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Originally Posted by xjohnx
Maybe this has been asked/answered already, but how does the date of the fire coincide with the announcement of the new fuel fittings? i know i first heard of them 8/2, but perhaps they were out sooner.
If the fittings were released after the fire could it be seen as an admission of faulty design?
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Youtube video of the car with the kit installed in Don's shop was posted July 17th, user stated it was totalled on the 23th:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...8&postcount=21
This by other accounts was the test mule for the kit that went out to the group buy people (which I was a part of). I received the kit, minus the ECU harness on June 26th.
Additionally, in a phone conversation I had with John he stated to me that he had multiple people running the kit BEFORE the groupbuy with no issues whatsoever.
The line/hose changes where announced July 31st:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=399
Based on all of this, this car very likely had the first gen version of the fuel kit installed, well before the adjustments to the fuel line were being considered - especially since early on they wanted to point the finger at user install error, rather than a problem with the parts provided.