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[Heavensheros]

here is a pic with the Manifold and the VJ-11/14/20 Hybrid

 

still going to paint the power steering pump and the radiator mounting brackets.

After that i will need to install the wide-band 02 sensor and the catch can and some more things when i think of them. will update later

[adamg]

looks great Joshua!!

[Gus Kelley]

Hey Josh! Things are coming around great!  Keep it going.  Gus

[rcicustoms]

very very red, boy you love your red dont ya??
looks good ... RCI....

[Gostlrs]

i just wish i could park mine and do things to it..

daily driver sucks some times..LOL

keep it up!

[Shagdasty]

Sure Your car looks great, like it wants for anything except to be driven more... Ha
Scott

[Heavensheros]

my car loves the winter garage she told me she didnt want to slide into a pole or get eaten away by michigan salt im keeping her young

Also decided that i will be making all of my intercooler piping black for a 2 tone ... plan on using black exhaust wrap and the black exhaust wrap paint... that should keep the under hood temp from getting into them pipes...

also the paint that i used on the exhaust manifold advertises that it will insulate it so that the manifold wont get hot enough to leave skin behind also taking down under hood temps

the next big project is to get 2x 3slot hood vents in the back to really help with underhood temp.

was thinking vents just like this

http://image.mustangmonthly.com/f/9323268/mump_0709_02_z+shelby_gt500_super_snake+hood_vents.jpg

[JackRobot]

Looks great, I hope you didn't really cure your manifold in your oven you use to cook food lol

Keep up the good work!

[Heavensheros]

sure did lol ... i put it on a self clean after and the oven smells brand new

[Gostlrs]

shhh

he said don't tell mom

[Heavensheros]

Here is the picture with the intercooler pipeing wrapped in exhaust wrap and then painted in hi-temp silicone coating .... turned out pretty good and should keep the under hood heat away from the air keeping it a little more cooler

 

[rcicustoms]

ok josh,  please...
Dont take this the wrong way, your thinking and
thats a good thing ... but your getting ahead of yourself...

on an n/a car yes, wraping an intake to keep it from heat soaking... ok..

on a turbocharged vehicle your talking about an air pump driven with exhaust gas.. the pump is already hot.. then, when you compress air into a "charge" your creating heat anyway...

this heat generated by the charging process is the reason you run a front mount intercooler on your car...
if you can dump mass quantities of heat.. you can then turn the boost up yet still be at a resonable temperature...
(when driven hard the turbo side of the intercooler will actually get hot to the touch)

what im trying to say, without sounding like a prick.
 is that your wrapped pipes, are actually keeping your 200* engine from heating up your
200* pipes... and at speed when airflow becomes a factor, your actually locking the heat in from the cooling airflow...
Aluminum is actually the best stuff here, becuase it dissapates heat more rapidly than anything else...

the only way to turn the heat down so to speak is to run a larger intercooler or experiment with water meth...

as for asthetics it looks good ...


do understand, to all his own,
but i want you to learn..so im gonna let ya know..
 
  be good.. joe..

[Heavensheros]

ok thank you ... the only reason i got the wrap was because it was rather cheap ... the wrap does look good and thank you for that ... i hope keeping the pipes wrapped doesnt hurt the car if so i can unwrap and just paint the pipes black.

ps. wouldn't the exhaust wrap keep my one pipe protected from the high heat produced from the exhaust manifold.

[rcicustoms]

yea, to an extent .. remember airflow.. at 60 mph that external heat from the exhaust just goes out the back of the engine compartment...

now the vents you were talking about, in the hood... will help to remove heat in a noticeable way.. i have my hood vented and the difference was noticeable..
 another thing if you like the looks of the scoops or vents then go for it ...
if not let me know, and ill show ya how to vent the engine compartment without modification to your hood...for a stock look...

be good ...Joe Cote...

[Heavensheros]

that would be cool to vent the engine without modding the hood ... keeping it vented without modding for now at least ... how do you do that ?