Welcome to Jeff in California

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

Jeff is in Northern CA and has an 01.

Californians are going to win the race if you Ohioans don't get busy. ;)

Bad news is that we are temporarily out of stock on blowers. There seems to have been a rush on my inventory in the last few weeks. Not often I get to put a smilie after bad news. :) The good news is that Magnuson will have more of them here early next week.

[mageep]

Jeff is in Northern CA and has an 01.

Californians are going to win the race if you Ohioans don't get busy. ;)

Bad news is that we are temporarily out of stock on blowers. There seems to have been a rush on my inventory in the last few weeks. Not often I get to put a smilie after bad news. :) The good news is that Magnuson will have more of them here early next week.


Congrats Jeff...

Maybe since California is winning, in the words of Peter Egan, the 'piston count', we can determine a WHP count... since we have lesser emissions issues, and better gas (on balance), we might be able to make up that deficit!:devil:

I'm sure Tom would rather just see mutually assured escalation!!:nuke:

[Tom @ Fast Forward]

I think the WHP is probably a tie as well. I think there is three 99s with 115mm pulley. Mine, Pat (CA), and Chip in Ohio. They would all be in the 210WHP class. What Pat and I lack in decent fuel, we make up in Torco and Toluene. ;-)

[socal pat]

Speaking of Torco and 115's, did you get on the Dyno today Tom?

[mageep]

I think the WHP is probably a tie as well. I think there is three 99s with 115mm pulley. Mine, Pat (CA), and Chip in Ohio. They would all be in the 210WHP class. What Pat and I lack in decent fuel, we make up in Torco and Toluene. ;-)


No other 115s in Ohio, Tom?? hmmm. Installed at least... I guess my 90mm will not help my WHP numbers!

[jliu]

The charger arrived last Friday. Was thinking about the install process all day at work on Friday. Started the installation at 6:30pm. I had already preped the car for the install a week ago. I had removed everything that are needed to accommodate the charger. The only difficult part in removing the lower intake manifold was the last two nuts cloestest to the firewall. I ended up with a six inch 3/8" extension. It worked out fine.
Now, on to the install. First, I checked everything that came from Tom. Only a few items were missing. Called Tom and he promised to send them to me first thing Monday. The first obstacle I ran into was again installing the last two nuts on the new intake manifold. I ended up running to Kragen and purchased a short stubby 12mm wrench. I tried doing it from above and underneath the car. There was NO easy way, but my presistent paid off. Also, you will need a 12mm crowl feet wrench to tightened the upper intake manifold nuts. The next obstacle for me was trying to connect the EGR tube onto the EGR valve. There was a lot of twisting and bending to put them together. Anyway, by 2:00am, I decided to quit and go to bed. At that point, I had the charger, egr valve, and a few other things installed.

Woke up at 6:30am and went at it again. I decided to put on the pully first and discovered that my RB sway bar and the RB brace bar are in the way. I removed the swaybar, and the brace bar. The pully went on without any problem. One thing I do not understand is why use HEX bolts instead of regular bolts. It is a MAJOR PAIN trying to tighten all the HEX bolts with a hex key. It is very time consuming as well as hard on your hands. If I had to do it over again, I would either replacing all teh Hex bolts with regular bolts, or get the hex keys that can be use with a ratchet.

Next, I used nuts and bolts instead of using the self taping screws that came with the kit to secure the vacumn distribution block as well as the IAC mounting bracket. Then came the tedious part of connecting all the vacumn hoses. I chose to use hose clamps on all the fittings. I know it was probably overkilled, but I do not want to worry about it later.

On to the installation of the alternator, air filter, and the charger belt. All was uneventful. It helps to have a helper to hold release the tension on the tensioner while you put on the charger belt. In my case, I used a woodworking clamp to hold the tension bar while I put the belt on.

Next was to remove the existing fuel line and replace it with another line that has a T-fitting for the 5th injector. The stock fuel line clip was a pain. If I had to do it over again, I would do the fuel line prior to putting on the charger. Once the charge is on, you have virtually NO room to work. None the less, I had to break the fuel line clips since I had no room to use my removal tool. No big deal since I will not be resuing them anyway.

It was 6:00pm Saturday. The only thing left to do was to install the power-pro car and to run the boost vacumn hose and the wire. I was exhausted and decided to take a break. After dinner, I finished installing the power-pro card. Hooked back up the battery and prayed! Well, the car started right the way. It hesitated a bit and then was smooth idling right at around 900rpm. After checking to make sure there was not leaks, I went for a test drive.

It was around 9:00pm. WHAT A BLAST! It was great! The car acted normal until you stepped on the gas and it rocked!

It was quite a learning experience for me to install the supercharger. I have to say Tom provided excellent support along the way. Everything I called, he was there to answer my questions. I have never had anyone or any place that provided services similar to Toms'.

There are still some minor issues to work out. So far, I am very impress with the FFSC.......