It doesn't look like it'll be any fun to drain at all.

I have a little bit of the 1/2 hose left, and may use that to empty the coolant when the time comes.

I think the best spot is going to be the bottom heat exchanger fitting...demount the exchanger (1 bolt), undo the bottom fitting, and get another line on there going into a bucket as fast as possible.

Another spot is the bottom (#2) fitting on the after-cooler...that won't get what's in the exchanger/pump but it'll get most of it...you can have a bucket under the car.

 

Well, I finished today after work!

I have it all done except for putting the ECU panel back on in a decent way...ran out of light!

OMG it's like a whole different car! Like it has a high-revving 6cyl instead of a high revving I4...like having a BMW S54...except MORE!

Anyway, the FPR really wasn't too bad. The hose clamps need to be aligned a certain way so as not to hit the manifold or scratch the brake booster cylinder. A pointer on the fuel return line...it's easier to pull it down from under the car and route it. It is attached to the manifold at 2 places...they are grommets on brackets and come right off.

The bottom volute screws are a pain. I managed to do it from under the car but it wasn't easy at all.

Next thing is to get it tuned. Since I have a CT Exhaust I almost certainly need more fuel pressure. It has sort of a "dead spot" around 5K RPM, too. I wasn't even flooring it and only took it to like 7K (OK, 8K once!) and it really pulls. I can't wait to get it tuned/adjusted and dyno'd so I can really put it through its paces.

Stock clutch didn't slip at all. I have 73K miles.

I spent 22 hours on this. It was totally worth it

 

If two people were to work on the install, could it be done in about 8 hours?

 

It could be done in less time, certainly.

The fuel pump, SC assembly, SC install, bracket mounting, Aftercooler pump/exchanger, and FPR install are all separate tasks.

If not 8 hours, then 10-11 almost certainly, provided you both had tools.

Weather for me was the killer. It was brutally hot, and had 2 intense rainstorms making me stop work. I could have done it alone in 16 hours indoors with AC or a fan no problem.

 

Im Bringing the car into my work very early (5am) to do the deed. With a full shop with air tools at our disposal im hoping to have it done within a days time.

 

Air tools will help with the loosening of bolts. I have an electric impact wrench and that was a big help.

Air tools will take the crank pulley right off, but that wasn't really very time-consuming for me.

2 people can definitely do it in a day.

 

Unless one of those two people had done it before, I would say no. If at least one person had experience with it, sure. It's not that anything is hard, it's just really time consuming and there're a few little "tricks" you'll learn along the way. They're kind of "facepalm" moments that you wish you had known going into it. I would say with 2 inexperienced people, one long day and you could get it done.

 

Care to share these face palm moments haha I'd rather know before I run into them.

 

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Here's a contribution from me, I think Flite's original photos are unavailable at the moment. This is a pic of the 'mod' I did on my water pump mounting bracket to prevent the water hose from rubbing on the pump mounting bracket. I used a piece of clear hose, so it's not all that visible in the photo, but you can see the tie wraps.



The other 'mod' I will be doing is to run the water pump power to a relay, getting power off the battery directly and triggered off one of the factory relays. I have my PLX gauges and my V1 hardwired to the ignition power lead off the fuse panel by the pedals, so I don't want to add more burden to it. I followed the advice off another post and am basically just wiring up the water pump like Vortech directs in their kit. You can find their install guide in PDF on their website.

I started last weekend (long weekend for us) and spent Saturday and Monday afternoon on it. Sunday afternoon was spent struggling with the updated oil banjo bolt install. By Monday evening my buddy and I were probably about 90% done, so we're going to finish this coming weekend - right now just some wiring to tidy up, and the water pump hoses to the IC need a bit of trimming too, too close to the pulleys.