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BSmiff , it is a fun street car
I don't get what you are saying ; do you mean cog driven bracket ?

either way the reason I changed to vette setup is that it mounts the blower higher in the engine compartment and moves it farther back from the radiator.

the old setup was also an 8 rib which was ok , but a cog would let me squeeze the full potential of this setup.


moving on ,,, I didn't get to do much yesterday , but i did get a few pics of the complete exhaust on the car 





and I did manage to mess around with the charge pipes . I got both pipes cut to size and bead rolled them :



I also dropped the radiator in place to see how everything fit, which was very nicely
i found out i have to make me a new coolant line from the upper water pump outlet to the radiator. i also found out i can use the stock Fbody fans if i needed to .





after placing the charge pipes in place i started messing around with where to place the BOV valve . the plan was to mount it on the elbow just before the TB , but doing so will mean i can't run the filter and inlet tube from the driver side to the blower inlet ( the BOV is a vortech mondo unit so it is HUGE) . so i decided to place it between the blower and intercooler.

I'm also looking into relocating the trans cooler from its current location to in front of the radiator. that would give me a bit more room and clean the engine compartment up.


so if i get chance tonight i should be able to weld the IAT bung on the charge pipe , install the engine harness and starter , headers gaskets , figure out where to mount the trans temp sensor ( in pan or in cooler lines) , hook up shifter cable, and anything else i might find amusing to do along the way