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<blockquote data-quote="Nocturnal5.0" data-source="post: 12779699" data-attributes="member: 135205"><p>Alright, now for the fun facts section. I ran into a few things that caused quite the headache and I'd like to let anyone thinking about installing this kit know in advance, just in case, so that you don't end up with the down time I did! Again, these are just my personal issues that I ran into, and you may not have the same problems that I encountered. </p><p></p><p>(As a side note, the instructions with this kit are very good, and will help you out tremendously, but there are some grey areas, so if anyone has any questions, post them here or PM me and I'll be happy to answer them if I can!)</p><p></p><p>First off, the radiator hoses, coolant and overflow tank.</p><p></p><p>When modifying the upper radiator hose, I figured there would be an increased chance to leak, and, well, I was right. However, the fault was my own, and not that of the kit. When you mount the portion of the upper hose connected to the radiator to the 90* elbow, do NOT distort the hose over the elbow. If it starts to pull over onto the bend of it, it will leak, and believe me, you do not want to pull this damn thing back out. Just insert the elbow far enough into the hose to get the worm clamp to bite fully past the bead rolled flange on the end of the elbow and you'll be set.</p><p></p><p>(Side note, it will tell you to install the upper radiator hose back into the car early on, but you'll be fighting it every step of the way with other parts of the install, we found it best to wait to install it back into the car AFTER we had the radiator fan installed back into the car.)</p><p></p><p>Next is the overflow tank. The tank that comes with the kit is GARBAGE, flat out. Some people don't have issues with it, but mine leaked upon the very first startup, and oh my god, what a pain in the ass. I tired everything to get it to seal, but nothing would work, the actual plastic case was cracked. FML. I then had to wait about two weeks to get the back ordered JPC aluminum overflow tank during new years. Don't even chance this happening to you, purchase one from JPC when you buy this kit, it is a very quality piece and worth every penny.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433011[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Lastly for the coolant problems, the instructions only tell you to drain enough coolant to empty the upper radiator hose. This is only partially true, as eventually you'll need to turn the lower radiator hose around, so emtpy the whole thing into a clean, sealable container, and set it aside for later.</p><p></p><p>If you need more coolant, do NOT mix prestone or anything else you get from your local auto parts store with the stock coolant, go to ford and pick up the Motorcraft stock replacement coolant. It's only 15 bucks a gallon.</p><p></p><p>Next up, the wiring harness on the passenger side head. When it tells you to be careful removing it, they aren't kidding. If you try to go too fast on this you'll hear you friend say "oh shit" and you'll walk over to this lol:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433012[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This is how long the christmas tree is when it's not broken off in the threaded hole you need to use to mount the blower:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433013[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>To remove that piece of plastic without messing up the threads, I had to spend about an hour using a dremel tool with a small drill bit as well as hand turning the correct sized bit by hand to remove it. Trust me, you don't want to deal wth this lol.</p><p></p><p>Next up, the heat shield for the JLT intake. Ok, I'm not sure what the heck was up with this, but I went back and forth with a couple of people about this, and no one thought there was a problem. Well, as you'll see in these pictures, at least with the heat shield I received, it was anything but ok.</p><p></p><p>The problem for me arose from the fact that you have to turn the lower radiator hose around to allow for correct passage of the IC piping. When you do this, it causes the hose to intrude into the area that the shield occupies by about two inches, minimum, which does not allow it to seat.</p><p></p><p>Case in point, shroud before modification:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433014[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433015[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And the lower hose by itself, flipped around as per the instructions:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433016[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433017[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>You can see that it is actually sitting on top of the lower hose, which is preventing it from going down the inch and a half - two inches it needs to in order to mount to the stud on the radiator. Well shit, no one sees anything wrong here, so I finally say screw it, I'm just going to cut it to fit. This is the end result of that:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433018[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433019[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>As you can see, I had to cut quite a bit out of the shroud to get it to accomodate the flipped around lower hose.