That Mr Clive F's Fancy Y Piece - Installed

[The Moosehunter]

After a successful sealed auction bid at the Growl, the infamous Clive F's Y piece now adorns the Mighty Moose.

Is now a proper 5Ltr Pre-Cat

Cheers for putting it up for grabs Clive, what a generous chap you are.

I even managed to fit it without any instructions

Before ...





After ...

Edited by The Moosehunter on Thursday 21st August 02:26

[clive f]

thanks Andy, looks good.

[The AJP Griff]

Very nice indeed!Looks lovely
Definately "the 'y' peice of choice" as they say

[Del 203]

Think you need to clean those headers up



Looks good mate

[Pasco]

Yes without a doubt a super bit of kit is that Fordy

This is what you have to look forward too when the Heat Treatment has finished Moose

[Johno]

Pasco said:

Yes without a doubt a super bit of kit is that Fordy

This is what you have to look forward too when the Heat Treatment has finished Moose

Nice one Moose ! You changed the tune resistor yet ?

Pasco

On the pisture you show I have a couple of questions.

Under the throttle housing is that an atmosphere filter for the rear n/s rocker breather which is normally and little plastic mushroom ?

Also, what's pipe work coming over the alternator side and down to the front, is that an oil cooler set up ?

[Johno]

The Moosehunter said:

Whilst I'm at the questions . .. There o/s coolant pipe on your car Moose, from water pump to radiator doesn't look right to me, or mine is a different set up and i have it wrong which is very probable.

The main body of the pipe normally sits over the chassis rails and the auxillary small bore pipe for the heater matrix actually points downwards rather up at the exhaust ?

Or is yours the way it should be and either miness unique, I've found abetter way or more likely mines totally wrong

[ray_von]

I thought that about the coolant pipe. So much so I had to check on mine and it's the same as yours Johno. Thats two unique ones then

[Pasco]

Johno said:

Pasco said:

Yes without a doubt a super bit of kit is that Fordy

This is what you have to look forward too when the Heat Treatment has finished Moose

Nice one Moose ! You changed the tune resistor yet ?

Pasco

On the pisture you show I have a couple of questions.

Under the throttle housing is that an atmosphere filter for the rear n/s rocker breather which is normally and little plastic mushroom ?

Also, what's pipe work coming over the alternator side and down to the front, is that an oil cooler set up ?

You don't miss a trick do you fella

Question one is part of the idle control valve breather

Question Two is the water pipes to an experiment i tried over the winter namely fitting a Kenlowe hot start which will be fitted in a more of a permanent way over winter.

TBH I have no idea why the Speed Six guys don't use them
(remember where you heard it first )

It warms my coolant upto 70 odd deg and as a result saves me a fortune in fuel and stops the initial engine warm up ware.
I just plug it in 30 mins before i go for a run johno

Edited by Pasco on Friday 22 August 00:46

[Del 203]

ray_von said:

I thought that about the coolant pipe. So much so I had to check on mine and it's the same as yours Johno. Thats two unique ones then

Mines unique as well

[ray_von]

Del 203 said:

ray_von said:

I thought that about the coolant pipe. So much so I had to check on mine and it's the same as yours Johno. Thats two unique ones then

Mines unique as well

Bugger. I can see which way this is going

[Johno]

I'm presuming the set up on yours fits into the heater matrix circuit between the static pipework and inlet manifold inlet ?

Also, did the engine need that much breathing, trying to understand the need for such a significant upgrade in pipesize as the orginal hole is only about 3-4mm and even less through the muchroom. . . It may help me with something else . . .

Quite fancy designing a heater system could fit and remove when needed rather than permanently in residence as I've tried to remove as much wiring and pipework as is practicable from my engine bay, but appreciate the benefits of these systems.

Edited by Johno on Thursday 21st August 13:13

[Johno]

So to conclude of the coolant pipe issue, without trying to sound like we all know better, all being as diplomatic as we can, yours is not installed correctly MH.

Nothing to panic over, far from it, just if you're changing the coolant it may be an idea to swap the position round so the heater matrix pipe doesn't get so close to the manifolds.

[trackcar]

Seems Pasco dosn't know his car quite as well as he would have you believe .. the little air filter is actually supplying fitered air to the idle air control valve on his car (aftermarket ECU) , the rear rocker cover breather is intact and std ..

[Johno]

Cheers Joolz, did think it was somehow . . . . errr .... excessive

Shall we ask some more questions

[The Moosehunter]

Johno said:

So to conclude of the coolant pipe issue, without trying to sound like we all know better, all being as diplomatic as we can, yours is not installed correctly MH.

Nothing to panic over, far from it, just if you're changing the coolant it may be an idea to swap the position round so the heater matrix pipe doesn't get so close to the manifolds.

Thank you folks for all pointing out the error of my ways

I blame the engine buider...d'oh that'll be me then

I will have a look at it when I get home, but there is a chance that as my car is a hybrid one of kind special edition (ie a Pre-Cat 5 Serp 5 Ltr) that it's a mis-mash of bits chucked together and this is the only way it fits together.

I was kinda expecting a comment or two on some element of my engine bay, but wasn't expecting to have my thunder stolen so soon by Pasco and my engineering prowess brought into question by all and sundry

I'm all sad now

[Johno]

Stop whinging man, you'll have a better engine soon and Pasco doesn't even understand his

Edited by Johno on Thursday 21st August 16:44

[Del 203]

trackcar said:

Seems Pasco dosn't know his car quite as well as he would have you believe ..

The Moosehunter said:

I'm all sad now

Johno said:

Stop whinging man, you'll have a better engine soon and Pasco doesn't even understand his

[trackcar]

Del 203 said:

trackcar said:

Seems Pasco dosn't know his car quite as well as he would have you believe ..

The Moosehunter said:

I'm all sad now

Johno said:

Stop whinging man, you'll have a better engine soon and Pasco doesn't even understand his

Don't laugh Del or I'll ask you where 50hp has gone from your engine 320hp my arse

[Del 203]

trackcar said:

Don't laugh Del or I'll ask you where 50hp has gone from your engine 320hp my arse

I found 38 of em