callin the haters!!!

[stabor1122]

3.8s were know for the gasket between the upper and lower... this one seeps a little, i already priced it out, new intake with gaskets is like 150 before my discount and one of our commercial accounts will do it for 165



and i also watch sponge bob lol

Yeah thats the one. Heads have to disassembled to replace them on the 3.1 so its more labor intensive. I wasnt about to get into all that work. lol

 

[4cfed]

Yeah thats the one. Heads have to disassembled to replace them on the 3.1 so its more labor intensive. I wasnt about to get into all that work. lol

yeah on the 3.8s its 3 hours book time

 

[brandoz28]

Yeah thats the one. Heads have to disassembled to replace them on the 3.1 so its more labor intensive. I wasnt about to get into all that work. lol

i wanna know who told you that!!!!!!!!


i can do intakes on a 3.1 in around 4 hours. i don't even pull the valvecovers or coil packs.


yes i bought a 15 dollar tool that lets me cheap and it was worth every damn penny

 

[stabor1122]

That ignition harness and cat converter are the only other problems I have ever had. I got mine with 80k on it and now its at 151k.

 

[brandoz28]

there was actually a service campaign or bulletin on the cat's


and fed, see if yours has had the "thermal event" recall done on it.

 

[slickerthanyou]

I have 180k on my 97 bonne and she has towed for the last three years hard.

 

[stabor1122]

i wanna know who told you that!!!!!!!!


i can do intakes on a 3.1 in around 4 hours. i don't even pull the valvecovers or coil packs.


yes i bought a 15 dollar tool that lets me cheap and it was worth every damn penny

They did the upper and lower at the same time just to be sure.

 

[02yamaturd]

I had a 94 olds achieva that was a 3.1... had 215k when I got rid of it and it still f*$kin flew...

 

[4cfed]

They did the upper and lower at the same time just to be sure.

nothing has to be done to do the upper and lower, the heads dont have to be touched

 

[88' blaster]

another thing 4 words k&n cold air intake

 

[stabor1122]

there was actually a service campaign or bulletin on the cat's


and fed, see if yours has had the "thermal event" recall done on it.

What year was that. I missed the class action on the intake gaskets by 2 weeks. Could have recouped some of my money.

 

[Deerslayer89]

You mean your EXPLODER, first thing to go on them are the exhaust, did yours?

 

[brandoz28]

They did the upper and lower at the same time just to be sure.

you have to pull the upper on a 3.1 to get to the lower yes


but pulling the intake in NO WAY entails pulling the heads off. otherwise you would be putting head gaskets in it.


i've been there and done that on the 3.1's. i've done several sets of these, and a couple on 3.8's

 

[stabor1122]

nothing has to be done to do the upper and lower, the heads dont have to be touched

According to my manual the push rods run through the lower. Didnt want to screw with the rockers and pushrods and re adjusting them myself.

 

[stabor1122]

you have to pull the upper on a 3.1 to get to the lower yes


but pulling the intake in NO WAY entails pulling the heads off. otherwise you would be putting head gaskets in it.


i've been there and done that on the 3.1's. i've done several sets of these, and a couple on 3.8's

Didnt mean they had to come off. Just the rockers and push rods according to my manual (Haynes).

 

[brandoz28]

they do, the 3.1 is a net lash system, no adjustment, you just tighten the rockers down and you're done!

 

[stabor1122]

they do, the 3.1 is a net lash system, no adjustment, you just tighten the rockers down and you're done!

Sounds easier than I realized. I just didnt want to get my daily driver torn apart in the garage and then not be able to figure it out.

 

[brandoz28]

its really not bad, just gotta put the pushrods back in the right spots.


i've been doing work like this since i was old enough to hold a wrench though so what i think is easy or no biggy may not be so simple to other people lol

 

[bagds101]

good job trading that ford for a gm. i dont own a gm so i cant really talk. but i am up to 9 vehicles. i have a long way to go