Vaporate fitted to AU2 I6

[JC]

I spent 5 hours today fitting vaporate to the wagon. It costs $289 plus fitting, and I thought "how hard could it be?". Well, never again. I have scratches and vruises all up and down my arm from trying to undo the inlet manifold bolts. Fat arms and confined spaces just don't go. Anyway, I had to take the inlet manifold off to fit the metal gasket supplied in the kit. AFAIK, it's only falcons that get the gasket. Next time I'll pay a mechanic the 2 hours labour they wanted!

The injectors themselves were easy enough, undo the fuel rail, pull the injectors off the fuel rail, remove the front O ring, replace the rear O ring with a new one supplied in the kit, fit the orange O ring to the front of the injector, then fit the two collar halves and the smaller o ring. The hardest part is then lining all the injectors back up to the holes in the manifold, but if you work from the back and line each one up, it goes on easy.

I've filled the car up tonight, so I should know by later this week if it works. Even if it only saves 10%, it's worth saving at $1.30 a litre. The gas also goes in next week, so the wagon is going to be hte econmonical car.

Oh, Why did I decide to try Vaporate? For under $300, I figured I didn't have much to lose. I've spent more than that on other mods that have made bugger all difference to the car (XR front, for example).