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[67ragtp]

If you look at the drivers side head light, just to the right of it is the grill opening and its taking in outside air. I imagine it has to be cooler than the filter being directly under the hood. Yes, the filter is almost completely under the front fender. You could build a sheet metal wall where it enters the fender isolating the filter from the engine bay, I dont think its necessary though. Scott G was very helpful when I was designing mine and informed me that it is a very dirty area and the pre-filter is a must. I would have never thought of that, I guess his filter got pretty dirty in short amount of time.

[tones2SS]

Looks great. Love the Ring Brother and DSE upgrades.

[ModernMuseum]

Originally Posted by 67ragtp

If you look at the drivers side head light, just to the right of it is the grill opening and its taking in outside air. I imagine it has to be cooler than the filter being directly under the hood. Yes, the filter is almost completely under the front fender. You could build a sheet metal wall where it enters the fender isolating the filter from the engine bay, I dont think its necessary though. Scott G was very helpful when I was designing mine and informed me that it is a very dirty area and the pre-filter is a must. I would have never thought of that, I guess his filter got pretty dirty in short amount of time.

Sweet. Ill probably do mine the same way then.

Any particular reason you pointed your exhaust inward like that? Do you think you get much more noise that way vs running it all the way to the back?

[mrgm]

[awr68]

Looks great Rich!

[67ragtp]

Originally Posted by ModernMuseum

Sweet. Ill probably do mine the same way then.

Any particular reason you pointed your exhaust inward like that? Do you think you get much more noise that way vs running it all the way to the back?

Straight down and it resonates off the pavement, can be even more annoying than the way I have it setup. By pointing them at each other and slightly down Im hoping for some slight noise cancelation. No matter how I look at it, it sucks. Also tried to direct the exhaust gas away from the inside of the wheel so I cut the angle accordingly. I would love to have full tails going out the back which would be significantly quieter but there are to many monkey bars back there. I try to do every thing I can myself with car building, exhaust systems have become my nemisis. It didn't seem obnoxiously loud while running in my basement, so it will have to do for now.

[67ragtp]

Well it finally got out on the driveway, exposed to the sun. First time since it came home from paint, one year later. Ran the engine for a while, Fan turned on at 200, I was happy to see that working properly, off at 190. The second fan never turned on, dont know what the set point is. First check was steering, couldnt move the wheel, and the brake pedal was bouncing all over the place. This is a hydraboost system so we jacked up the front end and turned the wheel a half million times and pumped the brake pedal another half million times. It feels alot better now. The hyd clutch needed 2 turns on the clevis linkage, and hopefully Im not bottoming out the master, pedal is hitting the floor board so I believe it is stopping before it hits the bottom of the master. The clutch feels good, drove up and down the driveway a few times and it seems to work nice, grabs just off the floor. I couldnt take it out for a maiden voyage since the the front fenders are practically sitting on the tires.
I think the Wilwood WS6 calipers were a poor choice on my part there just to big and the .250 spacer to clear them pushed the 10 inch forglines out enough to be to close to the edge. Ive got a little over 2 deg of negitive camber in this thing and cant get it to clear. I hope adjusting the ride height helps. My rims are a 7 inch inner and a 3 inch outer, Im wondering if I went to a 2.5 inch outer hoop making the rim a 9.5" would the 275 tire fit on it and would it be in the front fender a 1/2 deeper. If this makes sense please comment. Heres some pics almost complete outside. Thanks Rich