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Now we need to do the final re-assembly of all the odds and ends. Here's a checklist:
- Reinstall the alternator, and reconnect the power cable at the back, as well as the weatherpack connector.
- Reinstall belt, using a 15mm wrench on the tensioner. To do this, I usually route the belt onto all pulleys except for the water pump, then push on the tensioner, and slide the belt up onto the waterpump pulley.
- Reinstall valvecovers. On centerbolt valvecovers, you can torque them to 9 lb/ft.
- Reinstall spark plugs, making sure to put a dab of antisieze on the threads. I use NGK TR-55's with the out-of-the-box gap.
- Reinstall coil packs, and reconnect the spark plug wires, making sure to put a dab of dielectric grease on the connector tip of the spark plug before pressing the wire on.
- Reinstall drivers air tube, making sure to use a new AIR tube gasket (included in LGM kit) and antisieze on the 10mm bolts.
- Finally doublecheck all hoses, wires, etc, and re-tighten the exhaust bolts both in the engine bay, and under the car.
- Doublecheck O2 wires for proper clearance from the header pipes
- Carefully lower car back down on the ground. NOBODY should be under the car while it is being lowered. If you had the car high up in the air, it may
be safest to lower the front half way, then lower the back, then lower the front the rest, then finish lowering the back. I have seen cars fall off of seemingly
perfectly situated jackstands when lowering cars too far in one go.
- Reconnect the battery! You will need to put the key in, turn it to the ON position, and then hold down the lock and unlock buttons on your fob until the car honks at you. This will "synch" the fob up to your car again after the battery has been disconnected.
That is it! Its time to fire the car up and see how she goes! When you first fire it up, it is perfectly
normal to see a fair amount of smoke coming from the engine bay. This is grease and dirt burning off the pipes.
To burn the grease from machining from the inside of the pipes, take the car out for a spin and feel free
to put the pedal down. There is no break-in period for headers, so have fun! After a few heat cycles,
you'll want to get back under the car and check your wires and retighten all exhaust bolts.
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