my KB install thread

my KB install thread-WRITE UP WITH PHOTOS

I'm starting the install tomorow..also starting this thread and will keep updating it as I go.with photos,write up install and all that.I will also be posting Q's so for all the KB guys keep an eye on it since I'll have the laptop in the garrageI allready boght a 6 psi pulley(I'll up to the 9 psi that I have when get intercooled),HT0's from JDM gapped to 0.30,steeda's heavy duty tensioner.....so ...we'll se what happens

Good luck. Don't over-rev that bitch when it's done! Bottom-end rebuilds suck...

Check the gap on your plugs before you install them. Cheap insurance.

Plug gab is a big one.

good luck

everything goes by the manual so far.Heater core hoses took me 1.5 hours to take those fucking things off.what do you mean dont over rev it.5k rpms?is that a lot.I'll post a lot of photos.everything so far fits like a glove.Good job KB.I also aded the steeda heavy duty tensioner...the wiring was nothing,puting all the wires back in the plastic shields ....that was a pain in the ass

good luck..Are you getting a custom tune when your done?

scramblr said:

Check the gap on your plugs before you install them. Cheap insurance.

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maxpayne said:

everything goes by the manua so far.Heater core hoses took me 1.5 hours to take those fucking things off.what do you mean dont over rev it.5k rpms?is that a lot.I'll post a lot of photos.everything so far fits like a glove.Good job KB

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I went .032" gap on the sparkplugs. I wouldn't go over 6.5K on the rpms, and it'll bounce of that, quick!

Yes, heater hoses where a beatch. Much easier once I got it figured out.

Watch the bolts on the alternator. I had one that was too short, had to get a longer one to get proper torque. Bolt from hell isn't that bad if you have a 13mm deep socket.

Whatever you do, don't start the car with the vent plug in the coolant crossover out, like the directions say. You'll have an angry yellow geyser when you start the car. I'm sure they've changed that in the manual by now.

starting the disasembly


still dissasembling....make sure you have a ford rebuild manual...kb manual is relly good explained too

while I was at it I throwed in the steeda heavy duty belt tensioner

make sure you tape all the holes...i droped a screwdriver tip and hardly took it out

draining the coolant out
that's not all tough it will leak more....


old CAI K&N filter wrapped with heatshield tape
-4 SALE

the heater core hoses was the thing that took us an hour and a half.....IT'S A BITCH...make sure you have somone to help you and make sure you have a mirror to see under the hose itself.MIRROR IS A MUST

shit everywhere

cuting the hole for the air filter intake

done


file it and tape it so the hose don't get cut


relocating the pcm,and installing the bracket

just my retarded ass )))

the air filter installed in place

rerouting the maf plug and the other plug that goes into the TB nothing really hard,just make sure you mark every plug (the plug itself and where you took it out of

windshield wiper fluid tank installed

one of the things that I broke was the headlight mountning peg.Nothing a lile epoxy cant fix))))

manifold ...you need a hend with that...heavy

fuel rails installed

tadaaa manifold done


the car all torn apart ))

ok......now the cool stuf



the blower........aaaaaaah the blower

changed the 9psi 3 7/8 pulley with the 6psi 4 1/8 one that I boght

tuck the gasket good because when you take the tape it WILL come off
this lobes.......soooooooo cool

in the updated instructions it does say,don't use the silicone there anymore because there's gasket now.....use it.You can allways re caulk it when you take it off
wooooooooooo

on the car...IT IS HEAVY AS SHIT....YOU NEED A HAND WITH THAT...YOU WILL HAVE TO TUCK IT UNDER FUEL RAIL BRACKETS

AAAAAH BEUTY

routing the belt according to the updated route was a bitch since in the instructions it tels you to take that idler ribbed pulley off...but when you run the belt it rubs right in that bump out mounting place...now in the belt bag theres 2 more diagrams,one of them the belt shows that pulley(ribbed) and the belt goes under it.The second diagram it shows the belt goes over it but it's replaced with a flat non-ribbed pulley...and in the other on it shows it deleted.....but the belt rubs.....so since it's just idler pulley i ran it like in diagram 1

thats how I routed it



whoop there it is....

this is the oil vapor separator,it catches all the oil from the air going in the blower you can drain it on the bottom

BAP installed



the vacum switch that they give you.Mine didn't come with the manual adjustable swich,but wit this vacum switch that you route the wire to it to the front of the car and tap the vacum from the baypass valve

tadaaaaaaah everything back together

I'll be updating that post when I install the intercooler down the road...I'll also post the belt routing too

OK.Thats the pix i have so far....everything pretty simple when you folow the directions...the heater core hoses were a pain in the ass...I brke the tap on mi right headlight when tried to put it back on...some epoxy and is like brand new ..the other thing that I broke was the bolt that holds the driver side fuel rail bracke at the back...since the pipe that the fuel line clamps one was totaly on the way and the bolt was sitting on an angle...I figured I'll cross thread it since the manifold is aluminum and the bolt wasn't but....it snapped right in half...I took it out with the broken bolt removal kit that I have an had to go buy a flat head bolt for there anyway it's on.so now really what we have to do is the blower itself... so I'll keep posting

now my Q's

1...I totaly forogot that that tune was for 91....I have 93 octane gas there is that going to be a problem.....please tell me that I dont have to drain it!!!!

2...before I start the car how do I know is the coolant is enough?I saved whatever came out of the radiator but a shitload of it dumped between the heads.what's the set amount for that car/setup..

3...Am I gonna have to bleed it while it's running from that valve on the top of the crossover and pooring the coolant at the same time?

4...Does anyone makes a strut tower brace that works with that blower

5...How much oil do I have to really put in it.It does say...quote "put like half of the botle..." so that kind of not EXACT

Are you cutting into the radiator support in the last four pix, for the CAI?

Yes it is.It was a bitch too....

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I called JDM and I told them what do I ned the sparkplugs for and I told them that it'll be 6psi non intrcooled.They said that they find that the best gapping for that is 0.30 so that's how I got them.Pregapped.I'll trust them

Steedman07 said:

good luck..Are you getting a custom tune when your done?

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naaaaah not for now,I'll stick with their can tune.I'm not gonna mess with the tune till I get the IC and more boost.

I'll keep updating the question post so,keep cheking it out guys!Thanks for all the tips and info.