to do the picture, I'm available all of next week. Call me..... we'll chat!

 

Hahahaha! LOL if I only knew how to do the graphics.

 

...what the hell kind of a MAN reads the instruction manual????

**HEY whatre thesehere leftover parters fer??**


ehhhh Ive got no excuses, I am a stubborn idiot sometimes. lesson learned.