mjw

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Ok, I promised a couple of you that I would post some pics of the Blitz fmic in a previous thread so here they are. I apologize for the shotty lighting, I had to take them with my flash. Feel free to ask any questions, I can take other shots if something isn't shown that you would like to see.. if I have to get under the car and take off the underbelly pan you will have to wait a few days.

Matt
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mjw

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Another..

mjw

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Another.

mjw

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And the last one..

GoRacer

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You didn't have to relocate the battery?

GoRacer

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THis stupid thing. I enhanced the pics but it wouldn't let me upload them. How can they be too big if you posted them, ack

Anyhow looks tight. That's cool you were able to fit the fog/driving lights back on.

mjw

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Nope, there is tons of space left over on the driver side of the car. You definitely couldn't get away with the stock size battery, that one is just too big. The instructions have you trim off a good part of one side of the battery tray to remount it onto the car without interferring with the new location of the radiator. I had an Odyssey battery already, but you could even use a larger one like a Miata battery. Blitz even gives you new brackets to hold down the battery.

Matt
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7-sins

That FMIC looks sweet in the airdam.

purepsi

any problems with the a/c and radiator??!!!

poss

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agreed.

mjw, is that your car in your avatar(sp?)?

if so, do you have any more pics of it? it looks bad ***!!

mjw

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No problems so far at all, I did rig up a switch to turn on my fans at will just for an extra margin of safety. My PFC is still on the base mod map so the fans don't really kick on high until the water temps are in the high 90's.. I plan to get that fixed with a datalogit and a reprogram, but for now the switch works. I had to modify the upper bracket that holds the radiator because the Fluidyne is thicker than the stock one, other than that no problems with the radiator. The A/C was a pain only because you have to rebend the lines in a new configuration, I haven't gotten it recharged yet so no reviews there in terms of function. The kit does place the radiator/AC in a similar position to stock, at an angle toward the front of the car.. albeit a slightly higher one now but it doesn't require that you lie the AC cooler flat.

Real world now.. well cruising water temps have not increased noticeably so far. But the hottest it got over the weekend was about 80F where I was, highway driving temps and stop and go temps were about the same. We'll see what happens when summer hits.

Matt
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mjw

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Yeah that's my car, I have a couple shots I'll put up. Thanks for the compliment, I like the way it looks too! I will admit that the pic in the avatar saw some photoshop, I took it in the alley behind my garage.

Matt
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mjw

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Front shot here..

DeNguyen

NICE!!!


how do you keep the engine bay so damn clean??? im jealous!

darkside7

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is that the blitz remix ic kit?????

mjw

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Yes.

RoadKill

I'm thinking about getting a Blitz FMIC also. How hard was it to install? How long did it take you?

Jetlag

Victor, Stop over that I/C.

mjw

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Well, it took me both Saturday and Sunday two weeks ago.. and honestly I sort of take my time, couple of errands to the store in between, couple of beers. I was also short a couple of tools I needed, my major drawback was trimming off the stock radiator mounts on the sway bar brackets. These have to be cut off in order to use the new mounts in the kit, but all I had was a hack saw. That was not even close to working for me, I ended up driving to a buddy's place and using his air compressed cutting wheel.. took like 2 minutes. If it had not been for that I could have probably finished it in one day, I was not in a hurry though. It is really not that hard to install, especially since you don't need to remove the front bumper/skin.. as long as you are comfortable taking everything out in front of the motor and moving it around the task is definitely doable by one person.

Matt
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twinturboteddy

HOMEBOY just likes it because it is a BLITZ.

RoadKill

That's coz its BLINGALICIOUS YO! I prefer this kit over the Apex kit.
No need to hack up the bumper or reinforcements. Lot easier to install than the Greddy...

Who's gonna volunteer to help me install it?

Piston Pete

Hey mjw? Where abouts are you in LA? I'm in Torrance.

Anthony

mjw

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Covina, work in LA.

Matt

RoadKill

Cool! You're not too far from me. I should swing on by and check out that Blitz.

mjw

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Roadkill:

No problem, PM me and I'll give you my cell #.

Matt