[vliegwielolaf1234]

Finished installation today .



Car runs great , and it feels like a lot of hp/fun gained , did not put my foot down all the way but it is difficult to behave .



There where no difficulties during the install exept for the upper radiator brackets wich where missing a nut , solved that by putting a helicoil in there and it works perfect this way .(so no need to send new ones there Flash )



Also the 3 screws for the radiator (fan's cover etc ) are to thin and did not grab good enough , had some other ones laying around so swaped them for some thicker ones .



Wired the <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> different , did not need to cut the wires this way , just took the black plastic cover off for about 20cm and used the black plastic stuff to protect the loose wires , looked at a friends 968 and for some reason the wiring to the <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> of my car is a bit different (longer wires which where folded a bit ) .



The lift hook was also in a different place , but could be a 92 thing , had to find a longer bolt and take the bend out of the hook so i could fit the upper SC bracket , took me longer to find out what was different and where to install the bracket than the actual instalation after i found out the difference .



All together the kit is what i expected or hoped from it , easy to install and all looks very solid , fired the car up and it ran perfect from the first moment .



The rotrex oil has hardly any color to it and is difficult to see on the dipstick so put in a litlle to much , but no biggie there , sucked some out with a hose thingy



Well DONE Flash , it is worth the $ Thanks



Did a 15Km drive an checked everything for leaks etc , none and all looks fine , just a little ting comming from the belt when comming of the throttle , so seems i have to tighten the belt a bit more , it feels real tight allready but will drive it a bit more before i will do that , there is no belt slip evident .



Another thing is thet sound from the intake/sc , don't care for intake sound to much, think it is the K&N filter making the most of the noise there , just have to get used to the car sounding different then before i guess.



Than there is 1 REAL BIG issue , that is the last part off Flash his install instructions , the opening of the beer bottle , that i can do , but the drinking , i don't drink beer <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/whine.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> , so what do i do ?? what options do i have ??? help .





So no issue's and another happy SC customer .    

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[flash]

hand it to a friend, let him drink it, then take him for a ride!



make sure the MAF wire is not stressed, and has enough slack for engine rocking. it was too tight on the other cars, so i had to make the extension.



re: belt cover - make sure you pulled it up as high as it would go. you could also bend it up a little bit to create more room. you don't want to overtighten the belt, as it will wear out the pulley bearings.



have fun

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[Cloud9...68]

This has probably been brought up before, but I wonder how D1R-supercharged 968's will do in terms of resale value. The fact that there was a limited run of the units, and that they do an amazing job of really bringing out the potential of the car without adding undue stress to either the engine internals or the chassis, seems to bode well for peoples' investments in these units. Although I'm sure selling is the last thing on the mind of anyone who's just finished installing one!

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[Lear35A]

Oh, they're worth a bloody fortune now. No doubt about it.

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[vliegwielolaf1234]

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1347474103' post='132655']

hand it to a friend, let him drink it, then take him for a ride!



make sure the <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> wire is not stressed, and has enough slack for engine rocking. it was too tight on the other cars, so i had to make the extension.



re: belt cover - make sure you pulled it up as high as it would go. you could also bend it up a little bit to create more room. you don't want to overtighten the belt, as it will wear out the pulley bearings.



have fun

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My <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> wire is defenitly longer is no issue has plenty of slack .



It is all the way up the belt cover , i checked it again , wil bend it up a bit i don't want to put more pressure on the belt and stres the bearings .



Mhh the beer thing , always end up buying other people beers <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/beer.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> , but thats okay i guess .

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[vliegwielolaf1234]

[quote name='Cloud9...68' timestamp='1347474599' post='132657']

This has probably been brought up before, but I wonder how D1R-supercharged 968's will do in terms of resale value. The fact that there was a limited run of the units, and that they do an amazing job of really bringing out the potential of the car without adding undue stress to either the engine internals or the chassis, seems to bode well for peoples' investments in these units. Although I'm sure selling is the last thing on the mind of anyone who's just finished installing one!

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No way i am selling the car .

Way to much fun .

Don't know the numbers but most off the kit's are usa based i guess , so value wise would be even beter having one here .

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[Cloud9...68]

There's just something about the way these kits "complete" the car, without introducing any compromises. If I ever buy a second 968 for the street, one way or another it's going to have one of these SC's.

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[flash]

it must just make the wrecklisters crazy - lol

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[tamathumper]

We'll have to see about resale. With no disrespect intended, the SC adds a lot of complexity to the car, and is from a vendor who will soon be out of business... It also greatly complicates one of the most important and frequently performed jobs on the car - the belts. For someone who can't wrench on their car and who does not have access to very, very top-notch mechanics, it might be the equivalent of real estate's "above-ground pool" - some will like it, and some will avoid it like the plague.

