Update: I'm in the frigid north right now, where its a hundred degrees colder than it was at the shop, in Escondido, the day before I left.
I gathered a few more parts at the beginning of 2015, most notably these Stainless DSE headers, which are amazing in quality. It's a shame they'll be almost completely hidden when the motor is in.
I've also continued work on the front end, placing the radiator, power steering and oil coolers, as well as the intake.It has been a ton of work as everything is pretty much custom at this point. I've had to cut and modify coolant expansion tanks and hack up the core support, but after what felt like a thousand hours of taking things on and off repeatedly to check fitment, I'm finally starting to have pieces that look like they might be something some day.
Here is the air box bolted up in its final location. Now I just have to build everything around it.
The radiator is shorter, but wider than factory, and is supposedly good for 600hp, however, with the location of the valance and coolers, I wanted to make sure that the radiator's air had a dedicated path since it will only be flowing in through the lower grill opening. I also could not leave the airbox bolted on like in this picture
I'm building this cover that will become part of the core support. Undo four bolts and you can change out the filter, without taking everything apart, at least in theory.
power steering cooler:
I also started working on this close out panel to hide all of the functional, but ugly bits, like the radiator mounting brackets and coolant tanks.
I'm looking forward to warmer weather again!