Well my hands are cut to shreds but the intake manifold is off the rb25 now lol.
Few questions for those that can spare the time to answer them,
#1 Can I ditch the coolant rail that bolts under the plenum, only reason I can see if being there for is the factory oil warmer, or is that the only path the coolant can take on its way back to the radiator?
#2 After looking at the rats nest of a loom in the engine bay I decided I will re-wire the whole car, not sure on how good of a job I will do, but at least all the seperate systems will be seperate and will help with any diagnosis. Does anyone have some pointers on what wiring to use, I was thinking multi-core trailer wire, but will it suffice? Also the Altenator? I cant see how it runs back to the battery due to 3000000000 other seperate looms running with the cable....All the under dash wiring will come out as im not going to use the factory dash, and will just have basic intruments (RPM, Boost, Oil Pres and temp and water temp)
#3 Has anyone undone the 2 grub screws on the intake side of the head, what is behind them? Im hoping its the coolant galleries as I want to use them to run some braided line into a header tank/swirl pot thingo, to make sure there is never any air in the Head.
#4 What else can I ditch being that this car is track only, none of the heater hoses are going back on the new motor....nor will I run a speedo
#5 Being that the Microtech has no knock function, should i leave the knock sensors out, or should I put them in and run the wires to a plug that in the future I can use for a knock box...I think its a good idea but im a newb at these full on race cars.
Hope you guys can help...as I want the neatest solution possible.
Thanks