Yea so its all mounted up and I had a fuel leak coming from the top of the injectors and the fuel rail.....so i tightened it down some more and broke the middle mount for the fuel rail on the intake mani.......but i didnt make it THAT tight!! I called Skunk2 and they said just ship them the broken one and theyll send me a new one.......This intake manifold is keeping my damn car out of comission for longer than i expected..................I guess those welds arent too good huh?




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i thought the fuel rail mounts would have been cast into the mainfold itself, that is a crazy problem man, sorry about you luck

 

did you torque it down to specs?

 

Yep. It just snapped the F off..........I never knew an intake manifold could cause so much problelms.......however i did take it out for a drive (before i realized the fuel rail was leaking) And man, the turbo was making a totally different sound because it was spooling so much faster. I gotta send this thing back to cali.........then i get a new one.

 

hey pete when you put the intake manifold on did you notice any higher or any lower amount of vacuum on your bbost/vacuum gauge?

i have always wondered if your vacuum will go up or down

 

Jeez, sorry to hear about the problem dude. Damn, this aint your first. What did you notice far as gains, feel pretty good or what?

 

Yea that sux, Did it have a different sound to it? I've wondered bout that.

 

His wouldn't, it's fed by the turbo. A N/A car you would prolly notice some difference though.

 

Sorry. Yea that makes sense.

 

Little louder, mostly made the turbo scream, thats about it.