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montazch
10-10-2018, 05:35 AM
Hello all. I've searched out here for about a half hour and my time is running short.


I am putting in the bottom half of the Eaton. The Top is still for sale. Anyway, I'm trying to get the cooling tube to fit correctly so my lower intake will sit properly. I have both a new Marauder cooling tube and a new Cobra cooling tube.


Will someone please point me in the right direction as to how to install the cooling tube so my lower intake will sit down properly. BTW, I'm not a fan of "smashing" or "hammering" the Marauder cooling tube until "it fits".



Thanks all!!! Have a great day!
Curless
10-10-2018, 05:48 AM
If you look through some of Zack's posts, you'll find that there is some grinding that needs to be done on the lower intake to make it sit flat. I can't post pics on the site otherwise I'd post em up. I also have a thread on my Facebook page that shows my install on my car. Curless Auto Repair, go to photos, go to Marauder Boost I believe is the name of the album... I have step by step photos.
montazch
10-10-2018, 06:26 AM
Thank you very much!!!
musclemerc
10-10-2018, 06:55 AM
I assume the cooling tube is the one in the valley? If so use the cobra tube and remove the knock sensor, then grind down the knock sensor boss till the intake sits flat.

The knock sensor then relocates to the back of the cylinder heads.
Maraudermike1
10-10-2018, 10:51 AM
I just did this last week and I had to smash the tube as well as grind the manifold. Be careful when grinding. Don't be a dummy like me and grind through the manifold! I had to make a repair weld.
loud2004marquis
10-10-2018, 12:04 PM
^^^what musclemerc said^^^

Did the same on my swap
justbob
10-10-2018, 04:44 PM
Speaking as a plumber.. You are changing nothing but the shape of the tube by slightly ovaling it. Flow remains the same.


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mm svt
10-10-2018, 06:13 PM
^^^ what he said,https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181011/2f1f6fdded33b139fa5510d2d5a88a 90.jpg

The cobra one goes to the driver side
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181011/81041517c1a42f0e45abbd50adf05b 1a.jpg

I’ve got four of the cobra ones if interested


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musclemerc
10-10-2018, 07:56 PM
Sorry fellas but I disagree with smashing a steel tube, with a hammer, under an intake, and expect it to last. Flame suit on :flamer:
Too much stuff to remove to replace! Besides, the OP said he has both a stock MM and a Cobra tube.

Use the cobra tube and be done with it! Done right or not done at all.
mm svt
10-11-2018, 02:30 PM
Sorry fellas but I disagree with smashing a steel tube, with a hammer, under an intake, and expect it to last. Flame suit on :flamer:
Too much stuff to remove to replace! Besides, the OP said he has both a stock MM and a Cobra tube.

Use the cobra tube and be done with it! Done right or not done at all.


The process is explained in the trilogy installation instructions (not that it makes it better). Grinding on the bottom of the intake till you see light is a big mistake I’m glad I didn’t make.



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justgod
10-12-2018, 11:35 AM
Use the Cobra tube like musclemerc said. Here’s some random pics I just happened to take of both tubes laying in the valley:
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181012/2ed1ebdfa0aac2a7c1f8de148579dc 0d.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181012/00e18ef1ea7a36c3393b28b1c8dfc9 23.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181012/e916509c6aee63e5e951622d4d1722 6c.jpg


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