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Old Dec 26, 2007 | 11:04 PM
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Brent
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Default Re: group buy for asp pulleys for srt6

Hi Rob,

Thanks for your ongoing attention to your intake. I'm content to use the supplied air filter but if you really want to use me as a guinea pig then I'm happy to help out. I'll check my fiter installation to find out where exactly it's hitting at. I may be mistaken about the filter hitting on the cooling line(thought I felt it bump up against the line) but my grill is definitely pressing up against the filter. By the way, my kit had five large band clamps and I'm assuming that one was for attaching the air filter. But the K&N filter came with a clamp so a fifth clamp from you is not needed.

My horn wiring was actually tie-wrapped to the front vertical bracket, not clipped to the rear one so there is going to be some variation in the wiring from car to car. I think the instructions don't have to be too elaborate here since if an installer is at this point said installer should be able to figure out what to do with the wiring.

My concern over the horn mounting is that if the bracket bounces up and down enough then it will break. The situation is compounded with only having one attachment point for the bracket. I'm trying to visualize the area here and I'm thinking that a support running from the right side cooling line clamping screw to the end of the bracket would work since this would prevent the bracket from moving up and down. Conversly a thicker gage bracket would also work but you would still be stuck with one attachment point. As previously noted the horn setup would absolutely not work on an airplane, but will probably be OK with our cars.

My pass through piece was hard to wiggle out but then my front bumper has been removed for painting so it's possible that a slight misalignment after the bumper was reinstalled caused my problems.

My coupling was an absolute bear to install. I also did the hand in the hole trick but could not get it on until I used a scribe. Once installed I could not get it to rotate and if I left it loose then pressure from the intake popped it off. However, my supercharger was replaced so it's possible that the throttle body connection is a tad larger on the new supercharger. I can see where choosing a coupling is difficult - one too stiff leads to installation problems and one too flexible would allow the whole intake assy to bounce around too much. One thing I forgot to mention in my review is the use of lubricant on the intake and throttle body. I use Dow Corning #4 alot on planes and see no reason why it wouldn't work here either. Unless of course you do know of a reason.

I have my camera charging up right now and will get some pictures for you tomorrow. Again, thanks for outstanding product support.
 
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