Has anyone received their kit yet?

 

not yet.... They started charging credit cards though!

 

Hopefully that's a good sign?

 

They charged me 50% of the total on Wed. It was suppose to ship Friday but I didn't receive a tracking number yet. Hopefully I get one on Monday.

 

They say there are plans for it, but no time frame.

 

Question for Chris (or any other supercharged guys):

I'd like to get ahead of the curve here a little bit and maybe start taking my car apart this weekend. Is there enough stuff that needs to come off to warrant starting early, or is it pretty much just pulling the airbox and bumper off.

Also, are there any special tools I need to go pick up besides the crank pulley wrench (Just got one of those)? Any specific sockets that might not be terribly common or anything like that.

I'd like to have all the bases covered before it gets here.

 

You'll need multiple mm wrenchs/sockets, but nothing out of the ordinary from what I have read. Since you have the crank pulley tool you'll want some really good breaker bars...perhaps a 4' pipe to go over the crank pulley tool for leverage. That appears to be the toughest part of the install.

Thankfully I have a buddy who does all his own work on his 911 so he has all the necessary mm wrenches/sockets for me and he has a handy 4' pipe (he's had to pull the crank of the 911 before). I had to get the crank pulley tool like you.

 

As mentioned, only common hand tools are required. We do highly recommend having an accurate torque wrench (7-60 lb/ft). If you do not have one, please secure one before proceeding. In addition, either the factory or an aftermarket 50mm hex crank pulley tool is required to break free, and properly torque the crank pulley. This aftermarket tool works just fine:

http://www.amazon.com/Powerbuilt-648796-Cr...38641110&sr=8-1

With this tool, you will need a 1/2" breaker bar. We also suggest having a longer tube available to place over the breaker bar in case you need more leverage. They can take a bit of force to break free on some of the older cars.

Cheers,
-- Chris

 

Good call! I forgot about the torque wrenches...I've had them for some time so didn't even cross my mind. Duh!

 

Ok, thanks for the reply. I've got torque wrenches and the crank pulley tool and all of that jazz. I just wanted to make sure I did run accross anything that might be sort of uncommon.

I did a turbo install on a VR6 VW I used to have and there were all kinds of specialty tools needed to work on those God forsaken piles of junk (I don't sound bitter do I?)