If you have time, please upload pics when you install.
Bolt on turbo kit (9 Viewers)
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NLXTACY
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it’s gonna be a few days. I’m still trying to catch up from the site and email coming down for a week
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Fluorescent lighting makes it look way different than natural light. It’s Detroit Diesel Green. Darker and more industrial looking in person.
You know you have a problem when you start injecting meth! Just welded in the downpipe to exhaust, turbo install complete! Starting in on the next phase, gauges, meth, wiring cleanup!
That seems like an awfully long run. Where is the pump?
NLXTACY
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Read up about the pump specs and what it says about the distance from tank to nozzle and relation to height.
The pump is right next to the tank. Haven't mounted it yet. I consulted with AEM about the location and distance. Apparently it's very common to trunk mount the pump and tank on these systems.
I would definitely have preferred to mount it all under the hood but I wasn't going to lose my 2nd battery to make it happen.
The critical point is that the tank is below the injection point so that it doesn't syphon and drain into the intake if seals were to go bad. They also mention that the pump should be at or below the tank level in case of an air bubble the pump will stay primed. Im sure there is a critical distance from the pump to the injector but AEM stated wasn't an issue for ther distance I was running from rear q panel.
Not sure how to take 'something decent from Austraila finally' !!!!
We have lots of decent stuff
We have lots of decent stuff
Fits beautifully. I wanted to somehow incorporate the optional 5gal tank but it proved a much simpler task to put it all in the rear quarter panel with the stock 1.15 gal that it comes with. I didn't want a large tank in the back because you would hear it sloshing around back there, not to mention the safety aspect. I looked into mounting a 5gal underneath in the spare tire location but the issue of how to plumb a remote filler became more complicated of a setup than I really wanted to deal with at the moment. I'll post updates when it's all together, might be a couple weeks at the rate I'm available for quality garage time.
iptman
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I tried the Cerakote on my manifolds and Magnaflow Y pipe. The stuff lasted about a year before it rusted through, on both the 304SS and the cast manifolds. I'll post a couple pics tomorrow.
Methanol is very flammable, there is a small amount of it in windshield washer fluid as an antifreeze agent because it evaporates quicker than glycol and doesn't smear up your windsheild. Radiator fluid is a mix of water and glycol. Both antifreeze agents, meth is much more flammable. That's my limited understanding of the difference between the two. I only plan on using a max of 20/80 methanol/distilled water which isn't a huge hazard, but having anything inside the truck that you don't want splashed all over you when your sitting upside down in the side of the road is generally what I was referring to with the safety comment. Small hazard but still one I would rather minimize.“safety aspect”? I am a newb to methanol injection. I thought that you guys just used “blue antifreeze” in there right? Isn’t that just some glycol? Is antifreeze flammable? Please feel free to correct me
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Windshield washer fluid that is rated -20f is ~27-36% methanol
NLXTACY
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Putting the tank in the quarter panel I would think will be a pain for refilling. If your using a small bottle may as well just use the stock washer bottle. Also if I recall methanol fumes are toxic. So if it leaks or spills it will soak into the carpet or sit in the bottom of the quarter panel and stink up the truck.
en.m.wikipedia.org
Methanol toxicity - Wikipedia
Not to mention flammable. kinda like carrying a gas can around inside the truck.
