WORST INSTALL THREAD.
Blowin' smoke.
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From: Virginia Beach
Re: WORST INSTALL THREAD.
Changing out two blown turbos on a RB26 swapped S14. There are so many damn heat shields and metal vacuum lines that are bolted down. That shit took me a good 9 hours; I should have just pulled the motor.
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From: Virginia
Re: WORST INSTALL THREAD.
installing a "simple" d series into one of my civics with only two jacks and it was bitter cold. Only could work in the dirt and grass and the morning dew made one of the jacks shift and I found a fully assembled motor on my shoulder. I was pinned for 30 minutes because I was home alone and had to wait for my friend to come over to lift it off. I was way to embarrassed to call 911. I have so many stories its not even funny but this had to be the most painfull.
Anyone remember Myclone? He was killed working under his truck
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From: Las Vegas
Re: WORST INSTALL THREAD.
going to pick and pull and getting three seperate starters for my beater neon, sitting under it and trying to reach every which way infront of my house for three days hitting my cold ass hands on everything possible, only to have my dad walk over and wiggle one of the battery cables while i was trying to start it and have it just start right up. And the the following, i told you so's from the pops for three weeks after.
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From: lancaster
Re: WORST INSTALL THREAD.
lets see 5 lug conversion on friends s13 needed a swivel to get to a bolt and it spun off hit me right between the eyes. made a cool scare though looks like a x.
next last night pulling the turbo off my sr20det couldn't get the down pipe bolts off the turbo outlet tried heat, impact everything. Ended up standing on the engine pulling the manifold, turbo, and down pipe up through the 3" gap between the steering shaft and engine. I got it though.
next last night pulling the turbo off my sr20det couldn't get the down pipe bolts off the turbo outlet tried heat, impact everything. Ended up standing on the engine pulling the manifold, turbo, and down pipe up through the 3" gap between the steering shaft and engine. I got it though.
BOOBS>EVERTHING!
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Re: WORST INSTALL THREAD.
installing an early release greddy kit on a 350z,only to find out after the install ,the turbos and downpipes were made wrong.i cussed greddy for 3 weeks straight. sr20det fwd swap in a 1992 se-r . install went smooth,then the dipshit owner of the car scattered the entire motor all over my dyno. note:18psi will not work!!!! i handed him a mop and told him to get to work,and a bill for cleaning fees. s14 rb26dett swap. easy as pie,untill the owner tells you he wants to stick with the stock turbos. the downpipe is a mother fucker to make. s281 supercharged saleen long tube header install 11.2 hrs,the whole k member has to come down...... i could go on for days.