</p><p></p><p>(Side note here, I even flipped the lower hose around back to stock and the shroud will fit fine like this...however, the IC piping will not fit if you do this, so I was forced to just bite the bullet and cut the shroud to ensure proper fitment of the critical kit pieces.)</p><p></p><p>Another side note, when you order this kit, order yourself some NGK spark plugs, part number ltr71x-11 also know as the 6510's, and gap them to .032. Don't waste your time on the stock plugs, they will not be optimum for this kit, and you'll probably end up having to do what I did, and replace them after the overflow tank is already installed and you will end up having to move it out of your way to get at the plugs. Not a big deal, but just another time saver.</p><p></p><p>Now on to some other fun stuff, tuning! I was lucky, and was one of the last few people to be able to receive a tune from Shaun at AED on the street, and didn't have to make a trip to the dyno. Trust me, doing this on the dyno will be far easier and safer than the route I went, so that you don't end up having to scrap logs because you started to spin at the top of 4th due to crappy stock tires lol. And speaking of tires, the stock ones are garbage, but with brembos I was in a bind on the kind of tire I could actually mount to the rear. I ended up going the slightly cheaper route, and went with some NT05's in a 275 35 19 (not the NT05R's, they don't make one for a 19" rim that is smaller than a 345 lol).</p><p></p><p>Old tires:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433020[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433021[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Comparison:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433022[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>New tires:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433023[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I can't say enough good things about Shaun at AED, extremely helpful and personable. He was very fast to respond to every one of my questions and to send me revisions for every log I sent him. The car has amazing drivability, and the power comes on strong and stays perfect all the way to redline. Anyone looking for a forced induction tune, or just an NA tune, I would highly recommend Shaun.</p><p></p><p>Now for a couple of videos of the car, the first is a 40 - 140, and the second was a friendly race with a friend of mine in a stock 2012 Camaro SS (we already knew the outcome of the race, but he just wanted to see the car run lol)</p><p></p><p>[youtube_browser]yFX8SVd_jYM[/youtube_browser]</p><p></p><p>[youtube_browser]gzkdTAF6sTc[/youtube_browser]</p><p></p><p>As I said before, if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to help you out! </p><p></p><p>Thanks for looking!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nocturnal5.0, post: 12779699, member: 135205"] Alright, now for the fun facts section. I ran into a few things that caused quite the headache and I'd like to let anyone thinking about installing this kit know in advance, just in case, so that you don't end up with the down time I did! Again, these are just my personal issues that I ran into, and you may not have the same problems that I encountered. (As a side note, the instructions with this kit are very good, and will help you out tremendously, but there are some grey areas, so if anyone has any questions, post them here or PM me and I'll be happy to answer them if I can!) First off, the radiator hoses, coolant and overflow tank. When modifying the upper radiator hose, I figured there would be an increased chance to leak, and, well, I was right. However, the fault was my own, and not that of the kit. When you mount the portion of the upper hose connected to the radiator to the 90* elbow, do NOT distort the hose over the elbow. If it starts to pull over onto the bend of it, it will leak, and believe me, you do not want to pull this damn thing back out. Just insert the elbow far enough into the hose to get the worm clamp to bite fully past the bead rolled flange on the end of the elbow and you'll be set. (Side note, it will tell you to install the upper radiator hose back into the car early on, but you'll be fighting it every step of the way with other parts of the install, we found it best to wait to install it back into the car AFTER we had the radiator fan installed back into the car.) Next is the overflow tank. The tank that comes with the kit is GARBAGE, flat out. Some people don't have issues with it, but mine leaked upon the very first startup, and oh my god, what a pain in the ass. I tired everything to get it to seal, but nothing would work, the actual plastic case was cracked. FML. I then had to wait about two weeks to get the back ordered JPC aluminum overflow tank during new years. Don't even chance this happening to you, purchase one from JPC when you buy this