Group Buy: 505 Intake Manifold Round 2

[2.0t03speed]

yea I ran one with my turbo life you'll need to cut the 90 off going to the tb and get a 45 coupler.

 

[Outlawstar98]

know what size 45?

 

[2.0t03speed]

do some research

 

[Outlawstar98]

or you can just tell me? LOL! Life is busy dood.

 

[J_Naoto]

did anyone have a problem getting the brass fittings for the vac lines to fit? none of mine fit, and neither does the brass fitting for the pcv valve

 

[Spiced MSP]

mine are in, they just won't sit flush, they are all only halfway threaded in but the car holds perfect vacuum

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[J_Naoto]

mine wont even start to thread, and i dont want to strip anything. i found a screw to fit so i assume i have the wrong fittings. i'll probably go to fastenal tomorrow to see if they have anything that fits right

 

[mazdaspeedp]

Ya 1 of mine wont fit either.

 

[Protegebuddy]

My car started to run like dump... and idle bad, I have a lean code and I still have to do a smoke test to see what the problem is but a.....
This is looking at the EGR

 

[bwalt]

Your manifold is cracked and leaking massive amounts of air. It really sucks to see this happen again.

 

[Protegebuddy]

I didn't know that this has happened before...

 

[bwalt]

I was the first one out of this batch to have it happen and I believe Jaleik did too later on. I think there might have been one more but I'm not sure. There's pics of my damaged manifold on page 68 of the thread.

 

[Protegebuddy]

It's been a while since I have logged on.... so what should I do?

 

[bwalt]

PM 505zoom and he will take care of everything.

 

[mspHtown]

PM 505zoom and he will take care of everything.

What did he do to remedy yours?

 

[bwalt]

Mine was re-welded and they added some bracing to the egr block.

 

[mspHtown]

Mine was re-welded and they added some bracing to the egr block.

How many miles did you put on it before it cracked?

How many miles do you have on it now after it has been re-welded and support added?

 

[bwalt]

I put only about 1500 miles on it before the crack happened and about 12,000 since the repair. I also deleted my egr valve because I believe it put too much thermal stress on the thin aluminum sheet metal.

 

[mspHtown]

I put only about 1500 miles on it before the crack happened and about 12,000 since the repair. I also deleted my egr valve because I believe it put too much thermal stress on the thin aluminum sheet metal.

That was going to be my next thought... if the cracking is due to thermal expansion, a brace won't even resolve the issue.

Keeping my fingers crossed there won't be an issue on mine once it is installed.

 

[bwalt]

I would recommend manifold and throttle body spacers also to further protect the intake mani from high heat sources like the cylinder head and throttle body (if the coolant lines are still hooked up).