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[Reckley]

Sweet video. When I heard hot for teacher I was hoping for a smokey burn out

[rockdogz]

Originally Posted by Reckley

Sweet video. When I heard hot for teacher I was hoping for a smokey burn out

Yeah, the end of the video is lame I admit... but I can't really do a burnout in the alley there - gonna have to find somewhere else to do it and then edit that in!

[tomspo04]

Originally Posted by rockdogz

Yeah, the end of the video is lame I admit... but I can't really do a burnout in the alley there - gonna have to find somewhere else to do it and then edit that in!

Tom, Does the 502RJ have enough power to spin the tires? How's it running? I'm going to drop mine in on Saturday, but probably won't have it running for a month or so.

[tomspo04]

Tom, Where did you mount your oil pressure and engine temp sending units? I put the oil pressure unit at the lower left front of the block, but am not sure where to mount the coolant temp sensor since there is already a temp sensor mounted on the front of the manifold..

[BANKO]

Tom-

Thanks for supporting Apple! Glad to hear you got a Macbook, I just finished working on that product :-)

-Josh

[rockdogz]

Originally Posted by tomspo04

Tom, Where did you mount your oil pressure and engine temp sending units? I put the oil pressure unit at the lower left front of the block, but am not sure where to mount the coolant temp sensor since there is already a temp sensor mounted on the front of the manifold..

I mounted the oil pressure unit at the rear of the block on the driver's side, while I mounted the temperature sending unit in the front of the intake. I put the electric fan sending unit in the passenger side cylinder head.

[tomspo04]

Well, the engine is in ...All went well except for a few glitches. The drivers side header is tight, but not really all that bad going in...the power steering pulley (March Ultra Front Mount) is making slight contact with the steering gear ( I may be able to slightly notch the steering gear housing). The RJ intake is NO WHERE NEAR clearing the steel cowl hood. I cut the sub-structure out of the hood where I needed to but am still 1 7/16 to high...ANY SUGGESTIONS??? I want to stay away from a taller cowl, and don't want to cut a hole in the hood Right now I'm contemplating having the intake runners shortened...the driveshaft is about two inches too long. I'll try to post a pic or two but think they're too big (1GB).

[rockdogz]

Originally Posted by tomspo04

Well, the engine is in ...All went well except for a few glitches. The drivers side header is tight, but not really all that bad going in...the power steering pulley (March Ultra Front Mount) is making slight contact with the steering gear ( I may be able to slightly notch the steering gear housing). The RJ intake is NO WHERE NEAR clearing the steel cowl hood. I cut the sub-structure out of the hood where I needed to but am still 1 7/16 to high...ANY SUGGESTIONS??? I want to stay away from a taller cowl, and don't want to cut a hole in the hood Right now I'm contemplating having the intake runners shortened...the driveshaft is about two inches too long. I'll try to post a pic or two but think they're too big (1GB).

Hmm, that sucks... It makes sense that there is less clearance on the second gen vs first gen though - the hood seems more sleek. Also, with the Alston front sub the body shop had all kinds of grief saying the fenders wouldn't line up - maybe that worked in my favor to give me more room under the hood. Having to chop up the intake doesn't sound like a good option - I don't think the computer would like that, not to mention the low end torque you would lose. What about one of these? Halfway kidding of course, I'm sure you don't want to spend that much more! Where is it hitting, in the front or rear?