[PerfectSaiyan]

NikiterZTS,Nov 16 2006, 03:47 AM Wrote:how hard is it to take out the stock air intake manifold?
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if you rock the engine forward, its not that difficult.

it involves a lot of unpluging, if you know how to do a CAi install, thats half your work. the other half is unplugging and removing bolts. they say the bottom middle bolt should be accessed from below, but I got it with the appropiate swivel from above. you dont have to remove the injectors / fuel rail, but I did. there is 1 sensor that was a PITA to both take out, and put in, and thats the Oil low pressure sensor. gotta get a mirror in there and figure out how to take it off, I ended up snapping half of the connector off that attaches to the block, but it slides right back on and doesnt move an inch.

it doesnt weigh much, so if you remove the bolt from the tranny mount, and just push the engine forward, its easy. (you dont need to take out the alternator to do it)

after I got the last bolt off, it just fell. so it shouldnt be that difficult