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cracked kinetix V3
dang, ive had this thing on for 2 weeks and i love it to death, its an awesome part, but i was drying under my hood today after w good wash and wax and i saw that it is starting to crack, its not totally cracked through and through, but it is starting to split, the crack runs paralell with the car from the bottom of the first bolt down into the dip where the strut bar sits, i emailed kinetix, time to get a V4, im not really upset as it still works great, i just hope it lasts until i get a V4
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Welcome to the club
Yeah, I'm in the same boat with my V2. It is cracked in 4 places all eminating from the front screw in the top down to the dip under the strut bar. It still works "ok", but my idle is for crap now and has progressively gotten worse over the past couple weeks. I should be getting my replacement V4 next week. I too hope mine lasts long enough.
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I wouldnt try getting by on it. your running a lean condition with that leak. not good for your engine at all.
atleast the bright side is that you got to keep you stock plenum, put it back on in the mean time.
or at very least, smear some silicone over the crack, not pretty, but better then hurting your engine.
atleast the bright side is that you got to keep you stock plenum, put it back on in the mean time.
or at very least, smear some silicone over the crack, not pretty, but better then hurting your engine.
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Originally posted by ares
I wouldnt try getting by on it. your running a lean condition with that leak. not good for your engine at all.
atleast the bright side is that you got to keep you stock plenum, put it back on in the mean time.
or at very least, smear some silicone over the crack, not pretty, but better then hurting your engine.
I wouldnt try getting by on it. your running a lean condition with that leak. not good for your engine at all.
atleast the bright side is that you got to keep you stock plenum, put it back on in the mean time.
or at very least, smear some silicone over the crack, not pretty, but better then hurting your engine.
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Wow, if you are running lean then chances are I'm running very lean myself. I have the same mods as you + the JIC y-pipe. How bad was your lean condition? I may just have to bite the bullet and get a s-afc if it is too bad...
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My A/F ratios
Originally posted by wren57
Wow, if you are running lean then chances are I'm running very lean myself. I have the same mods as you + the JIC y-pipe. How bad was your lean condition? I may just have to bite the bullet and get a s-afc if it is too bad...
Wow, if you are running lean then chances are I'm running very lean myself. I have the same mods as you + the JIC y-pipe. How bad was your lean condition? I may just have to bite the bullet and get a s-afc if it is too bad...
My stock ratio has pretty much the same basic curve, but the numbers are about .7 lower across the board. I would recommend getting a GReddy eManage unit to adjust your fuel maps. That's what I'm going to do and also get a Dynojet Wideband Commander and gauge to see what I'm doing in realtime.
I just came in from slathering the top of my KINETIX plenum with some silicone. I pretty much covered both the top screws and around them about 5 or 6 inches. Pretty much about 60% o the top is covered in silicone now. Hopefully that will do the trick until next week when I hopefully get the V4.
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if you guys are running lean (like I was after all the mods) its time to go over to Tadashi at TS and get that ecu flash.
he will fix the lean condition, for sure!
he will fix the lean condition, for sure!
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eManage vs. TS Flash
Originally posted by all_bark
if you guys are running lean (like I was after all the mods) its time to go over to Tadashi at TS and get that ecu flash.
he will fix the lean condition, for sure!
if you guys are running lean (like I was after all the mods) its time to go over to Tadashi at TS and get that ecu flash.
he will fix the lean condition, for sure!
Yeah, that will do the trick, but the good thing about getting an eManage setup (aside from the price savings) is that you can adjust your own A/F ratios so that any future mods you do don't require a TS re-flash. Just hook up your laptop and make the changes yourself. This is of course assuming you have a laptop. If you, they also have the Profec unit that allows you to change the eManage without a laptop, but that is another $350+ so if you already have a laptop, the eManage route might be cheaper. If not, then the TS Flash is cheaper.
Vash350Z,
You do most likely have some cracks in the plenum. I noticed a definite power loss with mine a while back (March or so) but didn't really think that my plenum was cracked because visibly it's fine. You have to almost go over it with a magnifying glass and flashlight to see the cracks, but they are there. Time to buy some silicone.
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Another place it is cracking is at the very front. I removed my strut brace and engine cover to discover a crack on the front also. So if you think you don't have any cracks because there aren't any around the two top center bolts, you may still have one up front. Quite frankly I'm tired of doing the install of plenums. This will be the 4th time I believe I've had to change plenums at about 1 hour labor each time. I am just glad I've done the work myself, otherwise this plenum would be far beyond the cost of the crawford+bar by now...
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Originally posted by wren57
Another place it is cracking is at the very front. I removed my strut brace and engine cover to discover a crack on the front also. So if you think you don't have any cracks because there aren't any around the two top center bolts, you may still have one up front. Quite frankly I'm tired of doing the install of plenums. This will be the 4th time I believe I've had to change plenums at about 1 hour labor each time. I am just glad I've done the work myself, otherwise this plenum would be far beyond the cost of the crawford+bar by now...
Another place it is cracking is at the very front. I removed my strut brace and engine cover to discover a crack on the front also. So if you think you don't have any cracks because there aren't any around the two top center bolts, you may still have one up front. Quite frankly I'm tired of doing the install of plenums. This will be the 4th time I believe I've had to change plenums at about 1 hour labor each time. I am just glad I've done the work myself, otherwise this plenum would be far beyond the cost of the crawford+bar by now...
I agree that I am getting tired of having to re-install the plenums over and over again, but hopefully the V4 will be THE plenum that will last. I am a bit concerned though since when I installed my current V2, I used some Permatex Ultra-copper gasket maker to gaurentee a good seal. I put it on top of the stock gasket so hopefully I'll be able to peel it off the OEM gasket or else I'm SOL. I was under the asumption that I wouldn't need to take it off anymore (silly me).
-Chris
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Originally posted by redls1
Anybody know when the new v4 will be shipping out?
Anybody know when the new v4 will be shipping out?
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I was trying to get in on this latest plenum GB thing, but due to missed & not returned emails & so forth, the boat sorta left without me. I think I'm glad. I don't have the time to be dealing with buying & adding parts to my car that are going to crack. I think some dust needs to settle or something.
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Originally posted by zachcrosen
I just spoke with Robert @ Kinetix about this. He will begin shipping plenums to fulfil the GB today. They are supposed to ship 10 today, 10 tomorrow and the remaining of the GB Wed or Thursday. So my guess would be the end of the week before any others go out.
Zach
I just spoke with Robert @ Kinetix about this. He will begin shipping plenums to fulfil the GB today. They are supposed to ship 10 today, 10 tomorrow and the remaining of the GB Wed or Thursday. So my guess would be the end of the week before any others go out.
Zach
-Chris