Kraftwerks SC install walkthrough!
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From: SoCal
Originally Posted by juntuned,Sep 4 2008, 12:46 PM
I just got mine... siiiiiiiiiiiiiik. Im so glad the hose fittings are black now instead of that orange color. I already had plans to change those out if they came orange!!!
dyno this puppy!!!!!
dyno this puppy!!!!!
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From: Irvine
Nice install. 06+ fuel rails are easy to remove, IIRC only 4 bolts holding it down and it can be removed. I believe more fuel spilled out than what you are used to b/c the 06+ have returnless fuel systems. Easiest way to avoid spilling a gallon of fuel is to relieve fuel pressure first, then have the RC injectors pre prepped to go in, flip the fuel rail over and remove the stock injectors immediately replacing them with the RCs.
Oh and those fuel rail spacers from RC look pretty nice =P. The 06+ Greddy kit should come with the same ones, since Greddy was the one who provided RC with the specs/blue prints for the spacers.
The injector spacing is different b/c 06+ uses k series type ECU and injectors, which is why hondata works for the 06+ KW kits and isn't on their 00-05 kits.
Kit looks nice, i like all of the silicone pipes.
Oh and those fuel rail spacers from RC look pretty nice =P. The 06+ Greddy kit should come with the same ones, since Greddy was the one who provided RC with the specs/blue prints for the spacers.
The injector spacing is different b/c 06+ uses k series type ECU and injectors, which is why hondata works for the 06+ KW kits and isn't on their 00-05 kits.
Kit looks nice, i like all of the silicone pipes.
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Originally Posted by Chris_Lum,Sep 4 2008, 07:01 PM
Oh and those fuel rail spacers from RC look pretty nice =P. The 06+ Greddy kit should come with the same ones, since Greddy was the one who provided RC with the specs/blue prints for the spacers.
The injector spacing is different b/c 06+ uses k series type ECU and injectors, which is why hondata works for the 06+ KW kits and isn't on their 00-05 kits.
Kit looks nice, i like all of the silicone pipes.
The injector spacing is different b/c 06+ uses k series type ECU and injectors, which is why hondata works for the 06+ KW kits and isn't on their 00-05 kits.
Kit looks nice, i like all of the silicone pipes.
Actually, all of the fuel rail spacers (The big billet ones and the phenolic spacers) are KW built/supplied, not RC. We sent the specs to RC for their own developments last year.
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From: Irvine
^^thats cool. Carol @ RC wanted to buy some a while back so we were nice and just gave the blue prints to her. Maybe they didn't start getting them produced yet. Well anyway, my bad, they look exactly like the greddy spacers. I guess the engineers think alike in that regard!
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Just an update guys. i PIcked up the car today. drove it home fine. let the couplers heat cycle. took it easy. took a drive a little later with a friend.... took it to 8k twice. While driving back to my friends house abotu a mile before the oil light went on. i got to his house and oil was all over the left front tire well and near the location of the oil filter where it was relocated. there was barely any oil on the dipstick. No check engine light or anything. engine didn't stutter and was fine when i shut it off.
The oil seems like its coming from one of the lines near the oil filter, which is relocated near the tranny on the drivers side. Personally, i think its a really bad relocation place. Im either going to have to get the inline pro relocation kit or have a custom one made. This kit makes you run lines way to far. function over form.
If its nice out tomorrow or sunday than i will take off the oil relocation kit and see what i can do to find the leak. There is so much oil ont he bottom of the car that its hard to find it.
The oil seems like its coming from one of the lines near the oil filter, which is relocated near the tranny on the drivers side. Personally, i think its a really bad relocation place. Im either going to have to get the inline pro relocation kit or have a custom one made. This kit makes you run lines way to far. function over form.
If its nice out tomorrow or sunday than i will take off the oil relocation kit and see what i can do to find the leak. There is so much oil ont he bottom of the car that its hard to find it.
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oh geez.
you actually drove the car a mile with the light on? i didn't hear that part when you called me.
there are only 3 connections down there - the filter, the send, and the return. it should be easy to figure out what happened. with the amount of oil that would come out of your car to throw a light that fast it sounds like you blew one off, but obviously that didn't happen. i've never heard of an earl's fitting style connector cracking and causing such a fast leak either.
if you can stand to wait, please don't touch any of that, or at least please take pictures of every conceivable angle before you do so. i want to see what could have happened - i cant imagine losing that much oil so quickly, especially if everything is still connected!!
you actually drove the car a mile with the light on? i didn't hear that part when you called me.
there are only 3 connections down there - the filter, the send, and the return. it should be easy to figure out what happened. with the amount of oil that would come out of your car to throw a light that fast it sounds like you blew one off, but obviously that didn't happen. i've never heard of an earl's fitting style connector cracking and causing such a fast leak either.
if you can stand to wait, please don't touch any of that, or at least please take pictures of every conceivable angle before you do so. i want to see what could have happened - i cant imagine losing that much oil so quickly, especially if everything is still connected!!
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Originally Posted by TelosHedge,Sep 5 2008, 09:36 PM
oh geez.
you actually drove the car a mile with the light on? i didn't hear that part when you called me.
there are only 3 connections down there - the filter, the send, and the return. it should be easy to figure out what happened. with the amount of oil that would come out of your car to throw a light that fast it sounds like you blew one off, but obviously that didn't happen. i've never heard of an earl's fitting style connector cracking and causing such a fast leak either.
if you can stand to wait, please don't touch any of that, or at least please take pictures of every conceivable angle before you do so. i want to see what could have happened - i cant imagine losing that much oil so quickly, especially if everything is still connected!!
you actually drove the car a mile with the light on? i didn't hear that part when you called me.
there are only 3 connections down there - the filter, the send, and the return. it should be easy to figure out what happened. with the amount of oil that would come out of your car to throw a light that fast it sounds like you blew one off, but obviously that didn't happen. i've never heard of an earl's fitting style connector cracking and causing such a fast leak either.
if you can stand to wait, please don't touch any of that, or at least please take pictures of every conceivable angle before you do so. i want to see what could have happened - i cant imagine losing that much oil so quickly, especially if everything is still connected!!
damn that sucks!!!>...... sounds like you are on the ball and will get it fixed!!! which is good!!!!! you seem very thorough with everything you have done so far!!! he does bring up a valid point with the inlinePRO relocation kit though!!! Can you use that relocation with the kw belt/pulleys all up front. not sure if that would be compatible or not!!! very good idea though!!!!
keep us posted!!
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thanks for the support - still not sure if this was my fault or not. in any case, i won't let him drive around with no oil in his motor!
i do not think the inlinepro kit will be necessary. we are talking about possibly moving the current relocation kit to a more visible area in the engine bay, just so all oil lines can be easy to find and assess at a moment's notice. basically i think that means replacing the one long line with a shorter one and bracketing the filter mount assembly somewhere in the bay.
the KW brackets and pieces are extremely well made - i do not think they need replacement. i think after something like this my guy would just like to be able to get to his filter without lifting the car up. different strokes for different FI psychos
i do not think the inlinepro kit will be necessary. we are talking about possibly moving the current relocation kit to a more visible area in the engine bay, just so all oil lines can be easy to find and assess at a moment's notice. basically i think that means replacing the one long line with a shorter one and bracketing the filter mount assembly somewhere in the bay.
the KW brackets and pieces are extremely well made - i do not think they need replacement. i think after something like this my guy would just like to be able to get to his filter without lifting the car up. different strokes for different FI psychos