Importance of NEW Intake Bolts

[HECDOGGIE]

I recently purchased a 93 Cobra .
The motor intake, valve covers, headers , alt, ac , pulleys, dist were removed.


I am slowly putting it back together.

Do i need to buy new lower intake bolts ? ( lower and upper are still together)

I feel i have the bolts that were pulled, i dont want to spend 40.00 on new ones ??


Thanks.

[Exile]

Id say as long as the bolts still look to be in decent condition (not stripped & no rust), re-use them...

[ELVIS]

talk outta my ass, but are the TTY bolts?

god bless?

[HECDOGGIE]

talk outta my ass, but are the tty bolts?

God bless?

tty?

[whitetrash]

ive never replaced intake bolts as long as the threads looked fine

[whitetrash]

tty?

torque to yield

[Sleeper]

I've re used many bolts if i knew exactly what they where for and where they went.

[HECDOGGIE]

torque to yield

ah.... is there a way to tell by eyeballing ?

I did notice that ONE of the bolts looked kinda funny , like it was a little warped..

I bet they are TTY .... guess ill be replacing.

Any hookups ?
Discounts ?
LOL

[dumpycapri85]

I do not like to use the stock bolts . They will rust on the four corners of the intake by the water passages and break off in the head when you try to remove them . This will not happen with the ARP's . This is a very common issue with the small block fords .

[HECDOGGIE]

I do not like to use the stock bolts . They will rust on the four corners of the intake by the water passages and break off in the head when you try to remove them . This will not happen with the ARP's . This is a very common issue with the small block fords .

Good info... I always wondered why people would state they had ARP's .. My last fox body had em... Guess i have to buy em online./

[greenbullitt]

If they aren't rusted as Jim speaks of, just roll with them

[Blackpony]

You can just use grade 8 hardware from lowes or home depot just get the length and thread size, grab a few bolts with washers and you are good. they should be torqued to 28 ft lbs

[Mach1]

You can just use grade 8 hardware from lowes or home depot just get the length and thread size, grab a few bolts with washers and you are good. they should be torqued to 28 ft lbs

28 is too much for the 5/16 intake bolts, I'd torque to 20

[dumpycapri85]

28 is too much for the 5/16 intake bolts, I'd torque to 20

Bingo , and if you are going into an aluminum head you really have to keep the torque down and check them after a few heat cycles .

[HECDOGGIE]

Thanks for the info guys!!!