how hard is to to change the gaskets on the intake? the only place that will do it near me is the dealer and they want 300++ to do it =/

 

real easy, takes maybe an hour two tops.

 

really? i remmeber one of the places i went to was wanting 4 hours labor and after they looked at it wanted to charge even more... and then finally decided they wouldnt do it at all *sigh* ... anyone have a write up or step-by-step on doing this? ild hate to get in there and screw something up.. if nothing else does anybody have which stagger pattern and how many lbs/ft to torque each bolt to? thisll be my first time tearing into any part of an engine.. (other than taking teh head off a jeep, and the intake was already off of it =/ ...)

 

its very easy. shoebox has a write up on it. its included in his cam removal. very easy indeed i had to reset mine 4 times though because of the damn oil pressure sensor uptop

 

Iv gotten rid of anything extra under the hood so all thats involved is undoing a few vacuum lines unbolt the intake and pull it off. then just clean off the old gasket seal but a nice bead of rtv on set the intake back down and torque the bolts per the correct specs in the correct order and let the rtv set up good before you start the car.