Putting in an aluminum intake

So I traded my subs for an edlebrock aluminum intake manifold. so i'm going to tell you how to put it in.

Tools you need:

• Torque wrench
• Various sized wrenchs and sockets
• Pry bar
• Screw drivers

Parts you need:

• Edelbrock aluminum intake manifold (preferably set up for carberated, TBI sucks)
• New 4 barrel carberator (Edelbrock 600-650 max on a 305)
• Intake gasket
• New HEI distributor (non-electronic if you are swapping to carberated)
• New distributor gasket
• New carb gasket

Taking off the intake manifold:

• First off, disconnect the battery
• Then take the bolts out of the carb/throttle body
• Remove the fuel and vaccume lines
• Unplug the throttle body
• Set the throttle body off to the side
• Take the distributor out
• Disconect everything else bolted to the intake mainifold
• Take out the thermostat
• Take off the hoses for the heater core
• Take out the intake bolts that go in the heads
• Once EVERYTHING is disconected, pull off the manfold

Prepping for the new manifold

• Clean all the gasket stuff off the heads
• Match up the intake manifolds (old and new) to see if the have the same bolt pattern
• Make sure your new manifold has the same set up for the carberator you got, because you can get ones set up for a 2 & 4 barrel carb, and one for a TBI. So make sure you get the corresponding carb/tbi for your intake

Instaling the new manifold

• Put the new gaskets on the heads
• RTV the crap out of where the manifold sits
• Place the new manifold on
• Thread the bolts back in hand tight
• Once the intake bolts are hand tight, Torque them down in this order
• Now put your carb gasket on
• Put the carb on and tighten it down

Now you have to put the distributor in, this is critical if you don't do it right so here's a video on how to do it

• Once your distributor is in, put the hold down clamp on and tighten it
• Now hook all the fuel lines back up to the carb NOTE: If you are going from TBI to carberated, you need and inline fuel pressure regulater for the carb
• Hook up your throttle cables to the carb
• Hook up the coolant hoses
• Run the spark plug wires
• Connect everything else and tighten it
• Bleed the cooling system
• Start it up and give 'er