hey guys, im waiting for my vortech kit then gonna install myself most likely...just wondering if anyone is from upstate ny and has done the install and is down for a install and to give a hand, ive never done it before and would be nice to have someone on board who has...thanks..

 

id consider taking it to a shop but they all wanna charge an arm and a leg for a simple vortech install...(from what ive read and heard)

 

Check the thread in my sig for some info on my install ... I'd certainly help, but that's a helluva drive from Delaware. Feel free to PM me if you have questions and I can give you my number.

 

awesome man...thanks, when the time comes expect some questions..lol

 

Not a problem, good luck!

 

yeah its a simple install I have removed mine and re intalled it twice now. The hardest part was tapping the oil pan.

 

just get a oil pan spacer tapped already probably would save you a lot of hassel

 

Tapping the pan was a walk in the park to be honest, just take your time and be careful. I thought it was a bigger pain in the *** to get the charge pipe in behind the blower and give the AC line and everything else enough clearance.

 

Lol. I thought that was easy. But op good luck with it.

 

LOL ... I wound up pushing it through from the bottom and bending the AC line slightly. Oh, putting the UTEC in requires you to be a contortionist too.

 

yeah im def. gonna tap the pan, ive heard some bad things about the spacers with the flow of things, and etc...i don't think it will be much of a pain, ive done it before on another car...any other things i may encounter are great to hear about...thanks guys

 

how far up are you? i dont think you will have any problems...

 

i am very far upstate..no shops around here...the city is 4 hours from me and thats basically my only options either the city or jersey...I live in ilion ny 13357 it is like 10 minutes from utica...exit 30 on the nys thruway is 5 mins from my house..

 

Geeeezzzz

 

lol...tell me about it man...im basically half way between albany and syracuse NY ...hour and a half to albany and hour and a half to cuse from here.. my vortech kit is supposed to be here the 2nd and today we are expecting 14 inches of snow here...oh yeah its winter here hard core..my car has been off the road for 3 months and i got a good 3 months to go before it will come out..so at least ill have somethin to do for the remainder of time, then i plan to bring it to atx for a tune with the smaller pulley..just gonna do everything myself i think...headers are prolly gonna be the ***** of it all !!

 

and i have actually been thinkin about getting the aam oil pan spacer and return line to save on some hassle...theres a guy on here sellin his vortech kit and im waiting to see if he will seperate it and just sell me that...if not ill prolly just tap it. after some reading around seems like that charge pipe might be a pain along with a wiring headache

 

The headers should be the worst and the oilpan the messy part. other than that bolting the bracket / pully system belt should not be too bad then plumbing ic pipes just take your time. and take a brake from all the blood rushing to your head when installing the utec. what injectors you using?

 

no i actually got a brand new complete vortech kit so i can run the ss box and get to a tuner safely...and just tune for the 3.12 right now on with 440's with ss box, until i can get a utec and fuel pump then ill get some 600's and a 2.87 down the road, figured a compelte kit would be much easier to get up and running and i don't have a tuner for about 3 and half hours so needed to be able to safely get there and everything, and got a ridiculous deal on a new complete kit

 

FWIW, most tuners are willing to email their customers base maps for UTEC so they can safely drive to the shop. Dave@F:T sent me a base map so I could make the 120 mile drive to his place and get tuned, I didn't have a prolem.

 

for the utec, u just set your 0% load to -10 and take off the blower belt to get to tuner