Added an H pipe...

[2ndgen]

and I really like the way it mellowed the exhaust!

There isn't much room between the 2.5 inch pipes, TCP subframe with X brace, and an AOD... but on the bright side I probably don't need to worry about a driveshaft loop! FWIW - I am running JBA shorties and magnaflows.

-Rory

 

[apollard]

Nice job, those pipes are really tucked in there.

 

[B67FSTB]

Very very nice !! Clean job. :thu

But ......You have to do something with the trans cooler liner IMHO :hide :hide

 

[2ndgen]

Very very nice !! Clean job. :thu

But ......You have to do something with the trans cooler liner IMHO :hide :hide

No need to hide for that comment - I absolutely agree. I actually have what I believe to be a rear main seal leak, and my plan is to wait till I pull the transmission to reroute the cooler lines. It is the first time I have built an engine with the new 1 piece rear main seal and I must have messed up. But my general philosphy is to get the car complete before going back to fix all the little bugs since otherwise I get too discouraged about the lack of progress...

My todo list is:

1) install door glass
2) install interior door panels

*** car will be complete ***

Get a couple hundred miles on the car
Dyno tune the engine

*** time to fix the following... ***

3) Transmission cooler line leak at case
4) Transmission cooler line routing at radiator
5) Switch to a deep transmission pan with drain plug
6) Rear main seal leak
7) Slight exhaust leak on driver's side header
8) Set ride height

... and whatever else turns up as part of the shake down...

-Rory

 

[Jonk67]

Nice job, those pipes look more like 3" next to the SF connectors. I bent lines for my AOD 2X as I had to change from LT headers that wouldn't fit around my AOD and PS and Idler arm no matter how much I beat them.
I bent 5/16" polymer coated lines (easier to bend and not kink I find, especially 3/16" brake line) from NAPA. I added a trans cooler and did all solid lines from trans. out>rad. in>rad. out> cooler in> cooler out> trans in. Ended up with 4 pieces of line and one coupler.

The cooler lines up pretty well with my front valence cutout for air.
Jon

 

[cmayna]

Rory,
On Red, I'm using a deeper (1 QT more than stock) aluminum AOD oil pan with a drain plug by Trick Flow. Here's a partial pic.