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VTDA Install

Waited a long time and finally got my VTDA, complete install here. You'll need a phillips head screwdriver, 10mm socket with a long extension, two # 10 screws 3/4 inch long and a #4 allen for the VTDA mounting Bracket.

       
    
    
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Remove the battery cover
1 Remove the battery cover
 
Loosen the main hose clamp and press on the connector and remove the MAF connector
2 Loosen the main hose clamp and press…
 
Remove the 10mm bolt here
3 Remove the 10mm bolt here
 
Remove the 10mm bolt beside the battery tray. it helps to have an extension for this one and a magnetic puller to get the screw out, once loosened.
4 Remove the 10mm bolt beside the batt…
 
Remove the small breather hose here, mine was already out from my DV Relo.
5 Remove the small breather hose here,…
 
Carefully pull the whole unit out. The hardest part was pulling the rubber holder out of the bracket shown here. Just give it a good tug.
6 Carefully pull the whole unit out. T…
 
And attach your breather filter or microphone cover here.
7 And attach your breather filter or m…
 
With the air filter out, remove the two screws holding the MAF on.
8 With the air filter out, remove the …
 
Remove this thingy from the fender wall
9 Remove this thingy from the fender w…
 
Actual air into tube is pretty small
10 Actual air into tube is pretty small
 
My original MAF actually had screens at both ends. Plastic and metal at the intake end...
11 My original MAF actually had screens…
 
And plastic at the outlet end
12 And plastic at the outlet end
 
To de-screen/vane you'll need to Remove the screws from the MAF, I used vise grips, tough to get it started but then came out easy.
13 To de-screen/vane you'll need to Rem…
 
Remove the screens with a soda/beer can or punch them out with a flat piece of metal, I wasn't saving mine so I just cut them out with a dremel tool. This is a reman extra I had and it had screens at one end only. None on the outlet side.
14 Remove the screens with a soda/beer …
 
While I had the MAF out I decide to cut the large mounting tabs off.
15 While I had the MAF out I decide to …
 
Sensor mounted in the MAF housing, used #10, 3/4 inch sheet metal screws.
16 Sensor mounted in the MAF housing, u…
 
MAF loosley mounted in it's new home.
17 MAF loosley mounted in it's new home…
 
VTDA mounted.....OMG it's delaminating already !! No that's just the protective wrap that Steve shipped it with.
18 VTDA mounted.....OMG it's delaminati…
 
What color is this thing......Black?
19 What color is this thing......Black?
 
Looks black.
20 Looks black.
 
Maybe it's red??
21 Maybe it's red??
 
It's Brushed Stainless
22 It's Brushed Stainless
 
Yup Brushed
23 Yup Brushed