['97'Cobra]

Last night Primo and I started pulling the intake to clean the IMRC's and lets just say they are way past due. There is oil puddled up everywhere its rediculous. The pics will just have to show you the extent.

[wraitherx]

done

wasnt bad pulling it apary except if you do this be careful with those plastic vacuum lines as they are brittle and break easy.

['97'Cobra]

I went to Advanced and have the little t-fitting pieces to put the lines back togethor. Thats all they had as far as vacuum line kits. I have everything soaking right now and will start scrubbin it down here soon.
Im ready to get it back togethor tonight.

[wraitherx]

sounds good... if im not doing anything special to night ill probably stop by to give you a hand. post up some pictures after you get them cleaned up.

['97'Cobra]

sounds good brother, i always appriciate a hand.

[PapaSmurf]

Wow those those things were filthy!

[93hatch]

dishwasher!

['97'Cobra]

Well i just finished scrubbing everything and its night and day. Ill post some pics here soon. The carbon on the runners was burnt on there pretty good. Couldnt believe the amount that was built up. Hopefully she will breath alittle better from here on out.

[PapaSmurf]

oh there is no doubt itll run better lol. what exactly do the IMRC's do let alone what does that acronym even stand for? I am kind of in the dark when it comes to 4v's

['97'Cobra]

They are Intake Manifold Runner Controls. There are two valve ports on the rail one of the valves is open constantly and there other opens up around 3,200 RPM. They just allow the motor the make the most torque down low, and the secondary ports open the other runners to make better power higher up. Some people delete them, i would keep them on the car if its a DD but a track car i would take off.

[wraitherx]

I bet its a night and day difference. Dont forget about the valves as well.

['97'Cobra]

in the heads?

[wraitherx]

yeah, once youve got everything put back on throw some seafoam into the vacuum line (PCV) and watch that shit smoke

['97'Cobra]

i dont think i can sea foam my car here in the apartment complex.
lol that would be alittle much for my stupid neighbors ill probably take it somewhere else when i do that

[wraitherx]

you can do it at my house whenever your ready

['97'Cobra]

Originally Posted by wraitherx you can do it at my house whenever your ready

thanks man. I havent even started putting it back togethor, I dont know if i want to tonight or start tomorrow

[97mustanggt]

dam i bet mines are worse than urs, my car is starting to have starting problems once an in a while i can crank tha car for a while and it wont start, im hoping its dirty...was it hard to take all this apart?

['97'Cobra]

naa, i just have never done it before so Primo had to help me out. Like Primo was saying up top careful with the vacuum lines they are really brittle and we had to replace pieces of mine that broke.

When i got it all back togethor i forgot to plug the IMRC's back in. Unlucky for me the plug was in the valley so we had to rip it apart again just to get to the freaking plug. Its really easy once you do it tho. Takes you a couple of hours to get it all off without someone helping you. I would strongly recommend doing it tho, my car runs much better now that it can breath. Once you get the intakes pulled off you can look at your valves inside the heads and see how they look. Mine are caked up with carbon so def. going to be seafoaming it here soon.

We found zip ties plastic caps and abunch of sand inside the valley....

[97mustanggt]

ima wate till i get my intake spacer so i can do it all at once....if i get stuck somewere while doing it ill let you know man

['97'Cobra]

where you getting the intake spacer from?