I'm highly critical of products that don't measure up and got into many heated debates
and been locked out of threads because I step on a few to many toes on other forums.
But I know also to give credit where its due.
So a some came to me with a white box and upon opening it up I sighed, behold a shotgun kit which he wanted me to install and do a review on.
Install was a breeze and it took a few hrs but I was really taking my time to make sure it fit properly.
Looking at the fuel line kit and associated fittings I laughed and they where tossed in the bin promptly. I installed one of my upgraded lines and extended the LPFP sensor harness as it was too short.
The water lines where tossed as well as I had made a much simpler better quality setup, but really there was nothing wrong with it just that it wasn't up to my standard.
Had nothing to do with the quality of the hose, I just didn't like all the connections.
I used a brass barb connector to join the pump hose that normally goes to the plastic line to the new line which I routed under the engine and used connected it to the plastic connection I cut of the factory line to rejoin to the factory setup.
I never took any pics of this sorry.
So really the only thing I kept is the bracket, bolts, drive kit and the Parker fuel line.
Investigating the fuel line as i known for these to fail in the past, I found that the line is only rated fair for e85 and not rated for unleaded at all by Parker them selves.
So with a bit more investigation there is no better hose on the market available as of yet rated at 6000 psi working pressure but also a massive overkill for our cars but no such thing in my book.
Since he only wants to run 98 I was a little hesitant to install this line, but he said he will indemnify me of any responsibility if it fails and it will be all on him.
Fine so we fire up the beast using the relocated original pump and we start hearing grinding and ticking noises. WTF.
I quickly shut the car down and begin to investigate.
Everything looks good nothing is rubbing, WTF ?
We restart the car and we get a ticking whirring noise and occasional grind.
Get the stethoscope out and start poking around, Viola the HPFP pump is ready for the
parts bin in the sky. $#@! this is no good.
All off a sudden it stops making noise and its all good.
We go for a relaxed drive around the block and it all seems good but we know the pump is not long for this earth.
Re tune the car on the dyno and all seems good.
In less than a week I get a call the noise is back, not wanting to drive the car I tow it back to my shed and in mean time I already ordered a new pump just in case the old one failed which it did.
Not a good sign.
I install the new pump and she runs like a purring kitten.
We re tune the car and things are looking even better from a HPFP pressure side of things.
So his pump wasn't good in the first place.
Now the pump has been running for over 3 months with no issues and the only thing that has worried me seems to be holding up fine.
I'll give credit to Tony it seems he got it right now and things are looking good.
I would post some pics but there is much to see as its all under the car.
and been locked out of threads because I step on a few to many toes on other forums.
But I know also to give credit where its due.
So a some came to me with a white box and upon opening it up I sighed, behold a shotgun kit which he wanted me to install and do a review on.
Install was a breeze and it took a few hrs but I was really taking my time to make sure it fit properly.
Looking at the fuel line kit and associated fittings I laughed and they where tossed in the bin promptly. I installed one of my upgraded lines and extended the LPFP sensor harness as it was too short.
The water lines where tossed as well as I had made a much simpler better quality setup, but really there was nothing wrong with it just that it wasn't up to my standard.
Had nothing to do with the quality of the hose, I just didn't like all the connections.
I used a brass barb connector to join the pump hose that normally goes to the plastic line to the new line which I routed under the engine and used connected it to the plastic connection I cut of the factory line to rejoin to the factory setup.
I never took any pics of this sorry.
So really the only thing I kept is the bracket, bolts, drive kit and the Parker fuel line.
Investigating the fuel line as i known for these to fail in the past, I found that the line is only rated fair for e85 and not rated for unleaded at all by Parker them selves.
So with a bit more investigation there is no better hose on the market available as of yet rated at 6000 psi working pressure but also a massive overkill for our cars but no such thing in my book.
Since he only wants to run 98 I was a little hesitant to install this line, but he said he will indemnify me of any responsibility if it fails and it will be all on him.
Fine so we fire up the beast using the relocated original pump and we start hearing grinding and ticking noises. WTF.
I quickly shut the car down and begin to investigate.
Everything looks good nothing is rubbing, WTF ?
We restart the car and we get a ticking whirring noise and occasional grind.
Get the stethoscope out and start poking around, Viola the HPFP pump is ready for the
parts bin in the sky. $#@! this is no good.
All off a sudden it stops making noise and its all good.
We go for a relaxed drive around the block and it all seems good but we know the pump is not long for this earth.
Re tune the car on the dyno and all seems good.
In less than a week I get a call the noise is back, not wanting to drive the car I tow it back to my shed and in mean time I already ordered a new pump just in case the old one failed which it did.
Not a good sign.
I install the new pump and she runs like a purring kitten.
We re tune the car and things are looking even better from a HPFP pressure side of things.
So his pump wasn't good in the first place.
Now the pump has been running for over 3 months with no issues and the only thing that has worried me seems to be holding up fine.
I'll give credit to Tony it seems he got it right now and things are looking good.
I would post some pics but there is much to see as its all under the car.