intake manifold bolts

[elantra73]

Very new to this site, and starting to do mods. Just installed a phenolic spacer. The stock manifold bolts are to short, can anyone point me in the right direction on purchasing longer bolts. My car is an 02.

[Pete03GLS]

interesting, especially since the spacer is one of my mods i plan to do.

r u sure the holes r lined up properly??? i dont think ive heard of anyone having problems with this b4... try pressing down on it harder n then try screwing it back in... hmmm

[elantra73]

I should have given a little more detail. Gasket, spacer, gasket. Being that the spacer is very hard, gasket on each side to make up for any imperfections.The nuts for the bolts just come to the top of bolt. By the way this site is great.

[Cypher]

you don't need longer studs. They'll fit, you just don't have alot of threads to crank down on. Just throw locktite on the nuts to make sure they stay.

[evan938]

yep. youll be lucky to get 2-3 full turns. dont tighten too much because they strip easy. locktight + snug bolts

[Keyan]

flip the bolts over and you can get more grip on them too.

[ricerrx7]

What bolts could you possibly flip over?
And I've had mine installed for over 2 years, no loctite or anything, with no problems.

[SilverElantra]

i could not install them on my car cause its sulev, the fuel delivery is diffeent and i could not get the fuel to spray right.

[Keyan]

What bolts could you possibly flip over?
And I've had mine installed for over 2 years, no loctite or anything, with no problems.

sorry, i meant the nuts. they have a built in washer on them, and if you put the washer side facing outward instead of inwards, you can crank down on them a little more.

[KeWLKaT]

There are no bolts, they are studs and nuts. Just to avoid confusion.

I don't have a spacer but when I did my engine I did notice there was not a lot of play (engine wasn't designed for that in the first place, understandable), but if no one has had a problem until now with the couple of turns they were able to get, I don't think you will either.

[Silentwolf]

You say there are no bolts?? So only thing removable is the nut?

[SilverElantra]

You say there are no bolts?? So only thing removable is the nut?
yes^^^

[RotaMan99]

how thick is this spacer? Is this only used to control heat transfer? If so, why not use poly gaskets and some poly washers for the nuts for even less heat transfer.

I can't imagine a large spacer helping high rpm power and could only think that it would hurt the top end performance but may potentially gain a tiny bit of low end torque?

[RotaMan99]

If they are studs, you can go rent from your local auto store, a stud remove socket set. I bought my set and they work fantastic. Then bring the studs to the auto store or hardware store and see if you can find others?