Can anyone tell me what the torque settings are for the bolts on the upper intake manifold as I have just purchased one of those RPW replacements and I am going to fit it myself. Will they even matter that much??

According to the Service Manual, it's 17nM.

With steel bolts going into aluminium threads on the Intake Manifold, you won't want to overtighten them. :D

cool, thanks much appreciated.

To get more insulation, try putting heatshrink over the plant part of the bolt shafts and some fibre washers under the bolt head.

tighten it up strip it then back it off half a turn:D

if you up to payin the cash for the intake manifold from RPW, you might wanna think about the thermo spacers for the inlet manifold and throttle body?

yeah i got the thermo spacers for the manifold and the t/b installed it yesterday and all is good finding it hard to tell if the car has more power though, think i might get some stage 1 cams done too to get it breathing nice (anyone know of a good place in brisie to get cams installed) then ill get chip retuned then i might be happy i need more power have 130kw ATW now but i want atleast 150