DIY: Plenum Spacer Install Guide (MotorDyne 5/16" Basic and others)
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Great writeup, I used your guide word for word when i installed my 5/16ths MD plenum with no problems, i did loctite all my threads though for peace of mind. Keep up the great work, I praying you decide to put some coilovers on your car with a guide so we all get another great guide!
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Been trying to track down an in-lbs torque wrench to do the install and didn't realize it would be so hard. It seems any car shop that rents tools only has ft-lbs and if I wanted to special order one since they don't carry any for sale it'd be like $200+. It was suggested to me to check Harbor Freight and looking online it seems they indeed have one, but i question the quality of it since the price is so low and its not a tool I'd want to go mega cheap on to the point it isn't accurate or doesn't click and ends up snapping bolts.
Can someone chime in on what they used, where they got theirs from, or if you think this particular one will do the job?
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-qua...ench-2696.html
Can someone chime in on what they used, where they got theirs from, or if you think this particular one will do the job?
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-qua...ench-2696.html
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I did mine last week and I also had this problem. Ended up just torquing by hand. Then I found one laying around and used it. Did ft/in conversion in my head and it all worked fine.. Used one of these http://bit.ly/10jaCuU
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Yea i didnt really want to mess with the Ft/lbs one since i was afraid the %error in the setting it is on could be potentially way out of proportion and end up over torquing to like 115 or something, but I guess i can just set it a bit lower to play it safe.
A high end ft/lbs torque wrench used cautiously is probably still better than a cheap in/lbs one that forgets to click.
A high end ft/lbs torque wrench used cautiously is probably still better than a cheap in/lbs one that forgets to click.
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Been trying to track down an in-lbs torque wrench to do the install and didn't realize it would be so hard. It seems any car shop that rents tools only has ft-lbs and if I wanted to special order one since they don't carry any for sale it'd be like $200+. It was suggested to me to check Harbor Freight and looking online it seems they indeed have one, but i question the quality of it since the price is so low and its not a tool I'd want to go mega cheap on to the point it isn't accurate or doesn't click and ends up snapping bolts.
Can someone chime in on what they used, where they got theirs from, or if you think this particular one will do the job?
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-qua...ench-2696.html
Can someone chime in on what they used, where they got theirs from, or if you think this particular one will do the job?
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-qua...ench-2696.html
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