Yea, this was the biggest mother f-ing pain in the ass install I've ever done on an Evo in a certain timeframe. If something could have gone wrong, it did. TOB wedge collar not releasing for shit, transmission input shaft sticking for 2 hours on something, a host of spring clips fused inplace that tear inconspicuous holes in coolant hoses when they do finally move, on and on and on.
And I don't know who the assfuck fabricator at ATP is that designed this "stealth" kit, but it ain't fucking stealth, and fit like crap in general. I mean who designs a bolt in kit with the 3076R inlet DIRECTLY inline with the downflow coolant hose and then again fucks you more by placing it a mere 1" away from the thing, leaving you no other choice but to coat the parts with KY and completely cram/flex the intake/MAF/filter/clutch slave cylinder/coolant hose into the space and pray nothing fucking goes wrong.......a bunch of assfucks who don't deserve to get the type of money they demand for for this "bolt in kit" shit. I don't give a shit about your pretty back purged tig welded piping if you can't even manage to design a simple fucking path to get air into the inducer without a cluster fuck in the first place
And I have yet to see one fucking EVO-aftermarket company produce a lower intercooler pipe that fits at least half assed let alone perfectly and doesn't require you to hack the under tray to shit. Wasn't hard for me to make one fit nice and snuggly before...why can't these cool-ass companies make shit right??????
Too bad it wouldn't fit this kit without modifying again, didn't have the time then to do so and as it was barely finished in time for the run to the dyno. Mike Wilcox's Injen charge piping may prove me wrong tomorrow but I have no faith for it. None.
Rant rant rant............working on a car for many many hours then pulling a ~24hr stretch on it to may a schedule hurts my brain.....
in the end the bullshit and work pays off with good numbers. Car is a fucking rocket.......