firbird

i have a crate engine with vortec heads and i also have a ederbrock intake manifold for the vortec heads and i need bolts to bolt them together and i looked on jegs and they have two kinds and they both just say SB-Chevy, Vortec and i cant figure wich one it is if any one has ordered them before can you please tell me wich on it is? i really need to know soon and if there is somewhere else i can find these bolts please tell me?
It is under fasteners and arp intake bolts in jegs web

Tas

they have a performer and a performer RPM. the RPM version has bigger runners and is for a square bore carb. The performer is set for a quadrajet type of carb(most carbed GM cars came with a quadrajet carb).

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-Tas
'89 Formula WS-6

305, TBI, auto, 14x3 chrome flat based open element with K&N, Milodon 160* thermo, functional Formula hood, cross-flow Flowmaster, '99z28 rear pipes and tips....

Soon to be installed:
Hooker 1-5/8" 50 state legal headers, Dynomax 3" I pipe (PN 44063 and 43248), Catco 3" cat, and injector spacer.

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firbird

i know but i cant find out where to buy the bolts for the vortec heads that hold down the intake manifold. the old ones off my old engine are too big and will not work and they have some a jegs but i cant find out wich one because there is a selection of two but one is about a dollar more then and i am thinking that there might be a difference between them and i dont want to get the wronge one.

Tas

shouldn't intake bolts come with the intake???

SS-84

I don't know about jegs but I bought my bolts from Scoggin-dickey. http://www.sdpc2000.com/
direct link-- http://www.sdpc2000.com/cart.asp?act...d=744&pid=2604
price is each.

Work fine with the RPM manifold.
The manifold in question does not come with the bolts.
P.S.- Don't forget the gaskets. they are different from regular sbc gaskets.

[This message has been edited by SS-84 (edited June 28, 2001).]

firbird

wow, Thanks a lot SS-84 i appreciate the help
and yea the intake does not come with the gaskets but i have already got one. I just dont understand Why does vortec have to make every thing so hard why cant they keep the general style bolt pattern? It limits you so much and now i cant even get a miniram or any thing like that because the stupid bolt patern.

Tas

they have a Mini-ramIII for those new style heads. You can also put on a RamJet. They changed the bolt pattern so people wouldn't bolt the old intakes on the new heads with such a different intake port layout. There are some sbc intakes that if you tried to bolt on to the vortec heads you would be able to see into the top of the intake runner on the head because the intake wasn't tall enough. They also changed the bolt pattern on the Gen2 engines, LT1, LT4, L99 because there are no water passages in them.

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-Tas
'89 Formula WS-6

305, TBI, auto, 14x3 chrome flat based open element with K&N, Milodon 160* thermo, functional Formula hood, cross-flow Flowmaster, '99z28 rear pipes and tips....

Soon to be installed:
Hooker 1-5/8" 50 state legal headers, Dynomax 3" I pipe (PN 44063 and 43248), Catco 3" cat, and injector spacer.

Super GRK_Taz World
F-Body Dual Exaust
EFI & Intake Options
AOL IM: superGRtaz

firbird

thanks again tas, you learn something every day on this site