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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 05:32 AM
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 10:19 AM
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sorry for the wait. Still waiting for Glassman to send in his payment(via mail). He's in the GB but since he's not within the US I just had to wait for him. So far we've been communicating and I apologize for this inconvenience guys.

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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 05:25 PM
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Our lucky winner is: x.prophetezra.x

Thank you all for your business. I hope to be able to continue on doing raffle drawings soon =).

Cheers,
Eric Zheng

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In case someone wants to know how I did my raffle:
I've put all buyers from 1st GB till the 6th GB together, and each person has their own unique #. (from 1 - 34)
And I asked my fiance to randomly pick one number, so congrats to x.prophetezra.x once again!!!

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Old Jul 14, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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Bumpity bump. Anyone want to start GB#7? =)

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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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After many has used and confirm that other than hose technique hoses are great, an alternative to less expensive hoses but still great quality would be hoses from high performance stores.

Here is a link to buy them: Silicone Vacuum Hose

My recommendation for doing a ratnest vacuum hose job would requires:

30' 3mm hoses
10' 6mm hoses

I hope this answered many who was unclear in regards to how much/what size hoses they need.

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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 01:15 PM
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BUMP!

I thought there would be more people interested than this. Come on people, put in this custom solenoid kit so you can enjoy your FD it was meant to be!

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Here GB list#7:

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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 01:05 PM
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AzEKnightz, I would also be interested in one off pricing if the group buy doesn't go through.

GB list#7:

1. EndlessCorners
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Old Aug 5, 2012 | 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by EndlessCorners
AzEKnightz, I would also be interested in one off pricing if the group buy doesn't go through.

GB list#7:

1. EndlessCorners
2.
3.
4.
5.
Hopefully people will start jumping as. I already had a couple guys asking me for the prices but they are reluctant to jump on the GB since no one is on it. I hope this will get the GB rolling.

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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 02:13 PM
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 03:42 PM
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GB list#7:

1. EndlessCorners
2. Damian
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Old Aug 11, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by AzEKnightz
Hopefully people will start jumping as. I already had a couple guys asking me for the prices but they are reluctant to jump on the GB since no one is on it. I hope this will get the GB rolling.

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I had the same hesitation, but hey sometimes you have to jump in.
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by EndlessCorners
I had the same hesitation, but hey sometimes you have to jump in.
Iono, I've had ALL positive feedback on this kit and everyone loved the way the kit improved on the "responsiveness".

I guess in this economy, putting almost $700 on one mod might be alot. But in my personal opinion, whoever still rocks the twins and want their cars to be reliable, this solenoid kit is a MUST.

I've had an instructor bought this kit from me (off the GB list) and he had dynoed it and it showed that there were BARELY any dips during transition which was very impressive according to him.

I hope more guys who purchased the kit can chime into this so we can get more people out there rolling with these baby and enjoying their FD the way it was meant/engineered to be.

-Eric
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 09:25 PM
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As Chris Ott from RX7.com told me after he saw how well this work, "this solenoid rack is so BADASS!". My car has never ran better, best upgrade you can get if your keeping the twins.
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Old Aug 29, 2012 | 01:48 PM
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Bump to the top, lets bring the interest back to this thread!

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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 09:22 PM
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What's the current price on this? When do you expect shipment?

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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 10:05 PM
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GB list#7:

1. EndlessCorners
2. Damian
3. GS+
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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by no one RX7
What's the current price on this? When do you expect shipment?

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Current GB price is $632.14+$12 shipping within lower 48 states via USPS + paypal fee. Total come out to be $664.10 if my memory serves me right.

As soon as we hit 5 committed GB buyers, I can order the parts and you should expect to receive the package within 4 week AFTER PAYMENT RECEIVED FROM LAST PERSON .

If you are serious, feel free to add yourself to the list and we will need only one more buyers to proceed.

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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 10:19 PM
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bumpity bump, just 2 more participant and we can get this started!

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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 09:03 AM
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I have recently installed this kit, and have been having issues with the Charge Control Actuator. Mine is constantly open (rod pushed OUT) which would seem to indicate lack of vacuum, which is normaly supplied by the vacuum chamber. Now, I know that the CCA is not "stuck" because when we had one hose mis-routed, the actuator was constantly IN, and would not open, even under boost, thus I had primary boost only, with no transition to secondary...

