Well I got everything installed today...AF1, underdrive pullies, e water pump, e fans, throttle body, and Xcal loaded and guess what? 3 inches of snow on glazed ice roads--been waiting for weeks to punch it and see what she will do and I have to drive like an old lady...lol.

So far, it doesn't appear that there is going to be an electrical problem even with everything running including amp and Piaa's as long as I don't sit and idle for too long--its not charging at idle but I expected that.

 

same here, got my xcal yesterday and today.. snow. cant test out the tunes on crap roads.

 

I feel your pain.

A LOT of areas are getting snow this week and more this weekend, so there will be a lot of people not able to really try out their new TP go-fast parts until the roads are cleared - it shouldn't be long before they get them salted, sanded, etc - you know, all the good stuff that melts the snow & ice but doesn't exactly do wonders for the paint job.

 

Hey raddad,

I basically ordered the Stage 1 performance setup from Troyer (#6600 Chip, pulleys, TP exhaust w/ Magnaflow muffler, AF1 intake) and am wondering how long it took you to intall the pulleys. The AF1 should be pretty basic, but I am a little intimidated on the pulleys

Any tips or advice? Thanks.

 

The pulleys are easy, *if* you know what you are doing - meaning, if you have ever installed a crankshaft pulley before - if you haven't, then it's best to let a pro do it, or at least have a friend with you who has done this before.

You have to press of the factory pulley, and then it's best to use an impact to tighten down the new crank pulley - then loosen it up a bit and use a torque wrench on it to get it up to spec - you do it that way because if you just try using a torque wrench, you;ll hit the 75 lb/ft. spec long before you actually seat the new pulley in some cases.

Just make sure you carefully read the docs, and have someone do the crankshaft pulley who knows what they are doing - it's not hard, but you have to know what you are doing, as if you do not get it fully seated, or if you do something dumb like not read the docs and use the TEMPORARY bolt we supply just to help you get the shallower crank pulley started and try using that TEMPORARY bolt to fully righten it up, you can damage the new pulley and possibly even the threads on the snout of your crankshaft.

It's really easy to do when you know what you are doing - use a standard 3-jay "pulley puller" tool to REMOVE the stock crankshaft pulley - and then use either an impact wrench (one that does NOT have a lot of torque) or just tighten the new one one by hand until it's fully seated - then slightly loosen it's bolt and torque it down to the spec which you will see in the docs.

Now the water pump pulley is simple, just 4 bolts and that's it - you may need to rub a little nub (leftover casting flash) off the engine block since the water pump pulley is larger than stock, for proper clearance - this is very simple.

All in all, it's easy to do, but doing the crank pulley right simply requires a 3-jay puller tool and seating the new crank pulley fully, and then properly torquing that one bolt. Installation time is under 1 hour for anyone who knows what they are doing.

Good luck!

 

I had my local dealership do it--way over my head and too damn cold here to be working in the garage anyway. They installed the underdrive pulley (i didn't need the water pump pulley seeing how I upgraged to an electric water pump), the electric fan Anita was nice enough to process and ship really quickly once I realized that with an electric water pump you have to have electric fans, the Air Force 1, and throttle body (which Anita also shipped me the parts that came missing from the factory in blazing time) for just short or $500.

I had already switched to a Magnaflow SIDO...its a great set up.

 

Thanks a lot Mike for the response and tips.

My brother basically said the same thing as he replaced his pulleys on his SHO. (Damn that thing is fast). He said he has the pulley puller and will bring down from CO for Christmas. He has the mechanical know how and said just about the same as you did. (This gives me some confidence!)

I just use the 'ol Haynes book for most of my repairs. I try to keep it away from "mechanics" as much as possible as I woulda got burned for $400 for getting the 4x4 to work and it was only a little vacuum leak I fixed for less than $2 thanks to this site.

I will try to post pics of all Stage 1 replacement if any is interested.

Again, I couldn't be happier with the customer service AND price!

 

Hi Fellas,

For Raddad,

Glad to hear that all worked out for you - and yeah, it can be a bit cold in the good old home garage this time of year, so sometimes it just makes sense to let the dealership do a half-hour of work for you - congrats on the electric water pump!

For beowulf - excellent, it's always nice to have someone in the family with the right tools & who can help in the know-how department, too - congratulations!