azienbabyboi
12-04-2012, 02:47 PM
if your doing your v8 swap I'd probably avoid sikky from my experience at least or i just have really bad luck...
first, their oil pick up line (that came with the kit) was pretty much touching the oil pan (also came with the same kit) both items were brand new. the result of the pick up line touching the pan cause no oil circulation (0 oil pressure) thus resulting in spun bearings/ rod knocking. as i started up the first time it sounded good and healthy, then when the car was put together went for a test drive and you can hear the knocking after about 3 miles. so i got the engine rebuilt, thinking the oil pump was bad or the o-ring wasn't installed correctly, but they told me the oil pick up was sealed to the pan and not picking up oil just causing a vacuum.
second, i also bought their Wilwood clutch master kit (braided line to slave and braided bleeder) well after rebuilding the motor in the process of breaking it in, the bleeder line leak on the inside. i'm pretty sure the Teflon because the braids are perfect no cuts no pinch and not near the exhaust as the problem is near the opening of the trans.
called them they just want me to send it in so they can test and warranty the item if its manufacture defaults, the time and labor is killing me as each of the problems require removal of the engine ( the pick up line was modified "bent" to make it work and it works fine now so not going to waste my time taking that apart again)
its nice they would warranty their items, but time and labor. need to pull the engine out just to get the bleeder line connected to the slave. and the money and time to rebuilt the engine which only had 45k miles to begin with.
waste of time. product quality, i spent almost 3k on their product expecting to get quality i could of done it for half the price for custom parts with better quality.
this is my own experience just sharing with everyone its up to you how you want to take it.
first, their oil pick up line (that came with the kit) was pretty much touching the oil pan (also came with the same kit) both items were brand new. the result of the pick up line touching the pan cause no oil circulation (0 oil pressure) thus resulting in spun bearings/ rod knocking. as i started up the first time it sounded good and healthy, then when the car was put together went for a test drive and you can hear the knocking after about 3 miles. so i got the engine rebuilt, thinking the oil pump was bad or the o-ring wasn't installed correctly, but they told me the oil pick up was sealed to the pan and not picking up oil just causing a vacuum.
second, i also bought their Wilwood clutch master kit (braided line to slave and braided bleeder) well after rebuilding the motor in the process of breaking it in, the bleeder line leak on the inside. i'm pretty sure the Teflon because the braids are perfect no cuts no pinch and not near the exhaust as the problem is near the opening of the trans.
called them they just want me to send it in so they can test and warranty the item if its manufacture defaults, the time and labor is killing me as each of the problems require removal of the engine ( the pick up line was modified "bent" to make it work and it works fine now so not going to waste my time taking that apart again)
its nice they would warranty their items, but time and labor. need to pull the engine out just to get the bleeder line connected to the slave. and the money and time to rebuilt the engine which only had 45k miles to begin with.
waste of time. product quality, i spent almost 3k on their product expecting to get quality i could of done it for half the price for custom parts with better quality.
this is my own experience just sharing with everyone its up to you how you want to take it.