What is the best way to assemble the intake manifold? Options

[sofi2t81]

Hi y‘all,

What is the best way to assemble the intake manifold to the engine after cleaning and painting?

Pre assembly of plenum and runners on the workbench with the rubber hoses not fully set?
Or piece by piece?

Engine is still in the car.

Thanks

Peter

[sofi2t81]

Ok. Maybe a translation thing I‘m German.

To assemble the hole intake manifold you have to put the plenum with the intake boots and the runners to the rest of the engine.
What is the best way?

1. Assemble one runner with the boots to the plenum.
Mount that to the zylinder head/engine. Then put the other pair of runners with the boots to the engine/head in the engine bay. This cold be tricky because the boots are pretty tight.

2. Pre assemble everything outside the car with the boots not finally set, then put it in the engine may tho the heads.

3. any other idea.

I may think 1. is the way to go.

Peter