Irate Intake plenums

BB540C2 · Oct 10, 2014

Does the front cover have to be removed to get them installed?

What about Riffraffs plenums, do you have to remove the front cover with them also?

I have my Excursion in a shop right now and they're saying that it needs to be removed to install the Irate plenums.

Thanks for any help guy's.

Ackerdiesel · Oct 10, 2014

To my knowledge you don't.

Ryan

TyCorr · Oct 10, 2014

Id go get that truck out of that shop!! They are trying to justify removing that cover for some reason.

There is ZERO correlation between intake plenums and the front cover. None.

gnxtc2 · Oct 10, 2014

Exactly ^^^^^

Just FYI: to remove the front cover, the motor needs to be pulled.

Billy T.
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ghohouston · Oct 10, 2014

at the front of the plenums, or at least one, dont remember for sure, there are 1 or 2 13mm bolts that must stay in the head(s). you just loosen it a bit, and work the plenum back out from what i remember.

and please let us know what shop in texas is telling you this, so everyone knows not to go there.

Magnum PD · Oct 10, 2014

One of the threaded holes that the HPOP Rez bolts to can interfere with the plenum bolts. I just cut some the casting off the clear the blot.

jimdawg185 · Oct 13, 2014

I always remove the rear axle when i change my headlights...

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CSIPSD · Oct 13, 2014

Run away from that shop...

08strokin · Oct 13, 2014

jimdawg185 said:
I always remove the rear axle when i change my headlights...

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LOLLOLLOL

BB540C2 · Oct 13, 2014

So I looked at the installation instructions of the billet plenums from Riffraf and it says you need to cut the front bolt head off at the hpop reservoir. Is this the correct way to you that have done it? So do the stock plenums not have a notch cut in them to slide the plenum out?

backwoodsboy · Oct 13, 2014

Any other work you are having done while your truck is in the shop?
I've seen shops make up an excuse to pull the front cover after say, dropping the HPOP gear nut...

mandkole · Oct 13, 2014

x5

strange request/justification to remove front cover...

1badpsd · Oct 13, 2014

To install the riff raff plenums you have to cut the bolt on passenger side head closest to hpop resavoir. to my knowledge this isnt necessary with any other plenums available, I know this is not the case with irate plenums you just have to loosen the bolt and it slides under. If I were you id be getting my truck out of that shop cause like others have said they either dont know what they are doing or have done something wrong and need to remove front cover to fix it and are trying to find a way to get you to foot the bill

BB540C2 · Oct 13, 2014

Got it figured out guy's. Thanks for all the help!

Obsledpuller · Oct 13, 2014

So what was the end result? FYI. I put my irate plenums on without removing the front cover.

ghohouston · Oct 14, 2014

I'd still like to know what shop this is. There are a few fly by night diesel shops in the area

lincolnlocker · Oct 14, 2014

ghohouston said:
at the front of the plenums, or at least one, dont remember for sure, there are 1 or 2 13mm bolts that must stay in the head(s). you just loosen it a bit, and work the plenum back out from what i remember.

and please let us know what shop in texas is telling you this, so everyone knows not to go there.