Hey guys,

I've had my kit on for a couple of weeks now and I'm just tweaking things here and there. I'm trying to get rid of a few rattles and weird stuff that I've run into so far.

First, my intercooler piping seems to be rattling a little where it goes above the cross-member from the turbo.

I'm wondering if anyone else with this kit has the same issue and maybe I need to get an elbow welded on to my turbo.. My concern is, I don't even know if an elbow will be high enough to clear the cross member either. All I know is, this isn't gonna cut it:




I've temporarily placed a piece of old silicone beneath it to hopefully make it stop vibrating hard.




Keep in mind, I got this entire kit from a member on this site and I'm not sure if this is how he received the kit from PFAB, or if they actually have an elbow attached to the turbo when it's sent or what.

Another issue I've ran into is pretty crazy.. my wideband sensor wouldn't even install in the location my bung is placed unless I beat the ever-living crap out of my firewall. I didn't want to cut.. but I'm guessing in retrospect I probably should've made sure I wasn't severely damaging something by taking a mini-sledge to this area =/ I was just trying to get this bad-boy installed. Again, I'm not sure if this is how the bung came from pfab or if this is how the previous owner had this situated.



I'm really not sure if this is rubbing or rattling since I've been so worried about the fitment of the intercooler piping.

Here's a photo of the downpipe/dump-tube fitment and its proximity to the chassis:








This is the entire kit from a full view:



Maybe I just need to figure out a better motor mount situation or something... unless you guys know of a good way to fix this nonsense!

Thanks guys,

Jason

 

I would definitely weld in a elbow on the turbo Jason. I just did this myself on my pfab setup. My ic pipe has alot more room tho. But I got my kit used so I can't say its pfab piping since I'm running a full race intercooler. I would either ask pang @ pfab or make a better fitting one.

 

weld the elbow on the turbo. 90 deg couplers tend to blow out. My Fmic piping slightly rubbed on the crossmember too. With some fiddling i didnt have it rub much. Also my kit had alot more room for the down pipe since i had it recirculated and it moves the turbo slightly forward. contact Pang. he's very good about customer service and he responds lightning fast.

 

weld a 90 on the turbo, cut the pipe into the turbo a little bit (make sure you roll a bead on the end) and then space out that pipe as far as you can physically over the cross member. you're mostly fighting the 90* coupler

the downpipe on these kits are very tight. theres only so much you can do with a standard bend without doing a bunch of piecuts