i got the 5.2, can someone send me a link to what plate to get, and which gasket to get? im not real sure which one out of 100 different ones to get.. just trying to get the best for my money because i just spent a ****load on some other cosmetic stuff on my truck. please and thankyou

 

So i bought the Hughes Plenum Plate repair kit, you guys saying I should throw the Hughes gasket away and get a felpro one?

 

I think hughes started shipping them with the fel-pro gasket didn't they?? Or do you have the steel one?

@tatitup8: Grab the plate from ebay. (there is a thread around here with a link to it somewhere....) Less money for the plate, and then just get a fel-pro gasket set from your local parts store for the intake. It will come with all the gaskets you need. Also wouldn't hurt to get intake manifold bolts..... I think they are fairly cheap at the dealer.....

 

this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DODGE...s#ht_500wt_975

 

Intake Manifold Bolts at O'Reilly's run about $32. The Plenum pan from ebay comes with plenum pan bolts. You can get stainless steel 2 inch 5/16 18 thread bolts from the local hardware store for less. Fel-pro gasket set from O'Reillys runs about $20.

For the 5.2 motor you get the same plate as the one that I ordered and that I gave the link earlier in this thread.

 

Yep! That's it.

 

Alright, ordered. Now the problem is installing it

 

So will I need new intake manifold bolts too??? Or just new plenum pan bolts?

 

you can reuse the pan bolts.. the intake manifold bolts you absolutely need new.. DO NOT reuse them!!

as said, the dealer has them cheaper than parts stores for some reason.. OR, you can use grade 8 equivalents to the TTY, but you'll need to use some sort of high temp thread lock in order to maintain the low torque value..

 

Blue thread lock on the intake manifold bolts won't work?

Do you guys suggest replacing the head gasket since I will already be dug in so far?