show us your engine bays

yottabit · Post by **yottabit** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:09 pm

Sadly, it looks the same as it did almost 5 months ago:

Well thats not exactly true. I've moved the buckets of antifreeze out from under it, and succeeded in removing one of the broken exhaust bolts... and shearing the other one off flush with the head.

worked_xr · Post by **worked_xr** » Tue May 13, 2008 12:38 am

Frag wrote:
JediTalen wrote:Soooooo DJ, do you think it'll be ready by the 26th?
To be honest... I doubt it. I have a serious lack of time and more importantly money right now.

I need to get over to JV's to pull off the downpipe from one of his customer cars that uses the same E6/Cossie turbo setup that I have so it can be duplicated and installed on my car. JV is a busy guy and I'm working 2 jobs to keep up with the bills so it's been hard to coordinate.

Ooooo, me too! I get my turbo back next week and I want to do the exhaust soon!

pyropete125 · Post by **pyropete125** » Fri May 16, 2008 8:00 am

XR4BILL · Post by **XR4BILL** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:51 am

Here is the latest front and side view of my engine bay.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj14 ... G_0215.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj14 ... G_0216.jpg
Bill.

smoke3006 · Post by **smoke3006** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:12 am

pyropete125 wrote:

Looking good so far!!

How much did you end up moving the engine back?

pyropete125 · Post by **pyropete125** » Fri May 16, 2008 9:18 pm

um i have 2- both black 89,

this one is stock motor location- volvo head, holset hy35, log header, ms, t5, 3g, 3" dp and exhaust, 95lb hr injectors, and custom inatke and everything else nessesary.

BoWzER · Post by **BoWzER** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:21 pm

Ferox · Post by **Ferox** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:20 pm

worked_xr · Post by **worked_xr** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:02 pm

I wasn't going to post mine yet, but I'm bored... It should look a bit different in a couple months after I rehab a few things, but here are a couple recent pics:

DSPXR4ti · Post by **DSPXR4ti** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:22 pm

Is your intercooler behind the radiator?

Ben

worked_xr · Post by **worked_xr** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:35 pm

BRMXR4ti wrote:Is your intercooler behind the radiator?

Ben

Good question, but no, it actually sits above the radiator. Its a genuine Cosworth 2wd IC. It actually bolts straight into the XR without any special brackets or mods to the core support. The only trick is that it needs to be used with a shorter radiator, like the Saab 900 Turbo radiator I'm using. The killer thing is that it's a super simple install with a couple very simple L brackets on the top of the Saab radiator to attach the radiator to the bottom of the IC. Then just a simple radiator "crossmember" to support the bottom of the radiator(and mounting to the original XR radiator mounting points) and you're done.

As an added bonus, I still have all my a/c components intact, including the condenser (which often have to remove to do a front mount intercooler).

Here's a pic of just the IC:

DSPXR4ti · Post by **DSPXR4ti** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:39 pm

I wish I could do that, RULES!

Ben

worked_xr · Post by **worked_xr** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:42 pm

BRMXR4ti wrote:I wish I could do that, RULES!

Ben

I make my own rules... and break them all the damn time while I'm at it.

DSPXR4ti · Post by **DSPXR4ti** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:12 am

Quik TA · Post by **Quik TA** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:08 pm

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