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[flash]

it only adds about a half hour to the belts. i even have instructions for that.



i'm not disappearing, and of course will continue to support the stuff. there's really not much to support though. the head unit is dealt with directly with rotrex. the belt is a standard item. the pulleys are easy. the rests is brackets. what's to support?



but, some people just won't like it, so it will be like any other mod in that respect. it could be a plus or a minus.

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[tamathumper]

Good to know! Now I just need to track down that coolant drip so I can begin my installation!

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[vliegwielolaf1234]

I could not leave it boxed up .



Package arrived , i was away on the motorcycle for a couple off days(Verdun france visting some sites from the 1st worldwar) , had it deliverd to my parents company .

Picked it up when i got home , unpacked all the goodies , went to work that night .

Got back early morning next day , got about 6 hours sleep and off went the alarm clock , and started the build .

I kept a little logbook , and finshd the build in about 7 hours , divided over 3 days .

So it's really a 1 day job , spend a few extra minutes on the radiator brackets but saved a couple with the <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> wiring not needing to cut them .





I did study the installation instructions before i started , so no time wasted there <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/rock.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[vliegwielolaf1234]

One smal leak detected , the small hose at the waterpump , changed the hoseclamp that fixed the leak .





Drove for about 50km now , what a joy .



Also a.couple of very intrested Dutch 968 driver contacted me , after i put the build/result on the Dutch 944/968 forum .



Told them to read the heavy breathing section etc .



They are running out of time

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[vliegwielolaf1234]

Have about 1000km on there since the SC install .



Car runs great .



I do have a noise when driving normal or slow when i step on the accelerator a bit more it's gone . , bwwwooup kind of thing , i initially thought it was the blowoffvalve or belt slip but that is a different sound , could it be the rotrex unit , do any off you have the same thing , it is there most times going thru the gears and shifting around 3500 rpm(as soon as you step off the accelerator) , same warm or cold engine .

Also it is there on very small throttle openings , slow city driving between 2200/2800 rpm .

It was there from the beginning , only later i noticed it was there with the slow driving , so could be normal SC noise .







Anyone with the same noise

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[tamathumper]

Mine makes no noise sitting on the shelf <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/sad.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[flash]

i've never heard that noise. check all of your vacuum lines.



do you have boost/vacuum gauge?

if so, what does it read?

are you sure you have the big "elbow" pointed in the right direction?

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[vliegwielolaf1234]

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1352125115' post='134429']

i've never heard that noise. check all of your vacuum lines.



do you have boost/vacuum gauge?

if so, what does it read?

are you sure you have the big "elbow" pointed in the right direction?

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I will check all above .



Big elbow ? you mean the blowoffvalve .

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[flash]

no - the big silver 3" elbow that has the 3 hoses going into it. the tube inside needs to point toward the supercharger.



make sure there are no kinks in any of those hoses, especially the big one of the 3 that go into that elbow. that is the one that goes to the idle control valve. if it gets closed off at all, you won't have enough off idle air and it will do stuff like that.

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[vliegwielolaf1234]

[quote name='flash' timestamp='1352127430' post='134436']

no - the big silver 3" elbow that has the 3 hoses going into it. the tube inside needs to point toward the supercharger.



make sure there are no kinks in any of those hoses, especially the big one of the 3 that go into that elbow. that is the one that goes to the idle control valve. if it gets closed off at all, you won't have enough off idle air and it will do stuff like that.

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Oke i will check all off that this evening .



Just checked vacuum , is oke 17 inch , and tested blow off valve by disconecting it while engine running , works fine , i can actually hear it opening and closing , now i know where the idle noise comes from .



When i first ran the car , i thougt it was blowoffvalve noise , comming of the throttle but now , after checking tonight i will let you know .

But is think i did not make any mistakes during installation , but its worth checking , i am human after all .

Other thing came to mind was the exhaust , it's 20 years old and maybe there is something loose in there .



The bad thing it is only there under load , i cannot produce the sound free reving the engine



Since the car is running great , it cannot be anything major , just hate noises unexplained

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[flash]

oops - i made a mistake. the large one of the 3 hoses is the blow off - the middle one is the ICV.



regardless, there can't be any kinks in those.



i agree that it isn't anything major, and i also hate noises. it sounds like something is plugged, open, or not routed quite right.



you gave a vacuum reading, but what about a boost reading? i want to make sure you aren't bleeding boost



double check your vacuum lines. a small leak will bleed boost. you have to remember that anywhere vacuum goes, boost goes. even using the wrong hose on the air/oil separator can mess things up. that one has to be the small hard line. same thing goes for the oil filler seal. that has to be tight, with no cracks in the o-ring, yada yada.

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