BenKey Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Well, it's finally done. Not too many hard spots other than the directions expecting you to use "the force", or something. They would be great, complete with color pictures, if they didn't leave things out. The guy/gal putting them together needs a pink slip. Aside from that, I didn't run into any "real" hard spots. I took my time, of course rain all day didn't help, and now it's just putting in a few wire looms and putting all of my tools away. All of my tools were still out from the cam swap. Quite a mess if you can imagine. Here some of the pics: This shot is off what little of the alternator bracket that had to be ground away. If you look close, you can see the little round spot. I think if anyone has considered one of these, they probably have already read the directions. Well, this step, you really don't need a die grinder, although I used one. Could have done with a file just as easily. I think Slimsoftball said he didn't need to grind anything. The in-line fuel pump. Very easy part as well. And look, my Volant box worked just fine in there. :D One other problem I did encounter was with the Superchips handheld. I kept getting a PCM not responding alert. Finally after the fifth or so time, it worked. I have come to really hate handhelds. I went and test drove and it really wants to go. Didn't go to far or too fast, just wanted to check things out. Will update on the ride/feel/speed later. I even missed the race, that never happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN C5 Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Congrats on the install.... Let us know how it runs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setti Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Looks great Nice clean install, give us some feed back soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCCM(SW)CFM Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Congratulations Ben, you're certainly building one sweet ride. Maybe one day if I save a few more pennies Freddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56chevywagon Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Look great Ben! After the install, how many miles have you put on it. ;) Probably already got her broken in huh? Can't wait to hear what you think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwalls54 Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 damn you ben, but no i am gald it went smooth. i just wished i had the cash to do the same. going to have to get that thing broke in and run it at the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSminneapolis Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 awsome...mine next please...lee's picking up the tab...just put it on his CC.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledfootss Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 looks real good ben i need one of those bad real bad. but first must kill bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2xtreme Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Looks good ben If we were not a month away of having our 1st kid maby I could have talked the ol lady into one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Fantastic, buddy. Glad to hear it went smoothly. You have more guts than I do when it comes to a project that big, Ben. I'll add shackles or something like that but not an s-chgr. Don't have enough confidence in my wrenching abilities. Great job. Thanks for the pictures, too. LOVED 'um. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWT Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Congrats and it looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted October 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Fantastic, buddy. Glad to hear it went smoothly. You have more guts than I do when it comes to a project that big, Ben. I'll add shackles or something like that but not an s-chgr. Don't have enough confidence in my wrenching abilities. Great job. Thanks for the pictures, too. LOVED 'um. Lee, thanks. It really isn't as hard as it appears. To be honest, if their instruction book was a little better, I really belive anyone could do it, regardless of their abilities. It's just that simple. But, I kid you not about this instruction book. Steps were out of order. You would read one step and it would be describing something that you hadn't done yet. Then about three steps later you would be adding the thing it was talking about. For instance, when it said to fill the intercooler resevior, it said to use the tee in the line to bleed and showed a picture doing so, then three steps later, it said install the tee. When it came time to put on the intercooler, it just said install using OE bracket and showed a picture and the picture was from about 5-6 feet away and very difficult to see how they did it. It was like putting a puzzle together. I think that the problem was being in the military and being so instruction oriented, it hindered me. But I got through it. You have to conceptualize during install and for this instance, I was not very good at it. Plan on making some calls to Magnacharger Tuesday. Thanks for the compliments everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 alot of whistling going on in here. congrats ben, now how about some numbers..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAzz SS Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Looks great man, can't wait to hear how it does once you take it out for a real test drive. Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmb Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Looks awesome! Glad to have a FL neighbor as a whistle resource! Can't wait to hear more on the "test drives"!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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