Question About amount of hours

[Da Fisch]

Hey everyone, with summer finally approaching and highschool ending I took the liberty of buying Faye some upgrades including 65lb injectors, new cooler spark plugs, a zl1 fuel pump, adm fpcm, a gently used turbonetics kit and the gm 3.91 gear set.. I am planning on installing this all myself (saves me around 2-3k) over the next weekend or two, I am cutting an access hole for the fuel pump and have my rear stripped already for the fpcm, how long do you guys think it will take from start to finish? And recommendation on the order?

[SYCK SS]

Reach out to me with any questions. I have cut the panel myself and it's actually in my build thread. Pending on your tools and know how I'd say between 8-10 hours for install... don't rush it, take your time, and take breaks lol. I would recommend to hold off on the 3.91 gear though.

Oh and congrats and welcome to the turbo club ;-)


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[Da Fisch]

I will, I plan on doing the fuel pump and fpcm today, and turbo starting tomorrow. Why would you recommend not installing the gears yet?

[SYCK SS]

Turbos like tall gears. They need the RPM and load to produce the power. .. putting a shorter gear in the car causes the car to go through gears too quickly. Sometimes not allowing for the turbo to do what it's supposed to do. Even with my 3.45 stock gear I would spin the tires on the highway in 4th gear.. I'm actually probably gonna go taller this year too.

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[Da Fisch]

I just looked at your build thread. It is my first time tackling a fuel pump, I bought a removal ring tool on amazon from recommendations... all you do it turn it counterclock wise to remove it, let it drain, swap then put it in and turn it clockwise correct?

[SYCK SS]

Yessir. Taking it off is much easier then putting on too. I had several towels laid around the opening to make sure I didn't drop anywhere too. Shoot, I still have my back seats out from doing it lol.

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[Da Fisch]

I took mine out awhile ago.. never used them I figured why have them. Well, looks like I am going to attempt to start it tonight!

[SYCK SS]

I took mine out awhile ago.. never used them I figured why have them. Well, looks like I am going to attempt to start it tonight!

Have fun! I promise that after the first 30 seconds of cutting and seeing sparks fly right on top of you're gas tank... The nerves will go away haha.

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[Da Fisch]

Have fun! I promise that after the first 30 seconds of cutting and seeing sparks fly right on top of you're gas tank... The nerves will go away haha.

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I ran out of time before installing the fuel pump but had time to switch my fpcm, and cut the hatch/make a door for it. I should be changing the fuel pump out tomorrow.


Hopefully it doesn't take more than 2 hours..!

[SYCK SS]

I ran out of time before installing the fuel pump but had time to switch my fpcm, and cut the hatch/make a door for it. I should be changing the fuel pump out tomorrow.


Hopefully it doesn't take more than 2 hours..!

Looks good!

You have HP Tuners go make the proper adjustments to the tune to compensate for the new FPCM?

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[Da Fisch]

Not yet, my plan is to install the new fuel pump, hopefully have the turbo installed by wednesday as well as the new axle shafts, and have it tuned by friday.. Just need to find someone who isn't booked! Hopefully it doesnt all take as long a I think. Till then I'm drivng under 3000 rpm to keep it from running to rich

[SYCK SS]

Be very careful on where you take it for tune... The reason my motor popped is all from the tune I had done... and also the reason I will be tuning my own car from now on too.

Also be careful as with the new injectors and fuel pump it's not good to drive it at all until you at least compensate for everything. RPM won't matter it will be dumping so much fuel it's not funny.

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[Da Fisch]

Be very careful on where you take it for tune... The reason my motor popped is all from the tune I had done... and also the reason I will be tuning my own car from now on too.

Also be careful as with the new injectors and fuel pump it's not good to drive it at all until you at least compensate for everything. RPM won't matter it will be dumping so much fuel it's not funny.

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This is the kit I got, has around 2000 miles on it supposidly. It is semi built so hopefully that helps cut down the install time.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=354082

[SYCK SS]

Not a bad deal.

But yeah, running 65lb injectors with a stock tune will just fill your cylinders up with fuel. Fuel pump is ok, just mainly the injectors will pose the issue.

If all goes as planned I am selling my rear mount turbo kit and doing a single engine bay - 82mm Borg Warner turbo. I'm just happy to see another turbo in the area :-)

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[Da Fisch]

Thanks, I'll let you know how the install process is going. Once you had the hole cut how long would you say it took to pull out the old pump and in the new one? After that it's spark plugs then tomorrow morning starting on the kit!