If you're still reading this thread, you're probably all wondering if I'll ever actually get to doing some engine work. It's embarassing to admit I've been home since December 15th :redface:
I'm not at the skill level yet of dropping engine's like Coz and Shawn, but I figure it's taken me about 8 hours total from jacking the car up to the point of actually dropping the engine/cradle.
She's finally all ready to come out. Just need to cut some wood for my cradle support on the dollies. I've got a 3-day weekend again this Friday - hopefully it will all come apart then:
Before it came out, I was able to spend a few hours mocking up my twin turbo placements. To do what I want, I have two options:
1) Go to rigid engine mounts so I can re-engineer the front engine mount for front bank turbo/exhaust routing space;
2) Build a custom rear header kind of similar to what Autowave did on their turbo design (routing to the rear passenger side instead of the drivers side).
There's benefits and drawbacks to each configuration.
Option 1 can have two Aerodyne turbos placed basically in the drivers side engine bay, or one twin-scroll design EFR-7670 turbo. This would be a TRUE twin-scroll design with merge from the correct pistons - not just a merge from each header bank.
Option 2 would lead to turbos placed about 3-4 feet downstream of the heads. Not optimal, but basically similar to every turbo design out there (except SOS's twin-turbo). I could do the Aerodyne's there too, or again, a true twin-scroll with really long primaries.
I would like to do Option 2 with the Aerodyne's since I'm still hesitant how they will hold up to extreme exhaust gas temperatures. Placing them 3-4ft downstream is probably best. But, I would still do a custom rear header design for optimized volumes and layout.
We'll see.
Dave
