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Old 10-10-2020, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by OhioLariat
Oh, you needed a key, it's just that my POV's key would start the van just as well as the correct one would.
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Lol, yea that's bad. I'll try that with the 98 next time I'm over there. Check if has a versatile key interface yet lol. I need to finish it up anyway, - replaced the alt, the odyssey battery survived. Have to change the belt, tensioer and idler yet one more small parasitic draw to track down to get it back to where it should be, then it's done. Hopefully for good long while lol.
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Old 10-11-2020, 11:06 AM
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Is $70 a good price for a pair of kickpanel enclosures for our trucks? I have a lead on a used set, but I’m unsure if I want to pay that much for a piece of plastic.
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Old 10-11-2020, 12:32 PM
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If they're Q-Forms, that's a great deal. They're $200 new.
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Old 10-11-2020, 01:40 PM
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If they're Q-Forms, that's a great deal. They're $200 new.
they are Q forms, but how much will this really improve the sound quality. I’m not a door shanking bass kinda man. I like to hear my music not feel it. Will this really help with that or is it just a waste of money? I already have a alpine power pack amp installed and it’s nice.
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To me, I use my truck as a truck. From what I have seen of the kick panel speakers, they'd be prone to my big feet kicking them. They also look to me like the speakers would get wet really easy. Last of all, I think my leg would be blocking the sound a lot.

For me, kick panel speaker are a no go.
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Old 10-11-2020, 04:55 PM
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They're supposed to give better imaging because the tweeters are facing you, but I don't know how the stage could be correct with them thst low. I looked at that as an option when I did my system, but passed. For $70 you could always give them a try and not lose any money if you decide to go a different direction.
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Sorry, this got longer than anticipated.

Not truck-related (like that never happens in this thread!), but today I think I finally figured out my hard-start-after-sitting problem with the Mustang. Ever since installing the supercharger, if the car sits for a week or so, it will take a long time cranking and then finally cough and sputter for five seconds or so until it catches, then all is fine. Any start thereafter is just like stock. This morning I decided to prime it a few extra times. I had the door open, and I swear I heard air burbling up into the tank during the fifth or sixth prime. I hit it again a few more times for good measure, and it fired right up.

How the heck is air be in the fuel lines? Could it be vaporizing in the lines after some period of time? (Underhood temps *are* higher with the blower.) There are no leaks, the in-tank pump and lines are good, FPR doesn't leak.... WTH?

The next time it sits for a period of time, I'm going to have my wife flick the key into KOEO a number of times while I listen back at the tank. If I hear air again, and can't find a reason/repair, I think I might just I stall a "Fuel Prime" button in the car somewhere. Connection to the diag connector would make it easy.
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One of those things has to have an issue. Gurgling in the tank is usually a bad check valve, or the short hose leaking.

I'm thinking I might have the same issue on my 88. It'll wait though, LOL. I've lost three weekends now to being sick. Should be back at it this week now....
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If the short hose was split (again) it would likely start and idle OK, but falter as the engine called for more fuel, like at WOT. The check valve in the pump (new Walbro 255) may not be holding, though, as pressure drops not too long after engine shutdown. Not like a rock, but in a matter of a minute or so. That still doesn't explain the air, though(?). It may be a Band-Aid, but I'm seriously thinking about the "prime" switch.
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On the tweeter, why not do like some have done and put it in the front corner of the door sail panel? Look fairly good there too and they seem to work well.


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