Hey guys,
I am in the opening stages of laying out the routing of my hot side turbo piping on my '69 442 and i have a great location where I would like to run my crossover pipe but I am concerned with its proximity to the oil pan I may be causing myself some unwanted oil heating.
I will take some pics tomorrow but basically it is going off the driver's side, under the engine in front of the oil pant but behind the crossmember. Now I KNOW the factory did this before but I am concerned with the turbo set-up and upwards of 1200+ degrees that I am going to get some serious radiant heating of the surrounding metal.
There is actually at least of quarter inch of clearance all around but I am pretty sure I will have to reroute the front brake line because the crossover will parallel it for a decent stretch.
Basically I am looking for a little leveling here...am I over complicating this? I am most definitely ceramic coating all the piping and more than likely wrapping this pipe as well.
What's everyone's thoughts on this?
Thanks
Dave