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Old Jun 7, 2017 | 03:14 PM
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Towards the end of the season last year, as I was headed to the track on the freeway I hit one of those hellacious bumps....or jumps as I call em and snapped the motor off of my electric cutout. So I'm just now getting around to fixing it (procrastination..i know), and I refused to pay $175 or higher for a simple motor with a plate. Figured I would try one of these eBay units, for $40...i figured it was worth the gamble.

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Old Jun 7, 2017 | 05:01 PM
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Any luck? My brothers lasted about 3 starts and would blow open when he started the car. He would have to mess with the switch to get it to close again.
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Old Jun 7, 2017 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Narxoleptic
Any luck? My brothers lasted about 3 starts and would blow open when he started the car. He would have to mess with the switch to get it to close again.
I put it on earlier today, but haven't driven the car yet. Will probably take it to work tonight, and see how it does.
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Old Jun 7, 2017 | 06:11 PM
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I have had one on my 2j car for about 4 years now. It's hard to get them closed 100% and stay there, so I used a spare pwm output and apply 10% dc while idling, but let it leak on the highway where no one can hear it. Have it ran through a 2 way toggle, one opens it the other closes with the pwm
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Old Jun 7, 2017 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Nathaninwa
I have had one on my 2j car for about 4 years now. It's hard to get them closed 100% and stay there, so I used a spare pwm output and apply 10% dc while idling, but let it leak on the highway where no one can hear it. Have it ran through a 2 way toggle, one opens it the other closes with the pwm
Yes, I'm noticing the closing issue. Seems that if I bump the switch after it's closed it stays put..... for now. It's really not a bad unit though for $40. But for those that don't know, it doesn't come with a switch.
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Old Jun 7, 2017 | 09:29 PM
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Nice! I recently saw gains of 46rwhp/7xrwtq @13psi with my cutouts open vs closed.
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 12:29 AM
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I had an ebay cutout for 15k~ miles on the last car before selling the car. I had to take it apart and tighten every bolt inside it because it fell apart at first. After that, I worked great. I learned a couple things, for starters I used WD-40 with great success on the internal gears. Regular thick gear grease/lube (like moly grease) was too thick. Another thing was the flange where it bolts to the motor was best left a bit loose. I ditched the bolts and changed to studs, and loc-tite the bolts on the ends of the studs so the motor could walk up and down the studs, kinda loose, but never falling off. This helped get the motor to close the butterfly 100%. Another helpful thing was the switch, I used a simple 12V toggle as opposed to the one I got with the cutout, which wanted to over-close the unit everytime it powered up, which eventually led to it bending before I realized how bad that was for it. When I went to shut it, I would tap the switch to full closed one little tap, after running it down to close position, and it would stay put just fine.
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 07:44 AM
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I bought something similar, but through Amazon. It came with a control box and all wiring and switch. I think it was $50. I noticed the same thing that sometimes it doesn't shut 100%, but its cheap and you dont hear it over the blower/cam in my case. Not bad.
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 08:21 AM
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It's only been one day, but took the car to work yesterday and opened and closed the cutout several times on the way just to see how it would act.... all good so far. Much more convenient than having to open my old busted one manually when I wanna play.
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 09:14 AM
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though mines the DMH I also noticed it wouldn't close all the way. one trick was that I applied a bit of hi temp rtv in the groove (bottom part) where the blade closes and it has helped most of the time. I say most of the time cause after a year I would need to reapply another film of RTV. worth a shot for those that hear the blade rattle when not fully closed.
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 03:35 PM
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Game ova,
What size are your wheels?? who makes the rims,they look great!
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 2ToeRacing
Game ova,
What size are your wheels?? who makes the rims,they look great!
17×9.5 front.....11s in the rear. Thanks. Oops, yes charlie is right fikse (forgot to mention name the first time).

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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 04:08 PM
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Look like Fikse FM5s

My cutout went out before I ever even got to use it so I just took it off.

Less than a few thousand miles. $170 down the drain
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by charlie_gonzales
Look like Fikse FM5s

My cutout went out before I ever even got to use it so I just took it off.

Less than a few thousand miles. $170 down the drain
How the heck did that happen?
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 09:07 PM
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No idea. One day the exhaust note sounded different and I looked under the car and the gate was just kind of bouncing open and closed.

Never even took the wiring out of the package.
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 10:00 PM
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they need attention. you have to be the kind of person who loves to get a look inside the device on a regular basis. I had mine apart more than five times in 15k miles. Like I said, it literally fell apart right after installation. They come with all the internals loose- every nut and bolt inside was loose. There is a learning curve, expect to buy two of them, first one is going to bend and break as you figure out how to keep it together.
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 10:15 PM
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Sounds like a manual open gate would possibly make things more reliable.
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Old Jun 8, 2017 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Don Nguyen
Sounds like a manual open gate would possibly make things more reliable.
I enjoy the convenience of opening and closing it on the fly.
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Old Jun 9, 2017 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Game ova
I enjoy the convenience of opening and closing it on the fly.
And the cable operated ones rust very easily.

I wonder how much more reliable a boost actuated cutout would be?
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FWIW you can get the boost activated deals on ebay for about $56 (shipped) form china. The ones in the US I know of are $150. Looks like the same product... But might not be. I ordered 2 to play with and they haven't showed up yet.

Also Badlanz LPE sells electric cutouts that are great quality w/ excellent customer support. You pay the usual $140ish price, but recieve awesome customer service. I've used them alot. Had one fail and they sent me another free of charge. They have sent me replacement motors and even a custom unit with a thicker butterfly/blade. ( I bent the "stock" one)

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