According to the hose diagram supplied, the vacuum chamber is routed, via tee fitting, to the intake manifold and then directly to the solenoid pack. Then it splits, via Y fitting from the "front" of solenoid "X" on port "A", to "H" on port "B", and then directly to the CCA.

My question is, if this routing is correct why is my CCA apparently not receiving the vacuum it needs in order to be closed from idle to 4500 or so RPM? It seems that is is constantly seeing pressure...
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by YELLOWGSLSE
I have recently installed this kit, and have been having issues with the Charge Control Actuator. Mine is constantly open (rod pushed OUT) which would seem to indicate lack of vacuum, which is normaly supplied by the vacuum chamber. Now, I know that the CCA is not "stuck" because when we had one hose mis-routed, the actuator was constantly IN, and would not open, even under boost, thus I had primary boost only, with no transition to secondary...

According to the hose diagram supplied, the vacuum chamber is routed, via tee fitting, to the intake manifold and then directly to the solenoid pack. Then it splits, via Y fitting from the "front" of solenoid "X" on port "A", to "H" on port "B", and then directly to the CCA.

My question is, if this routing is correct why is my CCA apparently not receiving the vacuum it needs in order to be closed from idle to 4500 or so RPM? It seems that is is constantly seeing pressure...
Phillip,

Did you reroute following 100% with my vacuum routing diagram or did you routed following my instructions? I've double checked the instruction as they were correct (the picture can not justify the metal tubing hoses with the y-split).

If it is receiving pressure, most likely your hoses were routed incorrectly. I will try my best to help with this issue as everyone else who followed my diagram did not have any issues at all.

If you dont mind me asking, can you completely remove ALL the hoses for the 4 solenoids on the stock form and CAP all the metal tubing. Then using my diagram provided, route your hoses that way DIRECTLY to the source and see if you have any problem. BE SURE TO PUT THE PILLS back into the vacuum lines IF directly connecting to the turbo.

OR you can leave MOST metal tubing capped and use ONLY two of the metal tubing color coded BLUE and PURPLE in my diagram that way you dont have to route directly to the actuator itself and put pills in them. However crawl under the car and make sure those two hoses are connected correctly and be sure they are cracked or busted.

Not to be rude, but is your tech a rotary guy or he just works on most cars?
Reason I ask is because many tech I know works great with piston cars, but when it comes to Rotary, they start scratching their heads especially a confusing job like this vacuum hose/solenoid job.

If you were here in my shop, I'd be more than happy to check the routing for you.

Also, can you take a picture of the complete solenoid rack unit (front and back view and text it over to my cell) so I can make sure it is correctly assembled. (Even though I am sure it is, but hey I can make mistakes too)

Let me know k?

-Eric

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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 10:28 AM
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GB list#7:

1. EndlessCorners
2. Damian
3. GS+
4. FD_Ricky
5.

1 more buyer needed, then we can start this production run!

-Eric
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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BC New set from GB#6 for sale.

I have a complete set for sale from GB#6 with about 30 feet of silver 4mm hose, never installed as my engine expired before I got a chance to put them in. Have to sell to help pay for rebuild costs, asking $650 all in shipped from Canada, so if someone in Canada wants a set duty-free PM me. Will also ship to USA, but there might be some duty charges at your end, Paypal only please.

Many thanks to Eric for letting me post here, he provides lots of support as you can see if you've read this entire thread!

Don
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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Sign me up for the 5th spot.

GB list#7:

1. EndlessCorners
2. Damian
3. GS+
4. FD_Ricky
5. Azrae1
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mc-don
I have a complete set for sale from GB#6 with about 30 feet of silver 4mm hose, never installed as my engine expired before I got a chance to put them in. Have to sell to help pay for rebuild costs, asking $650 all in shipped from Canada, so if someone in Canada wants a set duty-free PM me. Will also ship to USA, but there might be some duty charges at your end, Paypal only please.

Many thanks to Eric for letting me post here, he provides lots of support as you can see if you've read this entire thread!

Don
Sorry for seeming greedy on the price, was looking at a bad Visa statement, a realist price would be $550, but I am open to offers, comes with hose and no waiting! PM me if you want a set now.
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 11:21 AM
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GB list#7:

1. EndlessCorners
2. Damian
3. GS+
4. FD_Ricky
5. Azrae1
6. Jaiyurai - committed/will pay in person

PM'ed everyone else.

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