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B&W_Evader · 09-26-2018, 09:45 AM

For those who installed this kit themselves... How many hours is the install the first time. And... estimate on doing it a second time.
Trying to get an estimate of time required if I need to swap back and forth every other year.
And... would a engine/tranny swap be faster? Would be cherry picker out the front rather than drop.

FPenvy · 09-26-2018, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by B&W_Evader

For those who installed this kit themselves... How many hours is the install the first time. And... estimate on doing it a second time.
Trying to get an estimate of time required if I need to swap back and forth every other year.
And... would a engine/tranny swap be faster? Would be cherry picker out the front rather than drop.

i'm curious.....why would you need to swap back and forth from SC back to NA then back to SC?

redondoaveb · 09-26-2018, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

i'm curious.....why would you need to swap back and forth from SC back to NA then back to SC?

Being that he mentioned every other year and he lives in California it's got to be related to smogging the car for registration.

FPenvy · 09-26-2018, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

Being that he mentioned every other year and he lives in California it's got to be related to smogging the car for registration.

didnt see that. seems like a pretty solid reason to move out of the land of snowflakes

so many just ridiculous laws in cali, hence why i could never move there. love no cats on my cars and other mods

redondoaveb · 09-26-2018, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by FPenvy

didnt see that. seems like a pretty solid reason to move out of the land of snowflakes

so many just ridiculous laws in cali, hence why i could never move there. love no cats on my cars and other mods

We do have the stupidist smog laws. As long as they don't look under the car during the test (and I've never had anyone do that), you can get away with not running cats

B&W_Evader · 09-27-2018, 08:48 AM

Yes, of course it has to do with CA. Smog. I haven't been able to get myself to pull the trigger on the Stillen kit because of the MAF sensor position. I think this is the best SC kit out there and I'm trying to decide what level of PITA I'll be living with. Pulled the engine and tranny out of my 69 Vette a couple of times. Not that big of a deal. Tranny linkage is what everyone's paranoid on that one but adjusting it is pretty easy. I can build it off line if I've got a spare engine and tranny. If I blow it up I still have the original to put back in. I'm guessing it would be about 12 hrs the first time could bring it down to 5 or 6 after that.

B&W_Evader · 09-27-2018, 08:52 AM

I think most Smog stations would pick up on the ATA kit but maybe you Cali guys who've done the upgrade can comment. Other option would be to pull the ATA and run no intercooler during smog, then put it back on for "normal" driving. That would mean rotating the SC each time or having a second.

ByThaBay · 09-27-2018, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by B&W_Evader

Yes, of course it has to do with CA. Smog. I haven't been able to get myself to pull the trigger on the Stillen kit because of the MAF sensor position. I think this is the best SC kit out there and I'm trying to decide what level of PITA I'll be living with. Pulled the engine and tranny out of my 69 Vette a couple of times. Not that big of a deal. Tranny linkage is what everyone's paranoid on that one but adjusting it is pretty easy. I can build it off line if I've got a spare engine and tranny. If I blow it up I still have the original to put back in. I'm guessing it would be about 12 hrs the first time could bring it down to 5 or 6 after that.

I can tune both the a2w and the a2a on ecutek and guarantee that you will pass smog in CA and the car will pull hard and drive perfectly as a daily. I recently had a customer drive his a2w G37 to death valley this summer and he had zero issues, over 40k miles on the kit over the past 5 years, all hard miles full of redline pulls. With the a2a you would fail visual of course.

G3RSTY7 · 09-29-2018, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by B&W_Evader

Yes, of course it has to do with CA. Smog. I haven't been able to get myself to pull the trigger on the Stillen kit because of the MAF sensor position. I think this is the best SC kit out there and I'm trying to decide what level of PITA I'll be living with. Pulled the engine and tranny out of my 69 Vette a couple of times. Not that big of a deal. Tranny linkage is what everyone's paranoid on that one but adjusting it is pretty easy. I can build it off line if I've got a spare engine and tranny. If I blow it up I still have the original to put back in. I'm guessing it would be about 12 hrs the first time could bring it down to 5 or 6 after that.

Yea 6-8 hours would be my best guess once you get used to it. You’ll get good at removing belt and blower, but manifold work and getting couplers on snug will be a pia. The guy who helped me (he’s on here somewhere) switched his out for emissions. He didn’t complain much about it but takes time. But it’s easy to do and avoid issues
But i’m about to be at the same crossroad with evap wire for flex fuel. Got ticketed for car too loud already i’m concerned they could have tipped me off for emissions suspecting modified exhaust. So that’s another fun step...

09-26-2018, 09:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
B&W_Evader Track Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: CA Posts: 972 Drives: slower than before Rep Power: 387	For those who installed this kit themselves... How many hours is the install the first time. And... estimate on doing it a second time. Trying to get an estimate of time required if I need to swap back and forth every other year. And... would a engine/tranny swap be faster? Would be cherry picker out the front rather than drop. __________________ \|RIP\|6spd-sport\|OSG-LSD\|XP8\|RBF600\|Eibach Sways\|RE-71R\|FI-34Row\|Gen3-CAI\|Yaw P.S.\| Last edited by B&W_Evader; 09-26-2018 at 09:49 AM.

09-27-2018, 08:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
B&W_Evader Track Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: CA Posts: 972 Drives: slower than before Rep Power: 387	Yes, of course it has to do with CA. Smog. I haven't been able to get myself to pull the trigger on the Stillen kit because of the MAF sensor position. I think this is the best SC kit out there and I'm trying to decide what level of PITA I'll be living with. Pulled the engine and tranny out of my 69 Vette a couple of times. Not that big of a deal. Tranny linkage is what everyone's paranoid on that one but adjusting it is pretty easy. I can build it off line if I've got a spare engine and tranny. If I blow it up I still have the original to put back in. I'm guessing it would be about 12 hrs the first time could bring it down to 5 or 6 after that. __________________ \|RIP\|6spd-sport\|OSG-LSD\|XP8\|RBF600\|Eibach Sways\|RE-71R\|FI-34Row\|Gen3-CAI\|Yaw P.S.\|

09-27-2018, 08:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
B&W_Evader Track Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: CA Posts: 972 Drives: slower than before Rep Power: 387	I think most Smog stations would pick up on the ATA kit but maybe you Cali guys who've done the upgrade can comment. Other option would be to pull the ATA and run no intercooler during smog, then put it back on for "normal" driving. That would mean rotating the SC each time or having a second. redondoaveb likes this. __________________ \|RIP\|6spd-sport\|OSG-LSD\|XP8\|RBF600\|Eibach Sways\|RE-71R\|FI-34Row\|Gen3-CAI\|Yaw P.S.\|

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