KPower Industries K24 swap

[captain awesome]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

I have a Blitz model. If you can hold off on waiting, I'll let you know if it fits sometime in early to mid December.

I'm in no rush but that Megan one is real cheap and looks easy enough to adapt a bar that would clear if needed. At least that's where my head goes on that.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by visbits

Yeah I did mine without any documentation at all lol

Drilling the spotwelds on the strut tower bracket to make more clearance was the only thing I really missed over what they instructed.

I pulled my engine this weekend to replace the transmission already (I strongly recommend power reduction on shifts if you have a turbo build lol) and removed that bracket from my firewall. Previously I just bent it flat but its much nicer removed and wiring rerouted.

This is what concerns me. I plan to keep the power in the 350-375whp 250-275wtq range until I can finish nursing school, which is what I previously had, and then I'll do a BMW tranny swap, or if the new transmission is decently cheap and proven slightly stronger then I'll do that for a while longer. I promised the wife a house upgrade after I get a job as a nurse before any big projects.

Is that just the angle of the picture, or are the AC lines and rear water neck really touching? I had bought some heat shrink wrap, and I planned on dissecting some hose and covering the aluminum lines and then heat shrinking them, so the AC lines were black and not so obvious.

[Ebush]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

I have a Blitz model. If you can hold off on waiting, I'll let you know if it fits sometime in early to mid December.

That would be awesome if the Blitz fits, I have a blitz Widebody on the car so some extra blitz pieces would go great on it.

[Four_wheel_drifts]

https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...35#post3483635

Oil pan drain plug clearance issue. Kpower, please address this.

[ML]

Originally Posted by Four_wheel_drifts

https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...35#post3483635

Oil pan drain plug clearance issue. Kpower, please address this.

Weird, my oil pan drain has plenty of clearance. Sure there isn't a user error here?

[hedtrip]

Originally Posted by ML

Weird, my oil pan drain has plenty of clearance. Sure there isn't a user error here?

Do you have a pic for comparison?

[captain awesome]

I tried looking at the video to compare drain placement on mine. It looks like I might have the same issue, but haven't test fit to check. I went ahead and hammered a little extra clearance just in case though.

[Irace86.2.0]

Originally Posted by ML

Weird, my oil pan drain has plenty of clearance. Sure there isn't a user error here?

I wonder if there is a difference in pan construction or in where the mount bolts all line up.

The question for me is why this spot? Does the drain line up with the oil change opening? It is the lowest part of the pan? Is it off to the side instead of the bottom for ground clearance or undertray clearance issues? What?

[captain awesome]

Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0

I wonder if there is a difference in pan construction or in where the mount bolts all line up.

The question for me is why this spot? Does the drain line up with the oil change opening? It is the lowest part of the pan? Is it off to the side instead of the bottom for ground clearance or undertray clearance issues? What?

From what I recall in earlier posts about the drain placement, it was so you could use the stock opening.


I know in the instructions they tell you to move the engine/trans as far to the left as possible. Judging by the video of how close the trans is to the sway bar I don't believe it's a fore and aft problem either.

[ML]

[captain awesome]

Originally Posted by ML

Oil leaking already lol?

Looks like plenty of space there. I wish I snapped a pic of the plug location on my pan last night for comparison.

[ML]

Originally Posted by captain awesome

Oil leaking already lol?

Looks like plenty of space there. I wish I snapped a pic of the plug location on my pan last night for comparison.

lol I need to tighten it before I forget!

[Ebush]

Luckily I tightened my bolt before installing the pan. Kpower sent me an email and said they went through and checked all the pans at the shop and none of them are welded at the corner of the pan like mine. He is sending me a slim drain bolt to try. Unfortunately if it isn’t here by Thursday then I won’t be testing it until maybe March when I change the oil. If you feel like your drain is as far towards the corner as possible maybe have Kpower send you this bolt. Here is a link to it.

https://www.belmetric.com/m14x15-plu...ug-p-6044.html

[ML]

Originally Posted by Ebush

Luckily I tightened my bolt before installing the pan. Kpower sent me an email and said they went through and checked all the pans at the shop and none of them are welded at the corner of the pan like mine. He is sending me a slim drain bolt to try. Unfortunately if it isn’t here by Thursday then I won’t be testing it until maybe March when I change the oil. If you feel like your drain is as far towards the corner as possible maybe have Kpower send you this bolt. Here is a link to it.

https://www.belmetric.com/m14x15-plu...ug-p-6044.html

crazy you are having all these issues.