Any tips on the zex install?

[zmgnole]

Tommorrow and a few friends and me and going to install the zex kit on my car. Any of you have any tips from your installations? also if anyone has a wiring guide please send me the link or where I can get it.
thanks

[FastCougar]

Hardest part is finding a place for the control box and fishing the wires through the firewall. If you have an MTX-75, you will need to drill a hole in the firewall. If you have the CD4E, you can go through the grommet where the brake pedal meets the firewall. Also, finding the right spot for the main feed line from the bottle to the control unit in the trunk area. This is best located from under the rear of the car you will see a perfectly round hole in a bracket that lines up with a perfectly round hole in the subframe. Stick a screwdriver in there and "punch" it with a hammer to mark the spot in the trunk that you will drill (hope you have a large drill bit and a strong drill).

I went ahead and did a search for you ... here is what I found that is helpful:
ZEX Help (http://www.fastcougar.com/forums/arcmessageview.cfm?catid=63&threadid=16350)

Attached are pictures of routing the main supply line through the rear suspension and of the engine bay ... hope this helps!

[zmgnole]

Well we got it on there, its awesome.... it took a good 16-18 hours but we were making everything was perfect and putting in some speakers and a y-pipe at the same time. It made a really big difference with the 55 shot, Ill try the 75 tommorrow.

There is 1 problem, the car is ideling really high, like 3000- 3200. Anyone know why? colder plugs?

[FastCougar]

Idle shouldn't be effected at all. Are you sure that you tapped the proper wire for the TPS? It should have been the white wire ... there is one white, one brown and one yellow. Also, there is an ideler screw in the TB stop mechanism ... maybe this got turned when you pulled off the upper to get to the FPR.

[zmgnole]

yeah I tapped into the white line. Ill check the TB in the moring, is it a screw in the TB or one holding it on? thanks for all the help, all of the stuff youve posted about the install that Ive found really helped. thanks man

[FastCougar]

For the TB idle screw, see the attached picture. I don't know why I didn't think of this before ... must be tired ... you IATV may have gone out on you. Are your RPMs hanging really badly in between shifts?

[conig]

zmgnole do you live in tallahassee? or are u seminole alumni if you live in tallie give me a holla I
installed zex on my 98svt contour. and can help you actually my zex kit is still sitting in my room
if you have a freind who wants to buy it let me know that too

[conig]

also have a fully welded offroad y-pipe and some 17inch konig rims

[zmgnole]

hey, Im over in lake city, I would of bought the zex kit and y-pipe from you if I had known about them 2 weeks earlier. My mom is an alumni but Im there alot for the FSU home games and I have some family in monticello. The kits all installed, thanks for the offer though.

[bubba]

Hey ya'll! what's up? I'm from Live Oak, although I currently live in Virginia since I'm in the Navy. My Dad is the top mechanic over at Walt's Live Oak Ford/Mercury. Let me know if ya'll need anything. Later!

Christian J. Grest

E-Mail Me! (MY98NEONRT@cs.com)