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Lol. Most of y'all have my cell phone number, so everyone texts me the questions they want to ask me anyways. Been stupid busy at work, so haven't been able to get on here much.
Alright, I have a couple pictures to post. I took more but apparently the flash wasnt working and they are just black smudges. Anyways, have been working on this oil drain.
Here is the plate with fitting that will get welded in.
Here is the oil drain spout I lathed and already posted, this is how it sits in the valley
Plate sits on top, and everything gets welded together
And I also got the passenger side up pipe done and tacked, ready to be taken to friends house to get made solid. Had more pictures of that but they were all dark. BUt this is how it looks now.
Andrew, one thing that concerns me about that last pic is the location of the bellow, and the distance from that up pipe to the bell housing adapter. You may want to get it tucked down a little tighter to the bell housing. The way it sits in that pic it looks like you may be getting into the firewall with that up pipe. May just be the angle the pic was taken from, IDK. I try to keep them running right down along the bell housing because you are pretty limited on room right through there. Here is a pic of mine to show what I'm talking about.
4an will be the supply, the black fitting pictured for return is a 10an, picture must be a bit screwy..
Originally Posted by DIYMechanic
MMMmmmm. I like it. I love those Riffraff Intake Plenums. Clay does some great work on those.
Yea, there are a few options for plenums now, Clays are more expensive by about 80 bucks it seems, but honestly, they have the more work in them with machining and such by far. Also, they oring seal made it a no-brainer in my opinion. I know people get theirs sealed up fine with grey death, but I also know several people who have had to do it multiple times to seal, particularly around the 3 inch intake because there isnt much sealing surface. Anyways, I would have done others, but these were a christmas gift so I just asked for the ones I really wanted .
Originally Posted by ReBilld
Andrew, one thing that concerns me about that last pic is the location of the bellow, and the distance from that up pipe to the bell housing adapter. You may want to get it tucked down a little tighter to the bell housing. The way it sits in that pic it looks like you may be getting into the firewall with that up pipe. May just be the angle the pic was taken from, IDK. I try to keep them running right down along the bell housing because you are pretty limited on room right through there. Here is a pic of mine to show what I'm talking about.
^Thats why I had moved it a bit higher, and mine is even a bit higher because I wanted it roughly to same height as the other one (which is tucked up high in an attempt to get out of the way of the downpipe coming down). That last bit seems silly now, but when I was building it I wanted it to look symmetrical ..?? Hmm, well Im going to head out to the truck and take a few measurements to see how much room I have right behind the corner of that head.
At this point, I may be more willing to massage firewall when the engine comes out by an inch rather than redo the pipe set-up, what do you think ?
My question is why does everyone keep using a plate and bolting it down to the fuel pump holes? You went through the trouble of building a custom adapter for the fuel pump hole, why not make that a slight press fit and thread the top of it. Then you just thread an AN fitting into that and you don't have to worry about that plate and that fitting sits lower in the valley and makes it easier to line up the return line.
My question is why does everyone keep using a plate and bolting it down to the fuel pump holes? You went through the trouble of building a custom adapter for the fuel pump hole, why not make that a slight press fit and thread the top of it. Then you just thread an AN fitting into that and you don't have to worry about that plate and that fitting sits lower in the valley and makes it easier to line up the return line.
Don't you have to worry about block pressures blowing the fitting off though if it's not bolted down?
My question is why does everyone keep using a plate and bolting it down to the fuel pump holes? You went through the trouble of building a custom adapter for the fuel pump hole, why not make that a slight press fit and thread the top of it. Then you just thread an AN fitting into that and you don't have to worry about that plate and that fitting sits lower in the valley and makes it easier to line up the return line.
Also if I read it right my turbo paperwork wants the drain within 20° of vertical.so as straight down as maximum possible is best.
If it was done like that and a guy were worried about it working out just build a hold down to go across old pump bosses just as an incase.
I have to get my lathe at home up and running...
Don't you have to worry about block pressures blowing the fitting off though if it's not bolted down?
Not if it were plumbed like mine with a solid piece of pipe. It would have to lift the turbo up then. I did mine in a plate bolted where the fuel pump goes and 45* fittings lined up perfect, but the lower you could get that fitting down in the valley, the easier it would be to plumb. I may redo mine like what Travis is talking about. I'm building another one of these complete set ups, up pipes, T4 mount, and all as soon as I get time. I'm gonna be trying several different things outside the box between now and then. Might come up with something totally different and unique from any other set up......I have a few ideas already
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