I just installed my plenum spacer today and ran into some problems. After I had put in my spacer in and put the top peice back on I was screwing in the final screws to wrap up my installation. When screwing in the bolts tightly some of them would all of a sudden come lose again. So I would tighten it but it wouldn't stop it keeps going but its not tightening, this happened on a couple of my bolts.

I didn't know how much it was going to affect the air coming into my engine so I started it up and idle and everything is fine. I took it for a test drive and when i punch the gas i can hear a loud squeek which I am sure is because of the screws not tightening for some reason.

What am I supposed to do, it doesn't really make sense to me why it wont tighten.. :/

 

Loctite?

 

should I apply that thread goo that came with it on all the screws.. I doubt that is the problem.. I hope I didn't **** anything up, is it bad if I can hear that quick squeek?

 

they sound, um, stripped.

 

I guess ill look into it tomorrow.. I don't think they are stripped but maybe ill use the extras that came with the spacer.

 

This might sound stupid but you should be using the bolts that came with your kit as they are longer than the stock ones.

Also use a torque wrench if possible

 

Damnit I feel like a moron.
Thank you.

I basicallly thought they were extras since they only came wih about half of what I needed.

 

LOL thanks for the laugh

 

<3 any time

 

So are you good to go now?

 

I don't know ive been working on my car all day and im sick so I am waiting till tom morning. My engine is probably still hot anyway. Ill let you know in the morning.

 

If you don't have a torque wrench that measures inch pounds, just use a hand driver to tighten the bolts. Then use a ratchet to give 'em 1/4 turn extra. Also don't forget to torque the bolts in a star pattern so the clamping force is evenly distributed.

 

LoL!

Nice to wake up to such things..

 

You only recieved half of the bolts?

If you are missing anything PM me your adress and I'll FedEx you replacements right away.

Tony

 

Nope, I found the other ones laying around this was just pure stupidity on my part. I really appreciate your help though.

Its installed with no problems now.

 

I'm sure glad they weern't stripped.
I learned the purpose of a torque wrench on this install =O

 

This was somewhat humorous.....Kinda.

And for future installers----read the instructions and don't TRY to get a torque wrench----GET one

Glad it worked out

 

If the torque wrench is out of calibration=broken and stripped everything.

It took two bolts to realize this.

 

guess I Was wrong, I ran into another problem..

Since you are familiar with the topic I thought I would ask for your help. After the installation I ran into a few more problems. I did not have a torque wrench on hand so I just tightened it down not as tight as I could but fairly tight.

My engine seemed to be struggling when I started it from 1st gear, and when I first get into 2nd. It makes weird sounds and I am worried about my engine so I did not get on the throttle at all, but I can tell something is wrong. Is it a possibility I tightened the bolts down too much? Or would this problem be because I did not tighten them enough?

The idle is about 600.. which seems a little less than normal..


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If it's idling rough, you have a plenum leak...