I think you have loosen the strut a lot and it is touching the hood.

 

Theres an actual mark on the plenum, a blemish of sorts, where it is touching. its peeling away the paint on the inside of the hood. The area is about 1/2 inch circle where its hitting. ill try to get pics but that would take awhile.
Rich

 

Well, I was quite pissed off today when after reading a few of these posts about rubbing and I found this!
There goes that paint job

 

Here's a picture of the point on the hood that it's hitting

 

Hey Lou. Is there any particular reason that you always have to talk **** about Kinetix? If you are a Crawford guy, why do you always have to stick your nose in a Kinetix post and bash them?

 

Got my V4 to replace V3 and thx Kinetix for the fast shipping. Only thing I dont like about V4 is it doesnt sound as loud and cool as the V3 and V2 I got. I wonder if its because the ECU is not adjusted to the V4 yet.

 

No, it's the new material they used. It's a lot quieter than the previous versions. It won't get any louder than it is now.

-Chris

 

Chris-
Have you dyno'd with the new plenum?

 

Not yet. Waiting for the next "dyno day" so it's not so expensive.

 

Installed my last weekend sounds real nice especially in the low rpms if any has noticed that...HP gains not very noticeable but when i plant her on the dyno i will see the actual #'s...hopefully tom or sometime this week i should have a dyno # and sheet for you guys...but overall appreciation of this product is very nice...i love the look of my engine bay also...i will throw up a pic later once i get my camera back and working...but overall i like it alot...

Ben

 

here's a pic of my engine bay

 

Nice! It looks just like my engine bay, but I'd take your engine cover off unless you want a big gouge in the top of it from the hood rubbing against it.

-Chris

 

Here's mine!

 

I think we're about ready to get off topic.

 

already have a peice of the paint chipped bcoz of that rubbing
it's only minor



SungNamz..... I didn't know that our plenum can handle FI!!!

 

wow. just as i was about to post about my plenum rubbing away the paint on my hood, i look in here to see that its' not only me. it also rubbed away the paint on my strut bar. is there anyway we could get a refund? i'm just not satisfied and i think i'd rather go with crawford.

edit: i know its the plenum, bc i painted the plenum and the paint on the plenum is also rubbed away.

 

correct me if Im wrong, but I see 2 bolts, meaning v3 or earlier, not v4. with no support in the middle, I would think v4 would blow up under pressure; or at very least, flex like hell.

 

Not quite sure I follow you...

The paint on the Plenum got rubbed off by the hood??

 

I would not run a KINETIX (plastic) plenum with F/I if you paid me. That's just asking for trouble!

When (if) they release the aluminum version, that will be another story.

SungNamZ, I'd seriously take off the KINETIX plenum and put on your stocker instead. I've heard that with F/I the plenum doesn't really add much anyway.

-Chris

 

Okay, I have been waiting a very long time for this and I am looking to find some answers....


Kinetx, Is there any timeframe you can provide as to when you think the aluminum plenum will be available? I have been waiting a very long time for any information and all I hear is that you are working on it. I am probably just one of many people that have already asked this question but now it is starting to come down to the wire. I have an engine build coming up soon within a month or so and I would really like to have this plenum.

Can you provide any insight at all?

Thank you.