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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 11:17 AM
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who sells them around st pete..auto zone doesn't have them.

I need one today
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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I bought mine from Pep Boys. The one that bolts to the intake for carb application
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by GNs-r-slow
I bought mine from Pep Boys. The one that bolts to the intake for carb application
i never trusted those things. all that weight hanging from those 4 little aluminum holes. and its easier to just run some bolts into the heads.
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Duceanahalf
i never trusted those things. all that weight hanging from those 4 little aluminum holes. and its easier to just run some bolts into the heads.
Thats how i have the cleveland rigged,but looking at the 5.0 in the car , it doesnt look like I can fit my hand in the back of the heads to put a bolt in
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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who sells them around st pete..auto zone doesn't have them.

I need one today
is it efi or carb ??? if it's carb we have them, there like $31.00..
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by slow poke
is it efi or carb ??? if it's carb we have them, there like $31.00..
Carbed, and where ?
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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pep boys 15.00 bucks, Bobby at Gearhead in Teple Terrace turned me on to the there.
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Duceanahalf
i never trusted those things. all that weight hanging from those 4 little aluminum holes. and its easier to just run some bolts into the heads.
The shear- pull factor on those bolts is WAY more than you think. Thats the only way I've installed a motor
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by GNs-r-slow
The shear- pull factor on those bolts is WAY more than you think. Thats the only way I've installed a motor
im not concerned with the bolts failing, im more concerned with the tiny alumium threads ripping out
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Again never had an issue, Ive always used carb plates on aluminum intakes.
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