The SC lower manifold is ON!
I actually had to 'he-man' it on the car. I did have a helper and it took us about 5 minutes to set this on the engine.
First, I cleaned and then used the vacuum grease to lube up the intake ports on the heads:
Then using the lifting bracket, I treated it like a 'curl' and lowered the manifold on the engine -- with help from my Daughter's boyfriend (Brett).
With the grease on the heads, we were able to easily slide the SC manifold until we could get the first two intake bolts in.
Here, I removed the tape over the intake ports to locate the bolt holes and, using the magnetic socket, began installing the head bolts:
Lined up for bolt:
Magnetic socket -- priceless when you don't want the bolts to go into the intake passages:
SC Lower intake bolts from the kit -- use blue loc-tite:
A great tool to get them started:
Installing the 'rear' intake bolts -- love the magnetic 10 mm Socket!:
Bolts on the Driver's side:
Passenger's side:
Validate clearance for wires and steam line:
Plug in the oil sending unit (I unplugged it so I would be certain no wires were in the way!):
There are only 10 bolts -- 5 on each side. Once you have them started, then, you'll need to follow the specs (Supercharger -- Lower -- Manifold-to-Cylinder Head Bolts First and Final Pass):
ON!:
Now, protect our work:
Whew, I finally have the SC lower manifold on
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-Don