outstanding! very fun to watch this unfold. While my process was pretty awesome (2 steps: 1. drop car off, 2. pick car up), there’s nothing better than working on it yourself.
what issue?
the issue I have found is the ‘tags’. Basically you need 2 tags, and they need to be 6 letters each.
I just make it something like yellow yellow to make it fuck off. Then it loads up no problemo (if you’re talking about loading to your profile)
Thanks for all the comments. It has been a while since I last install a supercharger on any car, but this is honestly one of the most well thought out kits I have ever seen. There are so many little pieces and parts that just make this setup brilliant.
It’s funny you say that, after altering the core and making sure it cleared I was looking at pics of the AC lines and happened to pull up your thread and saw how yours was cut.
After I put in all the information and hit upload I get an error message stating that there was either no data or file to upload. It usually takes a little while before the message appears.
+1 for all of your hard work and taking the time to document it for the community. This is a great thread.
I can’t stop looking at this picture. I’ve been staring at it in a trance-like state for a while now. WTH is wrong with me?
Absolutely nothing… I’ve been doing the same thing, with the occasional drool wipe off of my face!
you should see/hear it when it’s started up with the front end still off. Seeing that belt whip around and the rush of air sucking in is a whole other deal.
And now is when I say, video is mandatory before the front end goes back on!
I set the last picture as my desktop background. So much beautiful
Not to threadjack by any means, but maybe it’ll give ya a little motivation to get finished!
We changed my fuel filter as well, so that’s part of the lope as well as everything else being taken apart for a short period of time. The lope disappears after everything settles back in.
Also, something I’m not sure if Jay mentioned in the DIY or not, but once everything was hooked up, he had Dan crank the car for about 20 seconds with the ECU still unplugged (this way it’s cranking but no fuel as I understand). This was done so that oil would be pumped into the new oil cooler and recirculate some, rather than just having a big gap in the proper oil quantity. The oil cooler used about .75 qt of oil. So we topped back up after doing the dry crank. Then hooked the rest up and started her up. You may also need a decent battery/car jumper. That’s what the big black box is to the left as the time with everything apart and extra cranking had my battery worn down.
Good info about the pre crank to help circulate oil.
In the vid, it almost sounds like a domestic with a massive cam, lol. Was it a vacuum leak or just my speakers being weird? I couldn’t put my finger on it. I’m referring to what sounded like (to me) the idle hopping up and down.
^No you’re not hearing it wrong, it was just all the work that had been performed disturbed things for a bit. Often the guys who do the IM job get the same sound for the first 30 seconds or so.
We did my fuel filter (which takes a while to get full pressure back up front with a return-lees system like the S4), O2’s, DP’s, Oil Cooler, Intake, Injectors, and a slew of other stuff. Also I was on much bigger injectors at that time and this was still pretty early in the tuning game as well as the first B7 with the s/c & tune iirc. So a lot of new variables and it just took a sec for things to settle down and the ecu to get a hold of things.
^Gotchya - all makes sense.
Glad you guys like the pic ;D.
@Maddog, definitely good advice regarding the first start. I usually do something similar after oil changes.
I am so motivated to get it done, but the decision to change the alternator messed me up time wise. Last week I had free time, but this week time to work on the car is limited. I didn’t touch it today, but I should have time, tomorrow. I cannot wait to drive it!!
Edit: Tell the truth Maddog, you were booming the system during the install… That is what ran down your battery. lol
Does anybody know or have a good guess about how many of these kits are installed and running around? What would be the ballpark costs for the kit but installing it yourself?
I remember someone saying ‘every time the car is revved it looked like it was sucking a ferret through the hose’
^That’s awesome, I don’t remember that comment being made, but it’s pretty true. Especially when you’re used to seeing the normal intake surge under a throttle blip. The first time you see the s/c piping jump it’s shocking!
It’s alive!!
Kick ass! Can’t wait to here your thoughts when you get to take it for the first spin around the block.
congrats, how exhilarating of a feeling I’m sure!