got the flaming river rack in today, spindle and hubs on the front, and the wheels on. Block and rotating assembly head to the machine shop on Monday. I will post up some picts tomorrow of the progress...
Not really all that impressed with the SN-95 spindles and hubs, will probably be looking for another route as I progress.
Update 3/20/11 ordered some of the hot side piping to start fabbing up the turbo while the block and rotating assembly is at the machine shop. Interior is out!
Got a little more done today. I was able to get the flange support welded. I bolted in place temporarily and noticed it might be to far back. I will have to wait to get the motor set in to see, lucky I just used previous bolt holes!
One question for those S400 guys, I have seen a couple of guys run the downpipe across the top in the front, any recommendations?
I have my s400 in about the some spot havnt done the down pipe yet but i plan on taken it down before the water pump, running it nexted to the cross over pipe and running it out the passager side. Not going to cut a hole just gong to dump it before, I checked and i believe there is enough room.
I have my s400 in about the some spot havnt done the down pipe yet but i plan on taken it down before the water pump, running it nexted to the cross over pipe and running it out the passager side. Not going to cut a hole just gong to dump it before, I checked and i believe there is enough room.
Why would coolant come out of the down pipe? Do you cool your down pipe? lol
Mine is 5" coming of my Y2K in the same location as above. There was not enough room to angle it down with the stock style water pump. I had to run a CSR electric. Its about a total of 1.5 feet of 5" pipe before it splits into dual 3" pipes near the cross over. I liked the thought of running a 5" pipe, but did not want it running all across the front of the engine bay. This way it drops down, and out of the way.
Why would coolant come out of the down pipe? Do you cool your down pipe? lol
Mine is 5" coming of my Y2K in the same location as above. There was not enough room to angle it down with the stock style water pump. I had to run a CSR electric. Its about a total of 1.5 feet of 5" pipe before it splits into dual 3" pipes near the cross over. I liked the thought of running a 5" pipe, but did not want it running all across the front of the engine bay. This way it drops down, and out of the way.
My S475 is basically a mirror image of yours. I run a 5" DP across then down to exit right inside the front driver's side tire. Can get cheap 5" bends at alot of semitruck exhaust shops...left over bends they sell cheap. Here is a few pic's of my project in progress.
Jeff,
I was going to step the dp down to 3.5 and then take it across. Any reason to leave it at 5" all the way? Also,did you run your cold side 4" all the way up?
Well..only real reason I'm running a 5" DP is that it came with the rest of the hot side parts i got on a trade. My car will also be 99% track only. I'm building it to run in some local outlaw 8.5" tire...so no need to worry about a muffler. I'm shooting for 800+rwhp out of the S475 on E85. Yes..the cold side it 4" all the way to and in/out of the a/w under the dash intercooler.
Got your PM Jeff. Ill send out the pics shortly. Im not sure that you'd be able to get 5" round all the way back past the motor/K member. I have heard of people doing it with 5" oval pipe. Mine is just over 1.5 feet straight down off the turbo, then splits into dual 3" pipes.
Decided to play with some fab work while I am waiting. I did pick up the C4 tranny this weekend! Still looking for some 5" tubing here locally, nearly impossible to find. Looking for some semi graveyards now! Motor should be ready in about 2 weeks hopefully.
I also removed ALL the wiring from under the dash. I will be hooking the headlights back up, but thats about it. So much junk wiring under there!
Biggest issue was the Romac balancer going on. I heated it, no help. I used some anti-sieze, no help. I was able to finally get the bolt started and got it 3/4 the way on, but it is very, very tight! I probably will never, ever use another Romac.
A little more work done on the motor. Decided to upgrade to some MLS headgaskets. Plan is to shift to getting the turbo mounted and get the motor in the car here in the next few weeks.
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