There are 3 ways to buy stuff from/thru Amazon.
1. Amazon sells and ships it. "Prime" - Most reliable.
2. Amazon sells it for someone else and Amazon ships it. Also reliable.
3. Amazon sells it, but item is shipped by someone else. Sometimes problematic. Some unscrupulous vendors deliberately ship to a different address, where a partner signs for the item as delivered. Original purchaser never receives item, but Amazon 's records show it was delivered. PITA to resolve.
I learned about this here - Watch out! Clever Amazon delivery scam spreading all over the country | Komando.com
Posts by BKL
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Success! I actually had enough money in my account to cover 1 calendar. Don't know why I was having a problem last night. I manually entered the info and included the .com.
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Just tried to PayPal, but they seem to be having problems. Will try again later.
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Today only (Thanksgiving) the Rural King group 34 AGM 770 cca battery is $89 plus $12 core online. That puts it over $99 so free shipping applies. I ordered one earlier. Cannot beat the price! I hope it is a decent battery.
Thanks for the tip. I think tomorrow's 20% off coupon was evidently for in-store use only so this was a timely post.
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Also, take care that the plenum doesn't cause the O-ring to slip down over the thin split ring that is meant to position the O-ring at the proper location to achieve a tight seal.
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I once had the bed of my F-150 filled with empty boxes that weren't broken down nd were held in the bed by a stretchy rope net. I also had one empty box in the cab. It never occurred to me that somebody would assume it had something valuable in it since it was locked in the cab in plain sight.Naturally, while we were eating dinner, some asshat broke the passenger window to steal the valuables that I must obviously have placed in the cab.
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Will post instructions as soon as I locate them.
Here's the first file -
HAHN-CAI.pdf
I'll add some additional info in a minute. Just need to do some cutting & pasting.
Here are the Plenum install instructions from the Hahn Turbo installation instructions -
Hahn Stage 2&2X Slingshot TurboSystem - Air Plenum Install.pdf
A few general comments - DON'T forget to put some clean engine oil on the O-ring.
Make sure the plenum is firmly attached to the throttle body and parallel with the seat rim on the TB. It should not make contact wit the hood. When I installed the CAI, the plenum tightened up nicely, but when I went to install the plenum that came with my Hahn turbo kit, the plenum didn't feel like it was firmly clamped to the TB. I had to replace the clamping bolt because I broke it trying tog e the plenum clamped tightly to the TB. I ended up using a fine metal blade that was just a little too thick to fit in the clamp ring gap and cut thru the opening to widen it just the width of the saw blade. I was then able to get the plenum solidly clamped to the TB. Try to keep the cut as perpendicular to the clamp ring as possible so that the mating clamping surfaces are parallel and don't want to slide past each other. I used my Rockwell BladeRunner X2 to keep the cut perpendicular, but a saber saw mounted to a cutting table would also work. If you need to cut using a a handheld saw, just try to be as careful with the cut as you can. Do not widen the gap more than the width of a fine metal saber saw blade as it didn't take much to get mine to fit tightly.
Don't forget to insert the molding in the hole in the airbox before inserting the air tube. Silicone spray can make it easier to reattach the air sensor.
Hope this helps.
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Display MoreI have the same issue and I’m doing this
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I’m not running every single word back to the battery I ran one wire the same size as the battery cable to the front.
To this
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To thishttps://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d…ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Then this
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Feeding thishttps://www.slingmods.com/arbo…-slingshot?search=Fuse%20
Then Feeding my other fuse box
Using this for ground wires
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d…ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1They make a red hot wire buss like this.
First I’m removing my old exhaust system so I can use the space behind the glove box to mount everything. That way it won’t melt. All existing and Any new items will be wired up front. No more front to back wire runs.
Couldn't tell from the order you listed the components, but I'd place the inline fuse back near the battery. That way, you avoid a long unfused section from the battery to the front.
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IIRC, I saw a picture either here or on the old site where someone had made a bus bar by taking a bar of metal and drilling it to clamp onto the positive battery terminal and then drilled and tapped multiple connection points to handle the main battery connection as well as several individual connections. That picture was posted for its humorous value, but I think the idea made sense.
Lots of bus bar pics here - battery bus bar - Google Search. I recommend using a thick piece of aluminum or copper bar, preferably at least 1/4" thick and 3/4-1" wide (length determined by how many connections you want and how close together you want to make them).
