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Originally Posted by AKSteve
OK, so it wasn't just me who found the install a pain. I always read these posts that say things like, "It only took me 15 minutes to install, and I'm a complete moron!"
I had to prop my airbox up by wedging an empty plastic bottle underneath, unclip 3 sets of cables from the airbox to move them out of the way, lay a blanket on the engine and completely get on top of it so I could reach the MAP sensor under the airbox. After disconnecting the stock cable, attaching the JB3 cable in its place was a process of blind fiddling and dumb luck.
Now that it's stopped raining here, I'm about to go a midnight drive to check things out. I'm curious, with a chip installed, does Sport & Sport + still have an effect on how the car responds?
Thanks,
Steve
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Steve you should have all the settings still with sport and sport+. Its when you start messing with the suspension by changing out the stock shocks for the dynamic damper control that eliminates the use of those features.
The JB should allow you to use those settings still...I'd like to hear your feedback with the JB and in sport+ mode.
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Originally Posted by AKSteve
It's actually pretty easy to install, except for the MAP sensor. Your option with that one is to either remove the airbox or spend a frustrating period of time trying to get at it with the airbox in place. I wasn't interested in taking my airbox out just for this install, so I went ahead and installed it with the airbox in the way.
First I pulled the airbox up as high as I could by hand, then stuffed a tall, empty plastic water bottle in to hold it up. Then I lifted up the tubes of cables that are strapped to the side of the airbox and moved them out of the way. With the cables out of the way, it's not that hard to slide a thin butter knife or something in there from the side to unclip the original cable from the sensor.
At this point, no matter how frustrating it is, you will motivate yourself to get the JB3 cable in place because your car is now undriveable until you do. I put a blanket across the top of my engine and laid on top of it so I could get into a good position to slide my hand in there and wrestle with getting everything in place. If you have a set of long needle-nose pliers or something like that, it might be easier. Or, if you have small hands, it might not be hard to do it by hand.
In any case, now that i have it installed, I don't plan on messing with it until my next visit to the dealer in 6,000 miles or so. This isn't something you want to do very often. The top photo is a view of the MAP sensor partially tucked underneath the back of the airbox. The second photo is a view from the side after propping up the airbox and moving the attached cables out of the way.
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The person who installed my kit did pretty much the same thing to get to that harness. He did not remove the airbox but pulled it loose and then wiggled around to get to that one.
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Originally Posted by Snowrider
October 2010 on my F10.
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My car has a December 2010 build date fyi