a word of warning [Archive] - Saxperience

killie-vts

29th December 2006, 09:33

yesterday a went to meet fellow sax member bobby on poppin my bonnet to show him my new raceland enclosed filter a seen smoke coming fom the bottom. turns out it was touching the manifold.so had a look and turns out it was hitting power steering bootle. so back to the garage remove bottle
a attach to bolton block which then holds filter in correct place.luckily the heat didnt melt right thro it.

Ratty

29th December 2006, 10:15

you should be warning yourself as its incorrect fitment not a problem with the fiilter :D

williamsvts

29th December 2006, 11:03

lol, well said ratty. there are so many people that fit these induction kits without securing it to the slam panel.

killie-vts

29th December 2006, 11:42

lol, well said ratty. there are so many people that fit these induction kits without securing it to the slam panel.
to be fair there were no instructions and no bracket

williamsvts

29th December 2006, 11:52

i didnt getthem witrh my simota but usedsome sense and made 1, not leaveing it dangleing.

killie-vts

29th December 2006, 12:01

i didnt getthem witrh my simota but usedsome sense and made 1, not leaveing it dangleing.
it was all tight with no movement and no dangleing seemed to sit fine
tho obvisly did not stay that way

CampDavid

29th December 2006, 12:23

killie-vts

29th December 2006, 22:57

My mounting bracket accidentally came into contact with the possitive battery terminal, causing a small fire and a boild brake pipe. Amazingly I got away with it. Idiot mistakes happen to all of us occcasionally. Still no excuse though

take it ur not a super mechanic like super williams then mear mortal like myself
no commonsense:panic:

williamsvts

29th December 2006, 22:59

lol, just use cable ties in that case then :P

killie-vts

29th December 2006, 23:09

lol, just use cable ties in that case then :P
no instructions am a doctor not a grease monkey:homme:

spencer_cammedvts

30th December 2006, 10:14

i havnt secured mine tbh lads. i ought to though realy. ill make a bracket. i had to make a new bracket for the power steerin res and move it over a bit.

paulydixon

30th December 2006, 10:50

I had a fecking procomp thing, that was bolted to the slam pannel but wear and tear rived it off and i drove to santa pod with it stuck to my manifold, that was a fine waste of £300

I hate the simota/raceland etc etc ones, like killie-vts says, there's never any destructions for the novice modifyers and anything that requires cable ties is a proper botch!

williamsvts

30th December 2006, 13:05

lol, with the simota i got (£130 not £70 ebay job), you get a braket to move your PAS, and the tubing has a flexy rubber join so engine movement wont fuck it.