89S SCORES!!!! Used 5.7 TBI Install Thread

[Swims350]

yea if you are stuck on reusing them you should try them. I never had to, but I only reused 1 set of manifolds besides these, and they went on fine, but they were the old log style on the 86 k10, and these on my 88 warped and would not line back up good. I could get the front or the back but not both. So I had to pry them down with my foot, and once bolted up and ran my old man noticed the PS had cracked down the first tube. 3/4's the way thru too, only thing left holding it on was the bottom flat.

 

[89Suburban]

What is it about the SB chevy manifolds having this problem? I never had this problem with any other motor. But I am covering my ass and putting these things on nice and snug before I unbolt those manifolds.

 

[Old77]

Dude....got this leak fixed yet????


jk....

 

[RetroC10Sport]

So now you get to pick your 3 favorite buddys and send them a gift !!!

 

[HotRodPC]

So now you get to pick your 3 favorite buddys and send them a gift !!!.

That's 2 down. Who gets the 3rd one???

 

[towman]

well i live in the same state and about a hundred miles so i guess thats me

 

[Old77]

well i live in the same state and about a hundred miles so i guess thats me

What??? I want one!!!

 

[crazy4offroad]

I've always heard when you remove exhaust manifolds while they're still hot or warm they will deform and you cant hardly get the bolts to go back in right. Which is what I thought that spreader tool was for.

 

[89Suburban]

 

[Old77]

 

[Swims350]

maybe so but it says you can use them to keep it from moving when you go to remove them. I would have bought the same amount and did the same thing. Plus why would you need 12 hands? Just put em on start to middle 2 then put in the rest, I mean you know you don't need a ton of hands for installing manifolds alone or headers so why would the spreaders make a difference.

The guy wants them to hold their shape, not deform and not try to spread them apart which might make them crack when trying to reinstall them.

I know you guys know your stuff, but I'm with burb on this one I think they'd work just fine and save him a crack possibly as well. Mine were removed cold, I never work on hot anything, then they warped and I pryed them over to make em work with my foot and it cracked, you can't put much pressure on it with your foot setting in the engine bay. I bet the tool could put alot more pressure on them.

 

[crazy4offroad]

Reason #4,651 for upgrading to headers!!

 

[HotRodPC]

maybe so but it says you can use them to keep it from moving when you go to remove them. I would have bought the same amount and did the same thing. Plus why would you need 12 hands? Just put em on start to middle 2 then put in the rest, I mean you know you don't need a ton of hands for installing manifolds alone or headers so why would the spreaders make a difference.

The guy wants them to hold their shape, not deform and not try to spread them apart which might make them crack when trying to reinstall them.

I know you guys know your stuff, but I'm with burb on this one I think they'd work just fine and save him a crack possibly as well. Mine were removed cold, I never work on hot anything, then they warped and I pryed them over to make em work with my foot and it cracked, you can't put much pressure on it with your foot setting in the engine bay. I bet the tool could put alot more pressure on them.

I think some of you are really misunderstanding the purpose of the tool and what's been said. Why would you need 4 speaders if you are not putting in all 12 bolts at the exact same time? This is why it was mentioned to have 12 hands. You don't put 6 lugnuts on your wheel at the same time and to do so, you'd need 6 hands.
Even taking off the manifolds cold, the damage has already been done, the manifolds warp from being heated and cooled over the long period of time. So just to be able to spread the ports to start your bolts is all the tool is for. Its a tool, not a fix. You don't leave the spreaders in place. This is like buying 2 shoe horns to assist putting on a pair of dress shoes. Really, you can get by with only 1 shoe horn since you're only putting on one shoe at a time. Unless you have 4 hands of course and want to put both on at the exact same time.

 

[dhamp]

so you thread in the manifold bolts from one end until you get to one that doesn't line up, then stick this spreader between the tubes and crank on it to "stretch" the manifold a little to the last one(s) to line up??

 

[HotRodPC]

Reason #4,651 for upgrading to headers!!

I agree with that too, but there is also at least half that many reasons for not upgrading to headers too. And I doubt he'd pass PA inspection with headers.