installing intake is a B****

Had a neighbor help me out. Took one of us to push on it from one side while the other managed to get a bolt threaded. Move around and repeat. The bolts must have been some soft aluminum, cause two ended up with stripped threads (not the block). With the thicker silicone valve cover gasket, my existing bolts for those were too short and had to get new ones anyway so I just stopped at jegs on the way home and bought some arp bolts for both. A tad bit more expensive than I expected for a couple bolts.

One thing I did notice, the valve cover bolt by the rear of the engine doesn't actually screw into anything! It's as if the corner of that head was shaved off, exposing half the threads to that bolt hole. I'll try to get a picture of it tomorrow if I can.

On a side note, this thread sure escalated....