Pictures of the new stuff bolted on to the car
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Gauges
The view from the driver's seat. Gauge Pod holds the Boost and Fuel pressure gauges, Air/Fuel is in the first air conditioning vent.
Close up of the A/F gauge.
I'm running out of room for gauges and didn't want to give up any more air conditioning vents, so since the oil temp is something I'll only watch while road racing I put it in the useless space for the center cup holder. I can even put the rubber liner on top of it and still make what little use the cup holder had.
The toggle switch above the gauge turns on power to the car's cooling fans and electric water pump when the car is turned off. This lets me cool the motor down between dragstrip runs or road race sessions.
Oil and Power Steering Cooler
Wanting to keep the car's motor and accessories as safe as possible on the road course led me to add a Perma-Cool Maxiflow dual circuit radiator to the car.
This is the radiator in place. It has it's own 900 CFM fan and, so far, hasn't adversely impacted overall engine cooling. Airflow to the stock radiator seems unaffected.The bottom two lines are the feed and return for the power steering fluid (2 coils). The top two fittings (4 coils) are for the engine oil. So far I haven't seen an engine oil temp over 155 degrees on the return side of the cooler, and that was only after running it at ~ 2000 RPM in a non-moving car until the gauge started to move. So far in normal driving the gauge doesn't even move (140-300 range) in highway driving and barely makes it over 140 in stop and go city driving. We'll see what summer brings. The T-fitting in the third line up is for the temperature sensor for the oil gauge.
Keep in mind that the temps I see are after the oil has made it's way through the radiator and has been cooled down, it will heat back up a bit before it's sprayed back into the engine and probably hits the bearings at least 10 to 20 degrees warmer than the temps I see.
This is a shot of the oil filter fittings that are added to allow the oil cooler radiator to be hooked up. The only down side is that it changes the oil filter style to a Ford type. The large oil filter still sits about three inches higher than the oil pan. Overall oil capacity is also increased by the cooler lines and radiator by a little over 1 quart. I run synthetic only and change it every 3000 miles.
Lower Control Arm Relocation Kit
Here's pictures of the Steve Spohn LC relocation brackets installed in place. One of the left, one of the right.
Mufflex Custom 3" Y-pipe
This is the Mufflex custom 3" y-pipe using 3" tubing and a pair of 3" catalytic converters. At the moment it's connected to the 3" intermediate pipe of my Borla catback, but that will be replaced in the next two weeks with a custom 4". That will give me the two 3" tubes coming together at the 4" exhaust. That should flow enough for my goal of around 800 flywheel horsepower. Here's a few more pictures of the installed Y-pipe:
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