alextoffie
27th September 2007, 23:08
i got my kit through today, fitted it on my dinner hour at uni but encountered a few problems... please bear in mind i've never fitted one before but after talking to the Kam Racing guy he assured me it was a simple job!
first off the rubber pipe that comes with it is too big for the engine, and there are no ways of actually mounting the scoop at the bottom!
i managed to solve that problem by using the original jubilee clip and cutting a small "V" shape out of one side of the pipe, which meant when i tightened the clip the two ends met and it was a snug fit
i then had to rush around for another jubilee clip and shat myself after they had none big enough at halfords or homebase... luckily b&q had them in!
so as you can see on the pic the top bit seems to be sorted
the small pipe coming from the top of the engine i had to bend round and put into the entry point on the side of the silver pipe... the red bit you see is just a bit of insulating tape i put around just incase there were any holes from the fact that it was coming in on an angle
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7692/27092007195as0.jpg
as you can see with the scoop at the bottom, i bent a bracket that came with the kit into an "L" shape and screwed that onto the bit in front of it ... so basically the scoop is resting with one corner of it on the edge of the battery and it isn't touching any of the hot surfaces below because the "L" shaped bracket i fitted stops it going any lower than that point
it sounds great i just wish after spending £100 on a kit it would have at least had instructions and certain parts that fitted slightly better!
just wondering if anyone can see any problems with how i've fitted it? the car seems to be running perfectly etc i am just double checking as i've only just got the car this week so don't want anything going wrong!
cheers!
first off the rubber pipe that comes with it is too big for the engine, and there are no ways of actually mounting the scoop at the bottom!
i managed to solve that problem by using the original jubilee clip and cutting a small "V" shape out of one side of the pipe, which meant when i tightened the clip the two ends met and it was a snug fit
i then had to rush around for another jubilee clip and shat myself after they had none big enough at halfords or homebase... luckily b&q had them in!
so as you can see on the pic the top bit seems to be sorted
the small pipe coming from the top of the engine i had to bend round and put into the entry point on the side of the silver pipe... the red bit you see is just a bit of insulating tape i put around just incase there were any holes from the fact that it was coming in on an angle
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7692/27092007195as0.jpg
as you can see with the scoop at the bottom, i bent a bracket that came with the kit into an "L" shape and screwed that onto the bit in front of it ... so basically the scoop is resting with one corner of it on the edge of the battery and it isn't touching any of the hot surfaces below because the "L" shaped bracket i fitted stops it going any lower than that point
it sounds great i just wish after spending £100 on a kit it would have at least had instructions and certain parts that fitted slightly better!
just wondering if anyone can see any problems with how i've fitted it? the car seems to be running perfectly etc i am just double checking as i've only just got the car this week so don't want anything going wrong!
cheers!