Flyenlow Stage 3.5: Some more refinement.
Foreword: I'm putting this in the dyno section because there will be a direct dyno comparison before I'm done.
I got the itch to work on the car a little now that it's going into the winter. I've been wanting to solve some exhaust issues, leaking/scraping/etc, and decided it's time to do something about it. Upgrade time. I'll be swapping out my JetHot coated flanged connected 1 3/4" headers and 3" ORY for a set of slip fit XS Power stepped 1 3/4"-1 7/8" headers. I thought the XS Power y-pipe was junk and seeing as I saw others were having issues with shipping and fitment, I decided to go with a KOOKS ORY and modify as needed, while routing it into my GMMG. The JetHot headers have done me well, but are lacking in updated design. I like the fact that the XS headers have the velocity merge and spike, also the KOOKS updated Y-pipe design is quite beautiful. I'm very interested to see what kind of gains I'll see with the combination of the two.
At the same time, I decided it was time to address some cooling issues that I have always dealt with. My car consistently runs at 190*-215*. I know that's not necessarily high, but I have NOTHING in the engine bay, no condenser in front of the radiator and an EWP, so I've always thought it was high. Recently after working on a customers car I built last year, he told me his car barley gets above 180* even with the AC on and sitting in traffic. Granted he has a larger radiator, but the car has nothing deleted, full weight car with AC and is ProCharged and I just though it was crazy this car sat lower then mine. SO I decided to upgrade again of course.
After 9 years of duty my CSR electric pump I think finally gave up the ghost. After doing a bit of research I found it was only rated at 30-37 gpm initially, so I decided to get a Meziere HD that flows 55 gpm. My shop also has a plasma table so I fabbed a custom shroud for the radiator as well, with some SPAL fans. Hopefully this combination with net some cooler temps.
I also decided while I had everything off I'd waste money on more shiny bolts...
XS Power headers
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...pspubg2zjt.jpg
Outdated ORY vs Kooks new design with true merge
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...psvwx3ic89.jpg
Meziere vs CSR
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...psjagylyht.jpg
new shroud with dual 12" SPAL
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...pskoo2ssqw.jpg
ARP 12 point hardware
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...pshnclotq6.jpg
self explanitory
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...psneju2mfu.jpg
Dyno Comparison: I plan to bring the car to the shop and initially run a few baseline pulls. Then I'll swap out the exhaust and see what kind of gains it makes. I don't think the cooling stuff will play in any factor but I could be wrong. I'll keep this post updated as progress continues. Unless weather gets the best of me I hope to knock it out sometime in the next week or two.