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Car: 87 iroc-z camaro
Engine: 305TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: G92 3.23 posi
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hi i was just wondering was the distrib. cover an option? because iv seen 87 iroc's with and without them mine doesnt so was it an option or what.
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Car: 1988 Pontiac Firebird Formula
Engine: 5.7 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Re: distributor covers
They came on all the TPI cars, but, tend to be the first part lost, or simply left off, when doing tune-ups, and such.
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Its cosmetic. Not needed. TPI owners also leave them off when certain types of dizzy's are installed, for example, 86 IROC -Z's use the large cap dizzy and if the coil was to be replaced with a bigger coil, then the dizzy cover wouldnt fit. If you dont like the way the end of the plenum looks, you know that ugly space where the dizzy cover should be, then buy yourself this cover here at JEGS.com http://www.jegs.com/i/Accel/110/140006/10002/-1?CT=999
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Car: 87 iroc-z camaro
Engine: 305TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: G92 3.23 posi
Re: distributor covers
Its cosmetic. Not needed. TPI owners also leave them off when certain types of dizzy's are installed, for example, 86 IROC -Z's use the large cap dizzy and if the coil was to be replaced with a bigger coil, then the dizzy cover wouldnt fit. If you dont like the way the end of the plenum looks, you know that ugly space where the dizzy cover should be, then buy yourself this cover here at JEGS.com http://www.jegs.com/i/Accel/110/140006/10002/-1?CT=999
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Car: 1988 GTA
Engine: 305 tpi (LB9)
Transmission: WC T-5
Axle/Gears: 3.45 posi
Re: distributor covers
The bolts that hold these on break really easy too. Next time you see a tpi without the cover look to see how many bolts are broken off in the plenum.
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Car: 1988 GTA
Engine: 305 tpi (LB9)
Transmission: WC T-5
Axle/Gears: 3.45 posi
Re: distributor covers
Good to know. Unfortunately mine were all broken off when I bought the car and most of the tpi's I come across at the junk yard have the same problem.
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Eazy bro. All you have to do is take off one of the throttlebody covers bolts, take it to Lowes or Home Depot, hit the bolts section and insert the bolt into the bolt measurement plate to find the thread and measurement size. Then buy three of them at around half an inch long. If the head of the bolt is not wide enough, then buy some washers too. You see the bolts on the throttle plate (see picture) are the same except the length.
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Car: 87 iroc-z camaro
Engine: 305TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: G92 3.23 posi
Re: distributor covers
Eazy bro. All you have to do is take off one of the throttlebody covers bolts, take it to Lowes or Home Depot, hit the bolts section and insert the bolt into the bolt measurement plate to find the thread and measurement size. Then buy three of them at around half an inch long. If the head of the bolt is not wide enough, then buy some washers too. You see the bolts on the throttle plate (see picture) are the same except the length.
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The choice is all yours. OEM TPI Dizzy cover bolts are allen wrench type heads. Also available are the socket type, philips type and flat head screwdriver type bolts. So it all depends on the Camaro owner. Since I ran very low on cash, I had a couple of socket wrench type bolts. So what I did is I got my Dremal and cut a slot right across the bolt head. So now I had socket/flat head tyoe bolts holding down my dizzy cover.
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Car: 87 iroc-z camaro
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Re: distributor covers
The choice is all yours. OEM TPI Dizzy cover bolts are allen wrench type heads. Also available are the socket type, philips type and flat head screwdriver type bolts. So it all depends on the Camaro owner. Since I ran very low on cash, I had a couple of socket wrench type bolts. So what I did is I got my Dremal and cut a slot right across the bolt head. So now I had socket/flat head tyoe bolts holding down my dizzy cover.
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Ohhh Okay. Every bolt that is on the Throttlebody is a Allen type bolt. The only different bolt are the mounting bolt that mounts the TB to the plenum. The bolts on the TB are all the same size as in thread BUT the lengths are the same. Now keep in mind though. The dizzy cover plate bolt holes vary in sixe depending if you have a dizzy cover from a IROC or Corvette. The Corvette dizzy cover was made of aluminum while the IROC dizzy cover is made of hard plastic. The Hard plastic dizzy cover has larger hole in the plate so thats why I suggested you to buy washers so that when you bolt down the plate, the bolt wont just slide through. Other than that, all bolts on the TB are "allen." Hold on, Im not done. Now if there was a previous owner to the Camaro, then maby, just maby, he may of had put different bolts on the TB. Example, my TB is suppose to have "allen" bolts. Well I replaced them with tamper proof torq's because it looks much more cool.
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Car: 87 iroc-z camaro
Engine: 305TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: G92 3.23 posi
Re: distributor covers
Ohhh Okay. Every bolt that is on the Throttlebody is a Allen type bolt. The only different bolt are the mounting bolt that mounts the TB to the plenum. The bolts on the TB are all the same size as in thread BUT the lengths are the same. Now keep in mind though. The dizzy cover plate bolt holes vary in sixe depending if you have a dizzy cover from a IROC or Corvette. The Corvette dizzy cover was made of aluminum while the IROC dizzy cover is made of hard plastic. The Hard plastic dizzy cover has larger hole in the plate so thats why I suggested you to buy washers so that when you bolt down the plate, the bolt wont just slide through. Other than that, all bolts on the TB are "allen." Hold on, Im not done. Now if there was a previous owner to the Camaro, then maby, just maby, he may of had put different bolts on the TB. Example, my TB is suppose to have "allen" bolts. Well I replaced them with tamper proof torq's because it looks much more cool.
what do the bolts you are talking about look like i cant picture them. thx for the help.
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Car: 87 iroc-z camaro
Engine: 305TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: G92 3.23 posi
Re: distributor covers
thx for clearing that up. i wanna replace all the black bolts with highly polished bolts but im not exactly sure what lenghts and stuff i all need.
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ok, here's what you do. stand on the driverside fender. Get a piece of cardboard. Draw a picture of where the bolt should be. In other words you want to remove a bolt and stab it into the template so that when it comes time to putting the plenum and runners back together, all you would have to do is grab the template and position it so that you can know what bolt goes to what. Makes sense? Let me know so that I can further assist you. Feel free to ask. OHH good example. Have you seen when someone takes out the pushrods and places them inside a wooden block that has a arrow (signifing the front of engine)? That block is used so that the pushrods dont get mixed up. Use that same concept. So when your done, then take the cardboard template that has all your bolts through it with you as you go and buy new bolts. Take out an old one and then size it with a new one. If your satisfied, pocket the old one and insert the new one into where the old one was (thus keeping the same size bolt were it should be on the template). Make sure there is an employee there with you because since you have about 16 bolts, you can easily be a suspected thief (I actually experienced it, I had the police review the tapes and I was given a $20 gift card along with an appology.
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