Hello guys! (and gals)

My HKS IC arrived today...and I'm itching to get it installed...the actual install won't be a biggie - cutting the bumper does feel quite serious though.

Has anyone done this...is there a template available?

Regards

/J

 

good question... I've got one on the way soon. Does anyone know of a place to install the thing?

 

Where's Tim 'THE HKS Salesman' Whiteside when he's needed...

Dan

 

Bandaging my hand...

 

Hi J,

I have fitted one of these and no you dont get a template only a postage stamp sized picture of where you have to cut it.I found the only way was to cut a little away and keep offering the bumper up till you are happy with the fit.
It aint the easiest of things to do I must admit and if you have a timescale try doubling it :O.
I would advise meshing the bumper as the core is very soft on the HKS fmic.
To give you an idea it takes me about 5/6 hours to fit a APS fmic the HKS one was more like 12!Major problems being a.I dont read japanese and b. no template

Best of luck mate and if I can help shout

Steve

 

Cutting the bumper is the worst bit, well that and getting the pipes the right way up

I ended up cutting the whole bumper 'mouth' back until I had about 50mm of material left before the front edge...mesh is esential, and I also made some little spacers to mount the number plate on the top edge of the bumper rather than use the 20kg lump of girder supplied

 

Cheers guys!

Tim>>So basically 50 mm left down at the lip will be enough to make it fit? How much clearance have you got?

Steve>>Yeah, I can't understand why a company as big as HKS doesn't do english manuals....and how hard could it be for them to sort a template? I'll come back to U if I need a tip mate, cheers!

Thnx!

/J

 

SAM,

Feel free to post those pics I sent you, I don't have access to load them up to a web host at the moment.

Rgds
Nito

 

Here are Nito's pics from his install on the silver estate/wagon/hearse. Thnx mate.







/J

[Edited by SecretAgentMan - 3/19/2002 5:10:05 PM]

 

Think I will give serious consideration to the APS which also looks pretty tough.

 

Is that intercooler pipe not awfully close to the +ve battery terminal?

 

What about the Hyperflow intercooler?
Got to cut the bumper with this as well but have seen it fitted in less than 4 hours.

 

You don't have to cut the bumper at all with the PACE FMIC!

 

How's your Japanese coming on m8?
Out of hours support calls aren't cheap you know....

 

I'll take some pics of my front bumper at work tomorrow if the weather is better if you need more than Nito has supplied!

 

Woooohooo!

It's in fellas...

Just with a few niggles...naturally the jap fellas reckon that the jap scoob has the 90 degree outlet piece at the turbo, that can be reused...which I didn't have. Doh!

Sorted it temporarily with a slaughtered rad hose...

Next issue was the airfilter....HOOJ K&N cone...piece of silicone hose...and some 3" PVC tubing had to do for now....gotta pop over to the exhaust shop tomorrow and see if they can bend me a 3" SS pipe instead.

Cutting the bumper was a pita as expected....not completely mullered up, but not perfect either.

With a V6 lip...and some net it'll be spot on.

Thank you very much guys, U all know who you are.



/J - fekin tired, and with all sortsa wounds on his hands.

 

pictures man !

 

I'll sort some tomorrow....I didn't bring the camera to the workshop (really irritated about that) - completely forgot abt that.

[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] @ myself

/J

 

...time to sort that mesh...and hopefully the BOV and the missing 90 degree hose will arrive tomorrow.



/J

 

Looks very nice me old china plate

Front bumper doesnt look terrible.

Well done, MD.

ps. Do you run a link ecu ? (no maf).

 

nice one jerry
but u need to buy your self another strut brace mate. that omp thing looks really aweful compared to all these nice AL tubes


sam

 

Looks good Jerry.

How long did it take to fit?

David

 

Jerry, I see you have beaten me into getting some pictures up of mine for infor then

Anyway, call that a big filter, PAH I say

What happened the the mounting brackets for the pipework by the way, shouldn't there be one coming off the abs module, and another off the Air-con compressor housing?

 

Cheers fellas!

David>>About 6 hours, 2 fairly able fellas (me and my mech) - but both lacking in the skills of reading japanese.

Tim>>Yeah I know, I really didn't know how to do these, the turbo outlet pipe is sorted though, I modified one of the mounts a wee bit (look at where it comes through the wall. Haeve you got any ideas on the other side?

It is a big filter mate....if it'd been 1 half inch longer or thicker it wouldn't have fit...

/J

 

MD>>Thanks!!! Yeah I do run a Link ECU...the inlet was a bit of a pita...noone seemed to have a 3" 20 degree bend in stock...I had to look all over town for one. And I had to cut it like 7 times to get a perfect fit.



/J

 

FFS 007(Secret Agent WoMan)

the burning question.....What does it feel like??? Having fitted it...taken pics...made it look pretty...have you driven it yet

Whaddya think??

Nito

 

I've just recieved my shint new Bailey EVO BOV...and the missing 90 degree silicone elbow.



I haven't driven it in anger yet...but initial tests show alot more oxygen (on the afr's) in the engine...and a short 10 psi-sorta-run in 5th produced an o-****-kinda-feeling.



/J - gotta get out and fit the parts...

P.S. Thnx Nito!

 

Hussam>>*lol* yeah....I've been thinking of getting that ugly yellow brace colourcoded for ages now...

/J

 

Jerry.
Did you measere the intercooler?LxHxB.
I would like to know becouse i will make one.

Skassa

 

Nop, I didn't, sorry.

I recieved the BOV from Bailey today - BIG cheers for U fellas! And a turnip co sorted me the 90 degree elbow.

...and I've been out sorting the fuel map...

and....

GOD DAMN!



/J