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<blockquote data-quote="five.slow" data-source="post: 12963906" data-attributes="member: 72860"><p>Before someone comes in here and says "your just not mechanically inclined" or "must be over your head to install it...". I am a ASE certified mechanic and I have been doing nothing but working on vehicles for as long as i can remember and I am currently a shop foreman in the army... with that aside I consider myself a good mechanic and have the deepest passion for cars.</p><p></p><p>Who ever designed the kit was really using his/her head and made the system fit in a area that seriously looked impossible to mount. I have the paxton head unit so its a little bigger so some issues are due to that.</p><p></p><p>Head unit: might just be my fan shroud but it it seems like the inlet for the head unit is too close to the fan shroud making it a bitch to get the intake tube on. not too big of an issue but its just irritates me some.</p><p></p><p>Pulley system: The bottom mounting "studs" look whimpy as hell and one of mine wasn't threaded good enough. Had shallow threads so I had to run down to the shop and get a tap to fix it and a new nut that i messed up finding out it wasn't threaded deep enough. If the belt takes a hike you basically have to pull the head unit to get a new belt on it. Yes its possibly to do it with the head unit on but it looks like it wont be fun at all.</p><p></p><p>Cooling hoses: the 90 degree part you reuse it complete bullshit if you ask me. I did what they wanted with cutting it 1/2 way through the 90 degree bend which isnt a good idea. I have a back up hose now in case it starts to leak. Didnt know I had some in the shop or i would have used the piece I had that has a 45 degree bend and 2" on each side of the 45. they could have supplied a $5 hose with the kit. The rest of the piping wasn't all that bad.</p><p></p><p>Charge piping: What a wonderful place to put the bypass valve!!! pain in the ass to move it around and get the hose couplers on to the head unit.</p><p></p><p>miscellaneous: The vacuum hose for the bypass valve wont even fit on the bypass valve port... the T fitting for it to tap into the brake boosted is almost too big for the small vacuum line. How hard is it to get a T fitting the same size as the port fitting and then get the correct size hose??? once again had to go to the shop and grab some larger diameter hose. They like to use the one time crimp style hose clamps... all great and I like them because they are cleaner looking and look factory BUT who has the proper tool for them? not myself and being so damn far from a auto tool store i had to use dykes and be careful not to cut them. Lets talk about this micky mouse piece of shit coolant tank... ****ING JUNK!!! I was prepared though and used a canton tank with no issues. Lets also talk about the installation instructions.... garbage for the most part.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Over all the kit isn't all that bad but there are just those small things that drive me bonkers. Now that I have done it once I and confident I could do the whole system on a car in like 4-5 Hrs. Took me about 8 because I had to hunt down stuff and figure out the shitty instructions. still working out some tuning stuff but it runs great and I still get 16mpg and I only live a mile from work so most of my gas is wasted on start ups. will be on the highway this weekend to go get my 3.31s put back in the rear end because the 3.73s do nothing more than help murder my poor street tires.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="five.slow, post: 12963906, member: 72860"] Before someone comes in here and says "your just not mechanically inclined" or "must be over your head to install it...". I am a ASE certified mechanic and I have been doing nothing but working on vehicles for as long as i can remember and I am currently a shop foreman in the army... with that aside I consider myself a good mechanic and have the deepest passion for cars. Who ever designed the kit was really using his/her head and made the system fit in a area that seriously looked impossible to mount. I have the paxton head unit so its a little bigger so some issues are due to that. Head unit: might just be my fan shroud but it it seems like the inlet for the head unit is too close to the fan shroud making it a bitch to get the intake tube on. not too big of an issue but its just irritates me some. Pulley system: The bottom mounting "studs" look whimpy as hell and one of mine wasn't threaded good enough. Had shallow threads so I had to run down to the shop and get a tap to fix it and a new nut that i messed up finding out it wasn't threaded deep enough. If the belt takes a hike you basically have to pull the head unit to get a new belt on it. Yes its possibly to do it with the head unit on but it looks like it wont be fun at all. Cooling hoses: the 90 degree part you reuse it complete bullshit if you ask me. I did what they wanted with cutting it 1/2 way through the 90 degree bend which isnt a good idea. I have a back up hose now in case it starts to leak. Didnt know I had some in the shop or i would have used the piece I had that has a 45 degree bend and 2" on each side of the 45. they could have supplied a $5 hose with the kit. The rest of the piping wasn't all that bad. Charge piping: What a wonderful place to put the bypass valve!!! pain in the ass to move it around and get the hose couplers on to the head unit. miscellaneous: The vacuum hose for the bypass valve wont even fit on the bypass valve port... the T fitting for it to tap into the brake boosted is almost too big for the small vacuum line. How hard is it to get a T fitting the same size as the port fitting and then get the correct size hose??? once again had to go to the shop and grab some larger diameter hose. They like to use the one time crimp style hose clamps... all great and I like them because they are cleaner looking and look factory BUT who has the proper tool for them? not myself and being so damn far from a auto tool store i had to use dykes and be careful not to cut them. Lets talk about this micky mouse piece of shit coolant tank... ****ING JUNK!!! I was prepared though and used a canton tank with no issues. Lets also talk about the installation instructions.... garbage for the most part. Over all the kit isn't all that bad but there are just those small things that drive me bonkers. Now that I have done it once I and confident I could do the whole system on a car in like 4-5 Hrs. Took me about 8 because I had to hunt down stuff and figure out the shitty instructions. still working out some tuning stuff but it runs great and I still get 16mpg and I only live a mile from work so most of my gas is wasted on start ups. will be on the highway this weekend to go get my 3.31s put back in the rear end because the 3.73s do nothing more than help murder my poor street tires. [/QUOTE]
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