Saturday, February 26, 2011

Toobin'

OK, there's not a lot of space and a lot needs to go in. Wish I had smaller paws. 

Installed the intake plumbing with it's integral BOV tubing, added a silicone elbow to the top. The ninja now gets it's air from below the steering head. 

The intake plenum is next. The manual has a cool pic of how all the silicone hose clamps should be clocked for install, but my mitts just couldn't do it. The incredibly tight fit meant I eventually removed the bottommost clamps entirely, then fished each through individually as the silicone finally was persuaded into place. 


This was honestly one of the toughest portions of the install, the tolerances are minimal. There was a lot of cursing and deadblow mallet use, but I would truly have been undone if not for....

Yep, a tiny pick set. This and his friends allowed me to get in and around the silicone without tearing, gently coaxing them to seal like you'd roll a tire onto a rim.

So glad that's over.


Connected front inlet to intake pipe, added the BOV to it's runner and attached the vacuum line and it's own cool little filter.




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