another thing you could do if you are worried about heat, is get an upgraded radiator for your engine water, a nice fat aluminum radiator would probably work great :-)

I had no problems with hood clearance, I have a stock hood.

Louie, my trans is an auto.

 

that makes so much sense Willie.. i'll surely be researching that.. thanks!

404: we do have a larger radiator in most cars imported here anyway
my hood is the Shelby GT-H.. and that's known for clearance problems even with stock engine compartments :S

 

 

Well.. we started with the installation today morning. and things are coming along quite nicely

one thing though.
the installation manual confused the heck out of me in the end, where i bolted on the throttle body and was about to put on the air intake.

i noticed at that point that i may have made the wrong connection between a breather on the back of compressor, and the nozzle on the driver side fuel rail

i have a feeling this should actually be plugged into the air intake port :S

can someone post a close up showing what goes where please?

also.. the breather on the passenger side valve cover that used to connect to the air intake with a PCV hose.. what will happen to it?

tomorrow morning i will be going thorugh the entire installation manual to make sure i haven't missed a thing, but till then, i'd really appreciate if someone can help clear this one out for me

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The left side is good... the fuel pressure sensor. That's hooked up correctly, to the fuel rail.

The right side is a PCV that goes to the passenger side valve cover.

CR

 

great.. so i've got it alright so far.

but well i _think_ i ran out of hoses
i'll have to see what i still have left tomorrow morning (in 7 hours actually)

thanks CR.. i really gotta buy you a drink sometime! (somehow )

 

Louie,

Note this for future reference.

The PCV line (as Ford calls it -- but has no actual PCV valve) is the 5/8" hose that connects the driver's side valve cover to the Whipple "U". This line carries oil laden air that's circulated back into the intake tract before the compressor and HE (below the compressor). This line is under vacuum most of the time and the hose literally collapses -- squeezes shut when the engine is under high vacuum, i.e. idle or deceleration. Once you get your car running with the Whipple, examine this hose and you'll see exactly what I mean. You may also notice when when you remove the stock intake manifold, there's oil in it..!! Two points:

1) The hose should somehow be reinforced not to collapse. I did this by inserting a 1/2" diameter steel tube into the straight section of hose.

2) This is the most important point. If this oily air is allowed to recirculate through the compressor and into the HE, the oil will eventually clog the HE. This is exactly what happens on the '03 Cobra -- I know from experience. I owned one. So, I feel it absolutely necessary to install an oil / air separator in this line. There's a good article on it here:

http://www.modularfords.com/forums/2...?highlight=pcv

I took the liberty of making my own separator and bracket. Here it is:

 

ll3 format doeesn't allow modifications. but still the quest getting base-whipple tune for sct might be a problem

 

Is there a possibility to get a Whipple for auto GTs?

 

Yes, they are available!

 

On the Automatics, you do not get a Procal tool. You actually send your PCM to Ford Racing in Dearborn, MI and they send it back to you calibrated.

CR

 

Hm...but I would have a lot of other mods...xpipe...headers...pulleys...exhaust...would n't it make more sense to order a tune for the xcal2 with all mods or can ford take care also for the mods in the PCM? So i have to uninstall the complete pcm??

 

Ford racing has you enter in all of the other mods that your car has. However, yes it would be a great idea to get an XCal2 with Whipple tunes with long tubes. In order to do that you'd have to get to a local dyno and be able to get AFR printouts to make sure the tune is correct.

In that situation, you would have both sides taken care of.

CR
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