by Lane » Mon May 03, 2010 2:05 am
[quote="Lane"]
Nice find, reasonably priced. Will likely be ordering this today.
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I did end up ordering one of these from OTTP. Here's what the bottom looked like on the modified one that arrived:
Was concerned about the O-ring gasket that mates to this surface... rather than send it back, I took a sander to it and cleaned it up, but that still shouldn't be necessary. Don't they inspect these things before modifying them?
Anyway, the job of replacing the endplate, re-orienting the laminova tubes, re-routing the flow, and replacing the aftercooler pump (to the Bosch) ended up being a very time-consuming job. I think the last motor I swapped took less time than this did. Biggest PITA was piecing together molded hose pieces parts to get the routing and hose shape necessary. Took it for a drive but can't say I've seen much difference in IAT2s in city driving. I'll report back after I have some time to evaluate it.
I have a bunch of pictures of disassembly, hose routing, and the new pump in my website gallery
here.
[quote="Lane"]
Nice find, reasonably priced. Will likely be ordering this today.
[/quote]
I did end up ordering one of these from OTTP. Here's what the bottom looked like on the modified one that arrived:
[img]http://www.evilatom.com/forum/endplate_scratched.jpg[/img]
:doh:
Was concerned about the O-ring gasket that mates to this surface... rather than send it back, I took a sander to it and cleaned it up, but that still shouldn't be necessary. Don't they inspect these things before modifying them?
Anyway, the job of replacing the endplate, re-orienting the laminova tubes, re-routing the flow, and replacing the aftercooler pump (to the Bosch) ended up being a very time-consuming job. I think the last motor I swapped took less time than this did. Biggest PITA was piecing together molded hose pieces parts to get the routing and hose shape necessary. Took it for a drive but can't say I've seen much difference in IAT2s in city driving. I'll report back after I have some time to evaluate it.
I have a bunch of pictures of disassembly, hose routing, and the new pump in my website gallery [url=http://www.evilatom.com/gallery2/v/upgrades/cooling_sc/]here[/url].