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Since you already have the main accessory wiring running back to the battery, I'd just bolt the bus bar to the back of the driver compartment above the battery. If you're concerned about weather, you could extend the wiring over to the passenger storage area and mount everything there. Just use some rubber or plastic spacers to raise the bus bar off the body surface (for cooling air flow around the bus bar).
If you had intermittent loads, you could probably use a smaller wire size to connect the battery to the bus bar, but the amplifiers will definitely present a steady load, so add up the total amperage load of all of your circuits you plan on attaching to the bus bar (add at least 10-20% more as a safety factor) and find the appropriate wire size to run from the battery to the bus bar using the attached PDF. For extra safety, use an inline fuse to protect the wire connecting the battery to the bus bar.
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I'm about to mount Nitto Motivos on the front with a 555 G2 on the rear. Once I've had experience with the 555 G2, I may consider a Motivo for the rear, depending on how well the 555 G2 lasts.
While the Motivo is technically an asymmetric tire, I don't feel the tread pattern is that different form side to side to cause problems when used as a rear tire. I base this on having used a Sumitomo HTR Z III rear tire which I felt was similarly asymmetric, but didn't result in any strange handling characteristics. My only complaint about the HTR Z III was its relatively short tread life (around 7000 miles).
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That's so nice BKL!!! Bobby, aka, RAB, spend so much time on the forum, behind the scenes, so that's such a sweet gesture. Not that I want to brag on him for anything, lol.
I still haven't donated as much as some others have. Personally, I think there should be some type of yearly dues to help support site operating costs.
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How in H... did I miss that?
Good thing it wasn't a snake! A couple years ago, I stepped onto the gravel behind the plants in front of our house and realized there was a coiled snake a few inches from my foot! I try to be more careful now (but evidently I'm still not observant enough)!
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I clicked on Donations and got the list, but I can't find an active link to make a donation.
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I feel kinda silly as I donated last year and realized I needed to make a new donation, but Searching for Donations or donate yielded no results.
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Come on over I will take you down to Miami and once you drive there for a week I would almost bet you would appreciate the drivers in Houston. Imagine all the Spanish people in Miami, if they can't speak English they sure as hell can't read it.
RNJ12
I don't think we have any Hispanics in Houston!
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The specs on the Rural King AGM group 34 battery are identical to the Bosch at Pep Boys. Somewhat cheaper too, even with the 30% off coupon at Pep Boys. And RK often has a 10% off deal on Black Friday. And comments on quality of the RK battery??
If there's an RK near you, then that battery may be OK. RK charges a core fee, so you need to ship the old battery back. 7-year pro-rated warranty with 3 year free replacement.
The Pep Boys webpage shows a 4 year free replacement warranty (don't know pro-rated period, if any) and the core charge is $15. Pep Boys are near me so the long warranty, close proximity of a Pep Boys for core return tips the purchase towards PB, at least in my case.
Both batteries look the same design (makes me think same manufacturer).
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just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water ...
I just hope whoever video'd the crap coming off the boat-trailer made the video available to the motorcyclist and he or his insurance company was able to locate the asshat driver and sue his rear off! Unfortunately, the Interstates around Houston are usually so crowded that if you try to leave a cushion between you and the vehicle in front of you, you might as well be riding in reverse or just pull over to the side of the road and stop because some other driver will immediately move in to any gap you try to create for safety!
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While stuff can get thrown up from the road surface either from other vehicles hitting it, or your own vehicle knocking it up, chances of serious injury are extremely rare and I wouldn't obsess about it. A few weeks ago, the car in front of me managed to suck a sheet of Masonite off the pavement and it hit the front of my Ford Edge w/o damage to the vehicle. I sure as H... expected to see some damage, but didn't. I have had bugs and road debris make it between the top edge of my windshield and my Twist Dynamics Top. Eye protection is definitely a good idea on the Slingshot. With or w/o a Top, I'd be more concerned about bugs or road debris coming over or around the windshield and hitting me than I would ever worry about something coming thru the floor. Could something make it thru the Slingshot floor and into the cockpit? Yes. Is it likely to happen to any individual rider? NO. You probably have a better chance of being hit by a piece of debris than you do of winning the lottery (especially if you don't buy a ticket
), but you're probably more likely to fall down the stairs, trip over your shoelaces or choke on a piece of Thanksgiving turkey.
