Is your Hoe *******?

[Jolly Roger]

Any advantages to leaving the top cover on your engine on?

Every time I take it off the rubber grommets come off and stick to the motor studs.
Thinking about just leaving it off, any thoughts?

 

[Doubeleive]

put a little dab of gorilla glue in the hole, let it dry 24hrs, they wont come out no more

 

[Jolly Roger]

put a little dab of gorilla glue in the hole, let it dry 24hrs, they wont come out no more

Tried it, that and epoxy, plastic epoxy and regular super glue.
Cleaned it real good with acetone beforehand too.
Only thing I can do now is wire the rubber to the plastic or create some sort of magnet system..
Almost just not worth it all, that's why I'm asking.
Can't imagine it having any other purpose but looks?

 

[BG1988]

noise cover lol

 

[swathdiver]

Tried it, that and epoxy, plastic epoxy and regular super glue.
Cleaned it real good with acetone beforehand too.
Only thing I can do now is wire the rubber to the plastic or create some sort of magnet system..
Almost just not worth it all, that's why I'm asking.
Can't imagine it having any other purpose but looks?

Lipstick on a pig. These are great engines but they sure are ugly! Nothing like the beauty of an LC2 or an L98 of the 1980s vintage. Or a Pontiac Tri-Power or Buick Nailhead or 455 Stage I motor...

 

[Jolly Roger]

I was pretty sure that were the case, but I've been surprised before so I thought I'd ask... I think ill just stow it away then. its a pain to put back on, very surprised how a mild leveling kit has decreased my reach under the hood. I'm 6' 1 and have a hard time reaching the rear of the motor.

I only worry about snow melt and it puddling in the valleys on top the engine...don't know if the plastic shield would help deflect any of that...

 

[swathdiver]

I was pretty sure that were the case, but I've been surprised before so I thought I'd ask... I think ill just stow it away then. its a pain to put back on, very surprised how a mild leveling kit has decreased my reach under the hood. I'm 6' 1 and have a hard time reaching the rear of the motor.

I only worry about snow melt and it puddling in the valleys on top the engine...don't know if the plastic shield would help deflect any of that...

I was just commenting on how ugly the motors are, not sure if the cover provides any protection or not. It would seem to me that it does a little bit though, haven't given it much thought.

 

[mikeyss]

Mine was too dirty so I removed it and forgot about it till now, lol

 

[BG1988]

I was just commenting on how ugly the motors are, not sure if the cover provides any protection or not. It would seem to me that it does a little bit though, haven't given it much thought.

It does provide some protection from oil splashing on it etc...



I had one on my impala and it was stolen by a dealership without saying anything.. yes it was under recall that part (contributing factor in engine fires) but they should have said something even a buy back . before taking it.. (it's stealing from me i felt like i had gotten robbed ) this was just right before a big recall for it was announced .. yes this part had caught fire in the past and had an indication of a previous open flame on the plastic.. maybe a cover up by GM and the dealers. to the fire issue but it showed were the typical spot for the fires were starting... would have been PR nightmare to find out that it was being started by oil Tube neck being too long leaky valve cover gaskets too


get it "cover up"..

 

[tfi racing]

Get one of these to take care of that ugly plastic manifold...

http://jiminglese.com/efi-8-stack-v8-systems#

 

[Jolly Roger]

Get one of these to take care of that ugly plastic manifold...

pics dont work..

 

[iamdub]

pics dont work..

Beautiful!
Now I wanna look for videos of this IM on a running engine.

 

[Ilikemtb999]

I bought one for ours since I hate the way the truck engines look and it didn’t come with a cover. It’s seriously the ugliest intake manifold made.

 

[iamdub]

If you have hours and skills at your expense, you could shave the stock manifold. Maybe even pick up spare from the salvage yard or someone parting out a blown motor and work it over in your spare time then swap it on.

 

[Ilikemtb999]

I can’t say that looks any better.

 

[iamdub]

I can’t say that looks any better.

I'm kinda back-and-forth about it. If I didn't have the cover and just wanted to have something less common, I'd probably do it. I'd paint it a black that resembled the stock black plastic color so it blended in and looked original. It's not one of those things you want to draw attention to.

 

[thompsoj22]

Sooooooo how many people have commented on how your intake manifold looks? and if it were "brilliant triple plated show chrome plastic" who would see it? You youngsters show me how old im getting with your priorities! It does make me wonder though, without the cover, would the fuel rail/coil temps be reduced?

 

[Ilikemtb999]

Sooooooo how many people have commented on how your intake manifold looks? and if it were "brilliant triple plated show chrome plastic" who would see it? You youngsters show me how old im getting with your priorities! It does make me wonder though, without the cover, would the fuel rail/coil temps be reduced?

The vehicle came with it, it looks incomplete without it. Simple as that for me.

 

[Tozan]

I took mine off a few years ago because it would pop lose on occasion and everything has been fine since...

 

[Rocket Man]

How many times are you taking the cover off and putting it back on? Is it so hard to pull the grommets off the studs and put them back on the cover? It looks like crap without the cover, unless you replace it with something better looking like I did.