HEY GUYS WONDERING IF YOU CAN HELP ME . IHAVE A SMALL INTAKE LEAK AT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE &WANT TO RESEAL IT . IHAVE A 88 5.7 IROC AND OWNED THE CAR FOR 5 YEARS AND NEVER REALLY WORKED ON IT BESIDES TUNE UPS ETC. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO NO IS WHAT IS ALL INVOLVED IN IT .I HAVE WORKED ON MANY NON TPI CARS AND NOT SCARED TO GET IT DONE BUT WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME INFO & STEPS TO GET THE JOB DONE RIGHT. ALSO WHILE I HAVE EVERYTHING APART WONDERING IF I SHOULD PORT THE PLENUM & RUNNERS ON MY STOCK 5.7 OR JUST LEAVE IT ALONE. IAM GOING TO POLISH THE PLENUM & RUNNERS BUT SHOULD I DO THE THROTTLE BODY GUYS . SO GUYS IF ANYONE WANTS TO SHARE SOME INFO & TIPS ON HOW ISHOULD GO ABOUT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED THANX RAY

 

The only thing I can add is when shopping for gaskets, locate a set of Fel-Pro "Print-O-Seal" gaskets for the lower manifold (base). I've found they seal better than Fel-Pro "Perma-Torque" gaskets.