FD Upper on an Fc.
03-22-12, 07:18 PM
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I ran with the water pump capped at the back of it.
The FD upper was pretty well just that.The Throttle body was bare as hell.
The engine was bare bones too,just the injectors,CAS and the coolant and intake sensor.The intake sensor was from Fighters-Garage.("fraits" they call it)
The FD upper was pretty well just that.The Throttle body was bare as hell.
The engine was bare bones too,just the injectors,CAS and the coolant and intake sensor.The intake sensor was from Fighters-Garage.("fraits" they call it)
03-22-12, 08:01 PM
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My guess's:
I know the FD UIM does indeed have it's own BAC, albeit I believe no water lines running through it. So the water lines are simply capped off as no longer needed. The Haltech utilized the FD BAC as it was utilizing the FC BAC and the Haltech is smart enought to do what the thermowax used to do.
The FD BAC also does what's needed to compensate for PS and AC engine loads.
RIGHT???
I know the FD UIM does indeed have it's own BAC, albeit I believe no water lines running through it. So the water lines are simply capped off as no longer needed. The Haltech utilized the FD BAC as it was utilizing the FC BAC and the Haltech is smart enought to do what the thermowax used to do.
The FD BAC also does what's needed to compensate for PS and AC engine loads.
RIGHT???
05-01-12, 06:54 PM
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For the love of God, make a real adapter available to the masses!
Please just make and sell these adapters please! The whole point of an adapter is so you don't have to port match the holes after you buy it, a fact which seems to be lost on the provider of the only pieces currently available
08-07-12, 09:31 PM
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ROB: I just did the FC engine up again,using the RisingRPM adapter,rails,block off plates (shameless plug)..
I did use a TII throttle cable.
I'll try to get pics of it for you.(i just tend to forget stuff lately though..lol)
If I don't post them in a couple days,just send me a PM and It will remind me!
The Throttle cable comes out of the Firewall,gets attached to the oil filler tube,snakes in between the engine and firewall,..attaches to the upper,to the strut tower,back to front of the engine,through a little fabbed cable bracket and then to the Throttle body.
It is a little more than what I wanted length-wise but it works when you can't afford to have custom stuff made up.
I did use a TII throttle cable.
I'll try to get pics of it for you.(i just tend to forget stuff lately though..lol)
If I don't post them in a couple days,just send me a PM and It will remind me!
The Throttle cable comes out of the Firewall,gets attached to the oil filler tube,snakes in between the engine and firewall,..attaches to the upper,to the strut tower,back to front of the engine,through a little fabbed cable bracket and then to the Throttle body.
It is a little more than what I wanted length-wise but it works when you can't afford to have custom stuff made up.
08-11-12, 04:22 PM
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before I took the TII cable out I compared it to the stock NA cable, pretty much identical so I swapped them out.
sold the tii cable off so it worked out well for me. New FD cable was actually $43, sold the FC one for $30 shipped no fees
08-11-12, 05:00 PM
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Damn!..
I started off with an s5 TII upper and modified the throttle body and put BRAND NEW N/A cable on.
Then I went FD upper and tried to get the Cable out and snapped one of those plastic teeth off the grommet taking the N/A cable out.( I got Pissed off tryin to get it out,and my Back hurt..lol!).
I put a Brand New TII cable on for the FD conversion.(on now).
So..Now I gotta get an FD cable?.........will it ever end???..(haha!)
I started off with an s5 TII upper and modified the throttle body and put BRAND NEW N/A cable on.
Then I went FD upper and tried to get the Cable out and snapped one of those plastic teeth off the grommet taking the N/A cable out.( I got Pissed off tryin to get it out,and my Back hurt..lol!).
I put a Brand New TII cable on for the FD conversion.(on now).
So..Now I gotta get an FD cable?.........will it ever end???..(haha!)
08-11-12, 09:08 PM
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Question: do you guys ever Get Dirty???
Gawd!..all those engine bays look like you can eat off em!
This is what I have been trying to get on the road.Actually I took it down the road today but it needs a Bad tuning so I just turned around and came back..it was the best .7 of a mile I drove...in 3 months!
Gawd!..all those engine bays look like you can eat off em!
This is what I have been trying to get on the road.Actually I took it down the road today but it needs a Bad tuning so I just turned around and came back..it was the best .7 of a mile I drove...in 3 months!
08-11-12, 09:46 PM
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This gets you up close and personal with the entire car and reveals details/issues you may have missed before purchase.
It's pretty amazing how clean you can get the bay with some time and creativity.
You needn't paint and polish, just get everything as clean as you can, it makes a huge difference and makes future work less grimy.