kit, it is a very quality piece and worth every penny. [ATTACH=full]433011[/ATTACH] Lastly for the coolant problems, the instructions only tell you to drain enough coolant to empty the upper radiator hose. This is only partially true, as eventually you'll need to turn the lower radiator hose around, so emtpy the whole thing into a clean, sealable container, and set it aside for later. If you need more coolant, do NOT mix prestone or anything else you get from your local auto parts store with the stock coolant, go to ford and pick up the Motorcraft stock replacement coolant. It's only 15 bucks a gallon. Next up, the wiring harness on the passenger side head. When it tells you to be careful removing it, they aren't kidding. If you try to go too fast on this you'll hear you friend say "oh shit" and you'll walk over to this lol: [ATTACH=full]433012[/ATTACH] This is how long the christmas tree is when it's not broken off in the threaded hole you need to use to mount the blower: [ATTACH=full]433013[/ATTACH] To remove that piece of plastic without messing up the threads, I had to spend about an hour using a dremel tool with a small drill bit as well as hand turning the correct sized bit by hand to remove it. Trust me, you don't want to deal wth this lol. Next up, the heat shield for the JLT intake. Ok, I'm not sure what the heck was up with this, but I went back and forth with a couple of people about this, and no one thought there was a problem. Well, as you'll see in these pictures, at least with the heat shield I received, it was anything but ok. The problem for me arose from the fact that you have to turn the lower radiator hose around to allow for correct passage of the IC piping. When you do this, it causes the hose to intrude into the area that the shield occupies by about two inches, minimum, which does not allow it to seat. Case in point, shroud before modification: [ATTACH=full]433014[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]433015[/ATTACH] And the lower hose by itself, flipped around as per the instructions: [ATTACH=full]433016[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]433017[/ATTACH] You can see that it is actually sitting on top of the lower hose, which is preventing it from going down the inch and a half - two inches it needs to in order to mount to the stud on the radiator. Well shit, no one sees anything wrong here, so I finally say screw it, I'm just going to cut it to fit. This is the end result of that: [ATTACH=full]433018[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]433019[/ATTACH] As you can see, I had to cut quite a bit out of the shroud to get it to accomodate the flipped around lower hose. (Side note here, I even flipped the lower hose around back to stock and the shroud will fit fine like this...however, the IC piping will not fit if you do this, so I was forced to just bite the bullet and cut the shroud to ensure proper fitment of the critical kit pieces.) Another side note, when you order this kit, order yourself some NGK spark plugs, part number ltr71x-11 also know as the 6510's, and gap them to .032. Don't waste your time on the stock plugs, they will not be optimum for this kit, and you'll probably end up having to do what I did, and replace them after the overflow tank is already installed and you will end up having to move it out of your way to get at the plugs. Not a big deal, but just another time saver. Now on to some other fun stuff, tuning! I was lucky, and was one of the last few people to be able to receive a tune from Shaun at AED on the street, and didn't have to make a trip to the dyno. Trust me, doing this on the dyno will be far easier and safer than the route I went, so that you don't end up having to scrap logs because you started to spin at the top of 4th due to crappy stock tires lol. And speaking of tires, the stock ones are garbage, but with brembos I was in a bind on the kind of tire I could actually mount to the rear. I ended up going the slightly cheaper route, and went with some NT05's in a 275 35 19 (not the NT05R's, they don't make one for a 19" rim that is smaller than a 345 lol). Old tires: [ATTACH=full]433020[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]433021[/ATTACH] Comparison: [ATTACH=full]433022[/ATTACH] New tires: [ATTACH=full]433023[/ATTACH] I can't say enough good things about Shaun at AED, extremely helpful and personable. He was very fast to respond to every one of my questions and to send me revisions for every log I sent him. The car has amazing drivability, and the power comes on strong and stays perfect all the way to redline. Anyone looking for a forced induction tune, or just an NA tune, I would highly recommend Shaun. Now for a couple of videos of the car, the first is a 40 - 140, and the second was a friendly race with a friend of mine in a stock 2012 Camaro SS (we already knew the outcome of the race, but he just wanted to see the car run lol) [youtube_browser]yFX8SVd_jYM[/youtube_browser] [youtube_browser]gzkdTAF6sTc[/youtube_browser] As I said before, if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to help you out! Thanks for looking! [/QUOTE]
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