How NOT to do it: destroyed intake manifold while attaching fuel rail
03-10-2013, 11:35 AM
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I (clearly) thought his car was an NA, which would only have vacuum under the injector, and therefore not cause a fuel injector / rail to pop out. The number 84 in his avatar made me think of an early 944.
On the NA, these little bolts don't really hold the fuel rail from jumping off and allowing fuel to gush all over, they just hold the fuel rail from vibrating around. On the turbo, especially if you're running higher boost, I'd make sure all the bolts are fastened properly. I wouldn't trust JB weld or anything like that.
On the NA, these little bolts don't really hold the fuel rail from jumping off and allowing fuel to gush all over, they just hold the fuel rail from vibrating around. On the turbo, especially if you're running higher boost, I'd make sure all the bolts are fastened properly. I wouldn't trust JB weld or anything like that.
03-10-2013, 11:42 AM
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03-11-2013, 12:13 PM
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I actually put studs in my manifold and use nuts after I stripped one of the holes on one manifold, and found the holes stripped on the replacement manifold I picked up....
03-12-2013, 05:11 AM
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That manifold would be great for making a 16v turbo manifold. The ends of the runners (where it attaches to the head) would be cut off and the runners from a 968 or S2 manifold would be welded on. Rather than using a perfectly good 951 manifold they could make good use of this one.
