Well, roadkill669 and i were SUPPOSED to be installing a new clutch on his car yesterday, but certain persons were not around for a UPS dropoff so the clutch is delayed a day.



In light of this, we decided to do some smaller things. His TID was cracked and brittle, so a new one had to be made, then we figured a nice cooler air box should go around the filter, and also that the FP guage should be relocated to inside the car...here are some pics of the work...



new box from the front...

Here's a shot from the top. It was very tight fit, and roadkill669 decided he wanted to put the MAF in to box too...making a design a lil more difficult,lol(bastard!). Anyways..with the MAF in there, it give more metal to absorb the heat and keep it away from the filter. Thank god we had a shorty filter...

The box is not a flimsy aluminum box. The bottom is a two layer with fiberglass insulation between them. The entire box is bolted together and can be completely dissassembled. Some electric tape was used to smooth some edges. The sides are also a two layer constructed aluminum with insulation between them. No bent corners on the inside to provide a nice smooth surface for air to rush to the filter...



a hold was cut in the side for the MAF plug as well...this box stays COLD!



here's a rear shot..u can also see the fully insulated TID...

Final shot of the engine bay..would look a million times better if it weren't for the dealer applied RUST proofing back in '87, lol...

Now for the gauges...



Don't know if you all saw roadkill's post on his fuel pressure gauge, but it WAS located up front near the headlights...well, it is now moved to the interior below the logicon along w/ his two other temp guages.

The plate is good thick aluminum sprayed w/ BMW paint..don't remember color, but it looks good.



The top smaller peice was put in so he'll have room for his turbo timer when he gets it...



Well, thats it for this post, I think he'll get some up when his clutch arrives. We're hoping to be at MIR in later November for the car's last race of the season...and I MAY have my car there too!

I feel sorry for that engine bay https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...O_DIR#>/11.gif

HOLLY ****!!!



Did you have a bond fire in the engine bay?

you can remove that **** if you are carefull you know



align your fuel gauge please!

I would have figured roadkill would have posted on this by now...



so i guess i have to. The engine bay does look like **** because of the rust proofing crap, i'm sorry,lol...we ARE going to repaint the engine bay someday...but probably not til the next motor...



Robrx7...u gotta be so technical dont ya,lol...the gauge is aligned perfect...from the driver's seat https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

IC sprayer?

Is the AFM going to read properly like that? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/ohmy.png

do you mean because its upside down?

It will read fine. Its all sprung and held in place. My SAFC reads the same still so it should be fine. I have noticed a hell of a decrease in the temps from the turbo. It cools down ALOT quicker. You can actually watch the numbers fall straight down on the gauge, skipping every few. It used to stay hot for a while, then start falling.



I also cut a hole behind the headlight for some added air. Also, I took the headlight out and with the FTP out, it gets a crap load of air to it. The TID also freed up alot of air and I have noticed a decrease in spool time.

thats a nice place for your safc

do u have probs wit your super afc with your

S4 ?

I thought it was a good place. Its not mounted yet becasue I needed to get in and out behind the gauges, but the SAFC is mounted to the braket with velcro, so you can take it off and let the passenger help you tune it without having to lean down and play with it



And no problems at all with the SAFC. It works great.

Yea, works great..just look at his sig...

Yea...it is a sprayer rail...no bottle in the car right now,took it out and put in the shop for later(its empty anyways). The rail doesn't flow well enough either, so a new one will probably need to be made...

try various solvents on that rustproofing crap, start with alcohol, then try some kerosine, gas, then acetone.



I used to take it off cars all the time.

i was just wondering how someone would do that with our top mounted intercoolers i would be curious to see how that works and if it works well.... depending on a couple of factors i'd like to do that myself

The N2O sprayer flows fine, its just when I tested it, the bottle was pretty much empty so it didn't have enough pressure to spray it fast enough. The first one I made is a little too big as you can tell, I wanna see if it does anything first, then correct the size if it does anything.