My Paxton install thread
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you cut the back of the bumper that you never see, not a big deal
Nothing a dremel with a cutting wheel can't take care of.
the intercooler setup is the best at this price range
There are some cooling system modifications that you will have to make. It's nothing a monkey couldn't do. Basically re-routing the coolant lines to make room for the blower.
I remember why I thought this. Some guy was selling a Vortech and he mentioned he had the modified lines to go with the kit. At the price quoted it seems like the best deal going.
It is definitely a great deal. Especially if you don't go with the full kit from Paxton. I did the tuner kit and he set me up with a better set of injectors that will be big enough for whatever I throw at it and a custom tune from Jon Lund/Ken Bjonnes. Can't beat it.
Update! As of tonight I have everything mounted except for the intercooler piping. Whatever dumb ass they have putting these kits together forgot all of the bolts for the overflow tank. Wasn't too big of a deal because I have spare bolts lying around that I used. I was pissed when I discovered that 3 of the 4, 3x3 couplers for the intercooler tubing weren't included. I have no idea where the hell I am going to find anything remotely close to that around where I live. It was after their hours when I found this out so I will be up bright and early again having a little chat with the sales department at Paxton. I need this car running by Tuesday, hopefully they will over night this shit so it gets here on Monday. In the mean time I will put the injectors in and do some other stuff to help finish it up. Other than the missing parts everything is going together well. Will post pictures tomorrow.
Thanks Beef.
hows this coming along man? are you running the vortech boost a pump along with it?
Some crappy cell phone pics. Waiting for a pipe they forgot to include. Hopefully it will be here Monday.
(This came out of the radiator, quite a bit of casting sand and soft rubbery feeling black shit)
(This came out of the radiator, quite a bit of casting sand and soft rubbery feeling black shit)
looking good man!!
Thanks! Can't wait to get it started. I will take some video when I get my missing parts in and get the tune dialed in. I thought the trimming was going to be a headache but it turned out to be pretty easy. Very time consuming depending on what tools you have at your disposal. I made pretty short work of it with a small hacksaw and a dremel.
No boost-a-pump needed yet according to Ken Bjonnes. We will see when I start shooting data logs at him.
Not sure how it stacks up to the Vortech. The welds on it are nice and it is larger than I expected. The fit and finish on it is great.
Thanks for the clarification Beef. Still waiting on UPS to drop this damn pipe off. It was sent via UPS on Friday using next day air and has been sitting in Commerce City, CO since Sunday. Not sure what the point is in next day air if they can't keep their word on it. It is such a tease to go out to the garage and look at this car being 99.99% complete.
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