I bought my PI intake manifold at American Muscle and the gaskets at Autozone. I don't remember paying that much for the gaskets but maybe I did. You will need to go to Ford and get a new alternator bracket. The 2000 bracket will not fit the new intake manifold. I also bought all new COP and fuel injection rail bolts at Ford because my old were were a little rusted.

 

I got that bracket you speak of from LMR for the alternator . I put copper high temp rtv around the ports coolant was only. Other than that ensure you tighten the bolts in the correct sequence using a quality torque wrench to the correct torque specs.

 

i bought my intake manifold gaskets from Advanced auto. Fel-pro brand for $38 that included both lower gaskets and the throttle body gasket as well. Also for the new alternator bracket i just drilled two holes in my 99 bracket, simple as that and cant tell a difference and saved me the $20 or so bucks

 

yeah just going to go with felpro gaskets ford and dealers want way to much for oem.

I got that bracket you speak of from LMR for the alternator . I put copper high temp rtv around the ports coolant was only. Other than that ensure you tighten the bolts in the correct sequence using a quality torque wrench to the correct torque specs.

you looking to sell the bracket?

Might also be a good idea to replace the heater hose that's in the valley under the intake manifold.

thought about this is that hose plastic?

 

Rock auto the gaskets! I didnt use RTV on mine. I just made sure both mating surfaces were clean.

Also I plan on dropping my t stat lower next summer.

 

I also drilled holes in my old 01 for the alt bracket. No need to buy another one

 

Might also be a good idea to replace the heater hose that's in the valley under the intake manifold.

 

It's a metal tube that goes under that intake manifold.

 

Your lucky yours hasn't burst yet. Mine literally exploded a month after I supercharged my car.

I used felpro gaskets for the new intake and didn't rtv anything and drilled new holes on the bracket. However if you drill new holes it will look kinda weird so the bracket from LMR is what I ended up getting after. Oh never did the heater hose in the valley either, you don't need to since the car was a PI already.

 

Yeah Ide rather not have my engine look like that lol gonna change it next month. Yeah if the hose is already PI and metal I see no need in changing it.