[Avnyc11]

Oh that's good. I'm going to order one this week. Hopefully it ships quickly

 

[Avnyc11]

Spoke to my dealer but they said they could not install it.

I'm going to try proformance but they are busy and haven't gotten back to me.

Any NYC based people know of another good place to go?

 

[edmoiler13]

an added perk of capping the vacuum lines as opposed to the controller, my auto stop/start rarely ever kicks in

 

[JerryNY]

Spoke to my dealer but they said they could not install it.

I'm going to try proformance but they are busy and haven't gotten back to me.

Any NYC based people know of another good place to go?

What dealer?

I have a forza still sitting in the box and probably going to install it myself in my garage in the coming weeks. You’re welcome to come by when I do. I held off because I bought it in a group buy a few weeks before I even had the car and I wanted to get a couple k on the odometer before messing with anything.

 

[Avnyc11]

Tried both Larchmont and Greenwich and both said no but then found Alfa Import Center out in Long Island, that while they said they have never installed this part before, have been in the Alfa business for 44 years so I might give them a try.


Do you have experience installing items like this. I'm nervous because I have no mechanical experience

 

[BGorilla]

Sucks that your dealer wouldn't do it. If you look over the install instructions, it's a pretty simple install, not much to screw up. A few members have installed them themselves. If I had an easy way to get jack stands under it, I would have done it myself.

 

[JerryNY]

Tried both Larchmont and Greenwich and both said no but then found Alfa Import Center out in Long Island, that while they said they have never installed this part before, have been in the Alfa business for 44 years so I might give them a try.


Do you have experience installing items like this. I'm nervous because I have no mechanical experience

I’ve done bolt on stuff before on cars. The hardest part of the forza is just accessing the exhaust valve plumbing. You basically can do it by removing the rear wheel, I’m still unsure if you need to actually remove both to fiddle with it. I have a jack and a torque wrench to pop the wheels off and remount them so it shouldn’t be too difficult at all really...

 

[Avnyc11]

I'd still be nervous to do it myself with such an expensive car.

I'm interested to see how yours turns out

 

[Skullbussa]

I find it hard to believe that there isn't a simpler way to attack this problem. If we ever get a decent aftermarket tuning solution for these cars this is surely a parameter that can be controlled there. The first tuner that can find out a way to give us a race mode with traction control on is going to earn my money.

 

[kanundrum]

I find it hard to believe that there isn't a simpler way to attack this problem. If we ever get a decent aftermarket tuning solution for these cars this is surely a parameter that can be controlled there. The first tuner that can find out a way to give us a race mode with traction control on is going to earn my money.

Manual valve mod is $10 and takes less than 1 hour.

 

[Avnyc11]

I just ordered my B3A, and when I did, Steve called me to let me know that there is a new model E that is about to be released that is cheaper than the B3A because it is housed in plastic instead of aluminum. He called to offer me the chance to change my order (incredible customer service!), but I preferred the aluminum option.

I also have to imagine that a tune/software update should be able to update dynamic mode to either have the exhaust always open or at the least, drop the RPM threshold from 3500 down to 500 which would effectively have it open all the time. Dropping to 500 would be something Alfa could do via update and that would be that.

 

[Hoooper]

Did the install tonight on mine. Took about an hour, should have been faster but I only drove the rear up on ramps thinking the diffuser needed to come off but it's actually the underbody panel in front of the diffuser that needs to come off. Anyway, if you follow the directions it's very straight forward, I can't imagine causing any damage to anything if you read the directions. A few tips from my experience:

1) take the underbody panel off, trying to work around it isn't worth it.
2) you can ground to a ground point in the trunk so less work is needed on the grommet. Picture below.
3) drill a hole in the grommet leaving the trunk, and then cut a slit in it so you can run the controller wiring.
4) cutting the foam as the instructions suggest is a requirement, not just a suggestion.

 

[Avnyc11]

The instructions say you may be able to use the existing hole to route the cable but if not then you'll need to drill one. Did you find the existing hole to small?

 

[Hoooper]

The instructions say you may be able to use the existing hole to route the cable but if not then you'll need to drill one. Did you find the existing hole to small?

I didnt feel like unwrapping the electrical tape off the other end of the grommet to check if it would fit. Full circle grommets like the one in that location are not really designed to fit over electrical connectors and it seems unlikely you would be able to squeeze any of the connectors through that grommet without at least cutting a slit in it.

 

[Avnyc11]

Good to know. Thanks

 

[Avnyc11]

For those that have had this done, can you confirm if you can open the flaps while the car is off, and if so does it produce an error when you start the car?

 

[edmoiler13]

For those that have had this done, can you confirm if you can open the flaps while the car is off, and if so does it produce an error when you start the car?

I doubt it would throw a code as I did the vacuum cap mod instead of using the controller which leaves it open all the time and I have yet to throw a code upon starting

 

[Avnyc11]

I guess I'm asking if it can even open the flaps with the car off

 

[Hoooper]

For those that have had this done, can you confirm if you can open the flaps while the car is off, and if so does it produce an error when you start the car?

The flaps are always open when the car is off. They are closed by vacuum so when the car shuts off the vacuum goes away and the valves have to be open.

If youre asking if you can turn the controller to "flaps open always" when the car is turned off then no because the controller doesnt have power, but it looks like you can turn it to "flaps open always" any time the car is on (running or not)

 

[Avnyc11]

For those that have had this done, can you confirm if you can open the flaps while the car is off, and if so does it produce an error when you start the car?

The flaps are always open when the car is off. They are closed by vacuum so when the car shuts off the vacuum goes away and the valves have to be open.

If youre asking if you can turn the controller to "flaps open always" when the car is turned off then no because the controller doesnt have power, but it looks like you can turn it to "flaps open always" any time the car is on (running or not)

That makes sense. Thank you!