Topless Stang

I had the chance to take a few rides since I finished my install last week. I was giving it the final 'real' inspection when I noticed that the rubber elbow coming up from the bottom on the driver side had gotten slightly shredded by one of my pulleys. So now it's obvious to me I have a leak. I found the part# ATR48I-090 HERE.

My main question is it ok to drive it like this until next weekend? That elbow and pipe gave me serious issues during the install. I thought I had it where there was some space, but it must have gotten too close. During my first startup I made sure it was ok & it was, so I'm guessing vibrations made it shift a little. I have a co-worker whose brother has a lift and is a mechanic, so I figured I would buy the elbow and head up there next weekend to get it correct. I won't have my boost gauge installed until later this week, so I don't know how bad it really is, but from what I can see its only slightly chewed up no one side.

Topless Stang

I went back out to the garage and took a closer look.....



There's no way I'm riding around like that. I checked it after I started it up the first time and there was no rub. I went for short trips to the store a twice and checked it, but I didn't see anything. I'm just glad I caught it when I did. The elbow has about a 1.5" tear and its partially resting on the belt. Has anyone else had an issue running a pipe/elbow thru there? There's not much room. Should I take off the front sway to route it easier? It's super tight down there...

kzonts

Man that's unfortunate. It looks like you chose a different section of the piping than I did. I can certainly tell you I had my own challenges routing the pipes in that area. But I've got it where it's stable and not rubbing anything. I can take a pic later underneath to give you a view from there. As you can see from this photo I have a rubber elbow in the fan area and the metal pipe extends down past the pulley. The rubber elbow is right up against the frame of the fan and I have about about 3/4" clearance from the pulley. All the connections are nice and tight and won't move any closer to the pulley. I check everything each oil change to make sure nothing is shifting around, etc.

Topless Stang

Ok. Thanks for the reply...I can't see the pic though.

kzonts

Sorry. Fixed.

Topless Stang

Does the blower mount differently on the 2010+? It looks like the blower faces down at an angle. Mine doesn't point down like that. If it did then I think I'd have more clearance.

kzonts

Not sure. Take a look at my pic on page 9 of my ProCharger thread.

Topless Stang

It looks like my blower isn't angled down like yours or the other installation pics I saw.

This is Mine


VS
Every other install image...

Nyke

You probably have a revised kit AKA an updated kit. You will get it to fit, you got this far.

Topless Stang

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I sent ProCharger support an email with pics so they can see what's going on when I call tomorrow. If my blower sat like his and the others I saw it would make that pipe bend & elbow fit much better. My kit isn't new, I ordered it back in 2010, I just now got around to getting it in lol,