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Old 10-21-2008 | 03:41 PM
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Its looking good.


plus 1. Way to document with great pics. I wish I had the patience... lol
Old 10-21-2008 | 03:54 PM
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What kind of paint did you use to spray the plenum?!
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I rattle can'd it The color actually matches the engine bay, not the exterior - which is what I was going for.

Duplicolor Primer/Sealer
Duplicolor: DA1620 Royal Blue
Duplicolor: EFX100 EFFEX Clear

The clear as a metal flake in it, looks pretty cool in person. I'm unsure how well the paint will hold up to the heat though, so I'll just find out the hard way. I have a sand blasting booth in the garage if it needs to be refinished at some point anyway.
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Almost forgot ...

Since I swapped out the Kinetix V+ to the stock plenum, I noticed the vacume fitting on the front. What's that supposed to hook up to?
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nothing...cap it off.
google a pic of the eng bay

ohh wait...that one goes to the FMU bro!

...quick edit...lol

also dont forget to run the line from the bypass valve to the FMU also...
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Error 404: FMU not found.

I have a UTEC with the MAP sensor. I'm running the BPV and the MAP to the intake plenum where extra few vacume line fittings are tapped.

I'll cap off the one in the front then. Thanks!

Here's a pic of the extra fittings I'm going to use for BPV, MAP & Boost Gauge .... guess I have a few extras that'll be capped off.


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yeah I failed forgot about UTEC....lol

cap them and start that puppy up!
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Trust me, I'd love to ... need to get that damn crank pulley swapped.
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Trust me, I'd love to ... need to get that damn crank pulley swapped.
crank pulley is an optional mod with minimal gains my friend, especially for the amount of effort that goes into it. Skip that and come back to it later , or have a shop do it. I am worried about the balancing after the fact, so I didnt change mine out. I figure a lighten flywheel and clutch (next mod) will be plenty. standing by for results...
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4shizzil, hes trying to go back to stock from an underdrive pulley
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Originally Posted by Chris @ Migliore
4shizzil, hes trying to go back to stock from an underdrive pulley
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enough is enough I need to quit posting and get some sleep.

newborn ownes me and wifey! LOL
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Originally Posted by Car vs. Driver
Oh yeah, anyone have tips on removing the crank pulley? I have an UR pulley on there now and need to put the stock one back on. I cannot get the bolt loose, it just spins the crank when I try.

Also, I'm assuming it's threaded normally as well (leftey loosey).
i have a 3/4 impact gun that will pop that righ toff. its a bigsunofabitch.

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Nice nice nice. I wasn't ballzy enough to install my vortech myself. 10 points for you!!!
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Going to try a really long breaker bar first ... there doesn't look to be any room to fit an impact gun in there - at least not the one I have.

Getting this pulley swapped is literally the one thing holding me up from starting up the car (other than the 30 minutes to put my UTEC in).
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^^ ooh have you already test fit the UTEC? it will take more than 30 min to get that suck to fit up there and look good.

swapping the crank pulley isnt that important. Actually with the 2.87, you'll be able to rev to your normal redline without overspinning the blower.
If you like to rev, no real reason to change it as the bigger stock pulley reduces your redline with the small pulleys.
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It does matter, the UDP will spin the blower slower and make less boost.
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Finally getting a chance to get back under the hood tomorrow to hopefully wrap up the installation. I have an appointment on 11/15 with Dave@FunctionTUNED, so I need to have everything in order by then
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Looking real nice man
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I'm pretty tired and in desperate need of a shower, so I'll let the pics do the talking ...







This was just amusing with how contorted I had to be in order to put the ECU back in place with the UTEC on top of it .. what a PITA.
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Yes, I know the splitter is bowed in the middle ... needs to be fixed


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