Side exit exhaust

[Joeboy]

It didn't cost much but it was a bit of a pig to fit. A smaller one would have been much easier.
With bumper fitted.

And my finished exhaust

[GingerMagic]

Nice job with the intercooler, surprisingly neat. I'm a 'wolf in sheeps clothing' man myself, so I like having a stock looking car, quite unassuming until you give it the beans.. I have a similar plan with my turbo piping to replace the stock set up, did you need to fit a reducer to go into the turbo? My standard air filter-turbo pipe is 70mm as the front but 50mm at the turbo. There is a decent space for it too....
Have you fitted a D9 lion on the grill..?

[markw]

Maybe you can see from this pic.
But then what do I know.

Neat intercooler install, but has your engine cooling been compromised as the rad is now being fed with hot air instead of cold?

[Joeboy]

No it always had a intercooler from std. This ones just bigger.

[Joeboy]

Sorry mate, as you have plumbed up your own car but that pipe runing up to the intake looks like it comes from the intercooler to me
But then what do I know

No reply lol.

[dirtydirtydiesel]

That's because I've been off line due to a computer prob & if you'd like to see my handy work check out Andy Frosts Red Victor 2. I did the intercoolers & pipework ect for that

[Joeboy]

Did you get his wrong too then? Lol

[dirtydirtydiesel]

Did you get his wrong too then? Lol

Not as wrong as you've got yours . I guess your to young to remember the Top Gear article with Chris Goffey on Brake fluid fires back in 1991.

And if you think a 6.9 sec 1/4 mile run @ 218 mph with over 2200bhp & street legal is plumbed up wrong then I'll say no more

[Joeboy]

Why would my brake fluid catch fire??

[Rolebama]

I watched the program about brake fluid fires relevant to a multi pile-up on the M4 which turned into a fireball. I worked for the AA at the time and it was proposed that we could fit large cable ties around reservoirs to stop them coming off in the event of a collision. We were told we could not as it would make it seem that the AA was criticizing manufacturers for making unsafe cars.
Perhaps, Joeboy, you would like to research the 'problem' and then decide if you wish to do any other mods to your car?

[Joeboy]

No I'm good thanks.

[steve_earwig]

I say, this does seem to be getting a bit snippy, I don't really want to lock the thread as I'd like to know how Joeboy gets on with the car. Less of the "my turbo's bigger than your turbo" please guys

I think the main concerns are how hot is it going to get under the bonnet and how hot is the engine going to get with an intercooler in front of the radiator? I presume this is because it's normally behind the radiator (?), I can't imagine the intercooler producing much heat so it's maybe physically blocking it. I hope the fans are still there!

Not sure how relevant the brake fluid catching fire is, I think I can remember the Top Gear nugget referred to - it was about the fact that normal brake fluid is flammable when heated e.g. on contact with an exhaust manifold.

I worked for the AA at the time and it was proposed that we could fit large cable ties around reservoirs to stop them coming off in the event of a collision. We were told we could not as it would make it seem that the AA was criticizing manufacturers for making unsafe cars.

YOu'd have hoped the car manufacturers would have taken advice from institutions like the AA It actually looks like the 406's is held on by clevis pin and circlip. Better than nothing I guess, which is what it used to be - I remember the reservoir on my Mk4 Craptina falling off because I jumped up and down on the bonnet (I was drunk )

[Welly]

I'm looking forward to hearing it start up if the OP wouldn't mind a little video clip uploadage for us.

I guess if under-bonnet temps do rise a bit then some bonnet vents would help especially in traffic, maybe a manual fan over-ride for good measure. To be fair the car has now got its entire eggsauce system under the bonnet instead of just the fannimold so will be interesting to monitor.

[Joeboy]

The bonnet is raised at the rear to let some heat out. The intercooler has more air passing through it to the rad because I've removed the air con so it should aid cooling. How do you upload vids? I'm only on my phone? I really don't mind negative comments it's what people do on the internet lol

[Rolebama]

On the same programme I watched about brake fluid fires, there was an interesting idea about rigging up a fire extinguisher with brake pipe. Holes drilled in brake pipe and sealed with wax, and the brake pipe fitted around inner wings and across bulkhead. Idea is that in the event of a fire, the wax melts allowing the fire extinguisher contents to exit through the pre-drilled holes directly onto the fire. (Sorry if that seems like grandmothers and eggs, but I am sure there are those who never saw this.)
Anyway, I thought this a sensible idea, and made one to fit to my own car of the time. Problem was that I couldn't find a wax that would hold pressure when I set the extinguisher off into the piping. I was using a Chubb Halon-type extinguisher at the time and I tried candle wax and sealing wax which was all I could get hold of then. I haven't bothered since I went diesel as I don't think the manifolds get that hot at 2.500rpm which is just about all I manage nowadays with silly things like speed limits in place.