u/backtowestfall

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After months of testing I finally ended up happy and am ready to start selling the custom-made upper cooler pipe.

The pipe and the couplers were custom-made in Europe and designed off of a 3D scan of the engine bay. The couplers are made out of aluminum and it uses the stock Style rubber gasket ring on the inside and have a spring steel clamp to attach it to the compressor outlet and intercooler Inlet.

Everything is included with the kit and it has been prefitted so it's just a simple bolt on. It's been tested for the past 6 months without any problems.

I'm including some photos and I'm happy to answer any questions and also I'm looking for any feedback. Even though I put a lot of work into them I always feel there's room to improve.

For more pictures and a complete description you can check them out at https://sageperformance.myshopify.com/

Thanks

So i have a maximum Motorsports kmember i am trying to install on my 92 foxbody, upon removing the stock one i noticed some painted over Bondo at the front and on removing it appears to be at the front base of both strut towers and what looks like a new front clip welded onto it possibly from a wreck. The welds were good but it looks like it throws off the k-member where the front of the k-member mounts and leaves a gap. Should I grind the gap down or leave it as long as everything is torqued to spec. I attached a pic of each side.

4r70w mounting problems to a small block Ford part 2.

So after having problems of getting my 4r70w transmission to mount to my small block Ford and have the proper converter play to my flexplate I think I might have found out what the problem was. I was getting at best .050 movement between the flexplate and the pump. I took the transmission off of the engine and measured the distance from the bell housing face to the mounting tabs of the torque converter fully seated and it was .944 in and I measured from the backside of the block plate to the of the flexplate where the torque converter mounts and it was .9 in.

Here is a link to the flexplate that I ordered 164-Tooth Steel Flex Plate - External 50 oz. Imbalance - 4R70W AOD - F – BluePrint Engines https://share.google/kxzFEeLeA2MQcnvT7

I'm including a picture of my actual plate that I received and from what I've been able to find out it looks like the C6 transmission flexplate has two step Downs while the correct one for a C4 or aod or 4r70w should have one step down and then Step Up.

Am I correct in my assumption about the wrong flexplate and does anybody have any information on the difference between the two Flex plates?