///Mock3 "Luxury" Edition

the fog duct will be a secondary, will probably have a feed higher up, so "if" theres any water ingress, it wont flood the filter

so shouldve given the car a wash first

 

y u no snap pics?

 

so bit of work on the duct this weekend.

got the plug to a point i was happy with and threw on some paint and release wax



zip tied the plug to the front piece, best way i could think of to keep it tight in position but not be permanent





2 layers of fibreglass



had to cut the plug a bit, because there were a few high spots that stoppped it slipping off, but got it out



now i just need to fill some holes, pinholes, smooth out the high spots and get it all neat and itll be ready to wax for carbon intake!!

also, did a quick measure yesterday, the inlet will be ~3.8" diameter once i cut the final piece shorter(its long to allow for excess that i can cut off). plenty enough for the 3.5" charger inlet me thinks.

 

close enough

 

haha, its just the mould for carbon fibre goodness, red was easier to see the curves than black

 

so to start the new year off, i decided to pull the engine apart!!

namely i decided it was time to install the dual pickup oil pump and sump(with supercharger drain fitting) to the car.

so to remove sump, its either engine out, or subframe out and support engine. old holden driveshafts are good for something!! i removed the entire front suspension at the same time, it was easier, and allowed me to install the helper springs for the front coilovers ive had sitting around for at least 6 months





straight into it, had to swing power steering pump out the way, move all the power steering lines, as one goes under the sump and others just get in the way.



so heres the new sump vs old sump. new one has much better baffling(less oil splashing up onto crank and slowing it down), narrower oil holding area and 2 sump plugs(means ive gotta remember to buy a spare crush washer every oil change!!)



the old baffle gets to stay gone, free weight savings!!



and new pump in, had to change a bracket on one of the main caps, so had a sneak peek at the bearings, and they look fine. loctited the oil pump nut on again, as they are known to come loose

you can see the big pickup tube at the back, and the small hose is the return for the front of the pump pickup(cant see the mesh, its hidden behind sunlight)



had to purchase a new dipstick and tube, as theyre different lengths



put it all back together, my modified power steering lines still clear the sump nicely, front drain will get oil all over the swaybar every change



and thats all the pics i have, tomorrow ive gotta spin the coilovers down a touch to compensate for the helper springs, and have a play with a few other things while its in the air, maybe do some more intercooler piping mockup

but i filled her up, threw some power steering fluid in(need to finish bleeding that tomorrow), and she runs fine, no scary noises. will take it for a rap tomorrow arvo hopefully.

one step closer to booooost!!

and alst but not least, happy new year to everyone, expect more updates and pics through out the year! aiming for supercharger installed by april ish

 

has been pretty much like that with no ill effects since feb, but ill try to give it a bit more slack tomorrow. infact i think i took that pic before i gave it a bit more slack earlier.

ps. the engine doesnt rock back and forth like a 454 in a rocking chair so theres very little hose movement

 

so to keep ari happy, i adjusted the hoses this morning, the hose was touching the sump, and had already roughed up the surface from the short runtime last night



and while the front was off, i had a quick play with some cooler piping, got a couple bits to get welded together, means hopefully less work next mockup session. pipe im touching wont be welded, want to sort that one out later after some thinking.





havent had a "through the gates" shot for a while

 

so you can paint it for me?