finally done. got the plenum today (thanks drewactual). the truck just got a new double roller timing chain set,water pump,bi pass hose, plenum cleaned up the motor and painted it blue, and all new gaskets and intake bolts and a new super stat and temp sensor. the only thing im waitin on now is my shorty headers and then were good to go. tell me what ya think. i also got my k&n put back on and everything is shiny now lol.

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looks good man, im gonna be doin my plenum when my plate comes in

 

it aint as hard as people say. its just time consuming but its worth it. i cant wait to fire my truck up. waitin on these stupid headers to ship out now

 

Looks nice. All you need are some mopar valvecovers so you can be part of the cool group. Took me 2 years of searching and bidding on ebay to get mune used for 100 bucks. i refused to pay more than 100 bucks for them. It is hard to get them for less than 120-140. However, i know someone here who got the valvecovers AND the air leaner used for 88 bucks shipped. I don't know how the heck he did that.

BTW, did you pull the motor? What brand headers did you get?

When installing the headers, use this for some help:
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...stall-diy.html

It is my header DIY that did not have good enough grammar to make it to the DIY section. Like we are english lit majors here!!

Good tips, and a few things I should have done. I recommend getting different gaskets. The edelbrock gaskets are perfect. I got them ordered from Autozone for 25 bucks. Well worth it. Don;t worry about locking bolts.

 

dont ask how but i left the motor in the truck and worked inside the engine compartment lol.and the headers are a off brand ceramic coated header i got off ebay from DT motorsports. they were 122 shipped for a comlpete set of shortys so i got em. and vavle covers are gonna be comin soon i want a set of those valve covers so friggin bad but i can find them for under 150 like you said. for now blue is fine. its getting dual exhaust next

 

you really went through all that trouble getting the manifolds off? i had them off in like 10 minutes and i didnt break any bolts? maybe im just lucky lol

 

The first time I took my intake manifold off I think it took me something like three hours because I was labeling everything and taking pictures.
The second time I took it off It took me around an hour to get it off because I knew where everything went already.
The time includes taking off the fan and fan shroud so I could stand in the engine bay. Standing in the engine really saves your back from a good bit of strain and pain from all the leaning over.

 

Great tip Sheriff.