I see what you’re saying. Since I’ve never done this before and my overall mechanical skills are somewhat on the novice side, I’ve just been following the installation instructions provided, which go in “Phases” as they even break each one out.I've been watching you do this in stages and I have a suggestion (if it applies):
Loosen up [everything] on the accessory drive that's not a total PITA to get to. That little bit of [loose] wiggle room can be a miracle for getting things into position.
It looks like you've been aligning and tightening as you go.
Ya I was a cybersecurity engineer for General Atomics, which makes UAVs for the military and other customers, which was all about figuring out the best cyber footprint then writing procedures to make it repeatable. Don’t do that now, but I do manage a team of engineers (not cybersecurity) for a defense contractor. I would have been fired for producing instructions to the caliber of the Paxton ones!I'm the opposite BTW.
I've spent 2 careers making y'alls bullfit and work in both, the aircraft and computer industries.
My specialty is "integration" (no-kidding, that's what it's called).
Actually I think you nailed it, I can loosen just the supercharger head unit (5 easily accessible bolts), remove the filter assembly to give me room to shift the entire head unit forward, put the elbow on the tighten it back down.Loosen what you can get to and what you know you'll be able to get to again.
Even the bolts holding the SC in-place as well as the bracket(s).
A little give here, a little take there... you know...
Ya I was a cybersecurity engineer for General Atomics, which makes UAVs for the military and other customers, which was all about figuring out the best cyber footprint then writing procedures to make it repeatable.
Well I at least know why the filter cover is hitting the head unit, i can't run those wire bundles in that bottom 'channel' as the filter housing has a provision that fits in there perfectly. So, i'm either going to have to move those wire bundles just right outside that channel (inward toward center of engine bay), or cut little cutouts in the filter cover to accommodate those wire bundles. I'm thinking option 1 will be easier. THEN, i can lower the filter assembly enough to not hit that tiny corner of the head unit. Hopefully will get that done tonight, as well as get that elbow on the supercharger inlet.
Ya the wire bundling issue I should’ve know just by looking at the filter cover. Lesson learned and was a fairly easy fix.I’m glad to see someone else is running into all the same issues I had lol. The wire bundle keeping the filter cover from fitting nicely was annoying, but I believe I just moved the cover a half inch back so there was a gap for the wire bundle to come out. I figured it would have a negligible impact on intake air temps.
The fuel hard line positioning bugged me as long as I owned that car though. They naturally came up through a space which was now occupied by the plastic elbow, so the elbow pushed them off to the side a bit. Not far enough to damage the lines, but I hated looking at it and knowing it was like that.
I did notice in your photos your head unit seems much closer to the filter cover than mine was. I’ll see if I have pictures of mine
Yes they do, picked one up from Anderson performance.Do they make MAF extensions?
I've been in IT specializing in Network for 25 years, now I'm at the Architect level and I leave my designs at a high enough level there is room for the engineers who implement them to make necessary adjustments as needed so I feel your pain when it is down to the level of actually doing the work and the instructions suck.Ya I was a cybersecurity engineer for General Atomics, which makes UAVs for the military and other customers, which was all about figuring out the best cyber footprint then writing procedures to make it repeatable. Don’t do that now, but I do manage a team of engineers (not cybersecurity) for a defense contractor. I would have been fired for producing instructions to the caliber of the Paxton ones!
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