King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

jaystcb

Sy 0902, 92Ty 0909
Let me start with my factory cross air tube.
My hood has always rubbed on my cross air tube. So much in fact, That it wore holes in my hood heat shield. I did not want the hood or hood heat shield to touch the carbon cross tube in any way. So I did several modification to accommodate my personal preference.


NOW... on a scale of 1-10 .

MANUFACTURING = 10
When you consider all the R&D it took to make this part. To create this tube from scratch and ship in 9 weeks. Now figure in the fact that he made 10 of them. That is pretty damn good.

SHIPPING. = 10
Shipped on 11-20 and received on 12-06
16 days is not that bad for standard shipping. Plus the box had no damage. A+++
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PACKAGING = 9
After opening the box, I noticed that the tube had several braces to keep it from rattling around in the box. The tube did have some light scuffs on it from rubbing the inside of the box but polished right off.
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Visual.
This is hard to judge as a hole. So I will judge it by top (seen) and Bottom (not seen)

Top = 9
Very nice, Clean. The tube had several coats of resin that gave the carbon a lot of depth. It had a couple imperfections and a mat look in the center contour that needed to be polished out to give it that full mirror look. It polished right out and LOOKS GREAT

Bottom = 8
The bottom has a nice gloss black coat on it. There was a lot of imperfections (bubbles) on the surface. Carbon and fiberglass is a pain in the ass when doing this kind of project. It is damn near impossible to get all the bubbles out before it hardens. All the bubbles could have been filled and reworked to a perfect finish. But its the bottom. Who cares. M2C
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FIT = 10
Now, from air filter box to turbo. Prefect. Fit like a glove.
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Function = 10
The air tube does not have to hold pressure. It only has to transport air from the air box to the turbo. But I checked it for leaks anyway. I plugged both ends and I put an air valve adapter in the pcv inlet hole and filled the tube with 15psi. NO LEAKS.

PRICE = 10
Great price for the product. 100% satisfied.


Overall.
A great product. If I had 10 SyTy's I would buy 1 for each.

This video is from the first test fit on MySy902.
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T-Bone

Active member
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

Fantastic overall analysis of an extremely hard to find replacement product (let alone in CF).

If I were still sporting a stock airbox, I would have no reservation buying one for it. Looks great!!
 

NJ93TY

Donating Member
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

That looks bad ass! Almost makes me want to put a stock airbox back on my truck.
 

atkonkler

Is this your bush?
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

I wish these were around when I replaced my tube... Nice product by king... He's always been a standup guy... Now I'm awaiting to see if he does the fiberglass replacement driverside airvent gauge pod! Still very excited and waiting Mr.king!
 

Baythan

SY2TY2SY2TY
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

That looks amazing! I'm saving my pennies...keep making them please!!
 

TYRODD

My ass. Look at it.
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

Really looks great in that clean truck! :tup:

Great review too, nice to see it mocked up on the shroud and with the filter box attached outside the truck :rock:
 

Syclone22

Member
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

Nice carbon airtube crossover did you notice any
improvement in performance from this ??
 

jaystcb

Sy 0902, 92Ty 0909
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

It did feel like I had more torque. But without putting it on a dyno. I couldn't tell you for sure. It is like thinking that you can run faster with a new pair of shoes. But it sure does look good when I pop the hood.
 

jaystcb

Sy 0902, 92Ty 0909
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

So it has been about 7 months.... I finally decided to remove my cf air tube. With all the heat under the hood. I could not stop pin-hole air bubbles from forming through the clear of the tube. I did talk to King and he said that he used a different resin on the first batch of cross tubes and that he would replace it if I was not happy.





 

Quickstop [UK]

Combating adversyty.
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

When did you speak to him? Are you aware of his GP where a number of members have had no response or have been repeatedly promised delivery, given multiple shipping dates to no avail, or have been outright ignored?

If you are in contact, perhaps ask him to explain himself. A number of members are out a couple of hundred bucks each. I accept it isn't your responsibility at all but as he seems to speak to noone else, if you have a channel, that would be helpful.

Failing that, I wouldn't hold your breath on getting this replaced. Having seen the one that intheclouds1977 posted, which I believe your thread was started as a rebuttal to, and now this one last less than a year, I can't imagine why anyone would do business with King ever again. Talk about being royally shafted.

Mike - if you're reading this, we all thought you were a better man.
 

E.Murray

Donating Member
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

Just for completeness sake, I bought the Ty from intheclouds1977. Here's a picture of this tube today.
 

Typhoon#747

Donating Member
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

I wonder what is worse, the tube deteriorating to this condition after only seven months, or not receiving the tube at all? What a disaster!
 

Adam#0213

This truck is awesome!!
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

:bigfinger: that's for mrking..damage done keep my money you whore!! I like this forum but when guys rip others off not cool! I Apologize for being rude..
 

ChiPhoon

Chicago Typhoon!
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

Just for completeness sake, I bought the Ty from intheclouds1977. Here's a picture of this tube today.

i read the other treads about it, ouch!

is that 100% CF? or some sort of CF layer? either way CF is sandable, i have sanded flat pieces and used satin clear coats that turned out nice, but never on pieces under a hood where it gets hot, im sure you could clean it up and at least get it somewhat nicer.
 

E.Murray

Donating Member
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

I hadn't thought about that. It's not just the finish that's deteriorated. The cf itself is very "fuzzy" from rubbing on the hood. It might be worth a shot to try to clean it up. It functions fine, just isn't real pretty (kind of like me...).
 

ChiPhoon

Chicago Typhoon!
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

if the inside is a mess i would remove asap
 
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intheclouds1977

New member
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

Inside had resin crudely dumped into it. Last time I looked about two months ago it was still ok. I had considered removing it, cutting it up and mailing back to Mike with a F.U. letter, and getting an RPM intake.
 

ChiPhoon

Chicago Typhoon!
Re: King CF Air X-over tubes - Product Review #2

i don't know a whole lot about CF and resins etc. but enough to know that if the internals are frayed up or chunks hanging loose, that's def a bad thing, but still think its sandable on the outside to at least improve the appearance some, the piece i sanded down was pitted and dull pretty bad after sanding with 300-1000 grits it came out nice with a clear coat. either way for it to go bad so fast obviously a problem with the coating and high temps.
 
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