The Whipple is on and it is SWEET!

[SWThomas]

First and foremost I want to extend a HUGE thank you to Bob (Fade 2 Black) for helping me install this blower. Without Bob's experise it would have been a lot harder and I'm not sure I would have figured out the little leak issue we were having. You're the man Bob!:cheers

I have to apologize for not taking more pictures. I would love to have made a How-To on this, but I got a little involved in the install. I will say that Whipple included everything required for this install and then some. The instructions kind of suck though and are for the 2.3L Whipple. But the set-up is pretty much the same.

Here's a picture of the midplate mounted and the intercooler lines plumbed...
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/SWThomas/WhippleWeekend.jpg

Here's some pics of the "Gen 2" screws...
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/SWThomas/WhippleWeekend1.jpg

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Here's a random shot of Bob waiting for the coffee to kick in...:shock:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/SWThomas/WhippleWeekend4.jpg

Okay. We got the whole thing installed and cranked it up. There was a screaming whistle that was so loud it was almost deafening. It took us a minute to figure out where it was coming from, but we did. It was leaking air between the lower intake manifold and the midplate back where the rear dowel is. So we pulled it all back off and inspected. This is where I would've been lost... But Bob knew exactly what it was and went to work. It appears the recess that was machined into the midplate for the dowel was too shallow. Thus, when the midplate was touqued down, the dowel didn't allow it to fully seat. So Bob took a little off the dowels and everything was good to go after that...

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/SWThomas/WhippleWeekend11.jpg

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I already had the filter adapter from my Cool-Aid intake kit. So I used that and I bought a filter from the Summit store. Since this was the "Racer kit" it didn't come with a filter or the EGR tube. I used Summit part # SUM-F1336 for the filter and got a pre-filter for it which was part# AID-799-420.

Here's some pics of everything installed...
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/SWThomas/WhippleWeekend21.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/SWThomas/WhippleWeekend22.jpg

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http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/SWThomas/WhippleWeekend45.jpg

[Jeff]

Very nice !

[snakeplissken]

The carbon fiber looks good too.

[chrisheltra]

Sooo hot what to touch the hiney.

[slow04]

When are you bringing it up to race?:gears:

[Dave]

Is it a show truck or a race truck? I like the red fuel rails and all the carbon fiber, you going to race it in the lightning shootout this weekend?

[Chillerman]

It looks good! I have a buddy with a whipple on his 03 Cobra, and it is a bad mamma jamma!!!!

[WTFWSAT]

That SOB is Huge ! haha

[SWThomas]

Thanks fellas! As soon as I get everything checked out on the dyno I'll come up there and race. We gotta figure out this "Top Dog" thing.

[05Saleen]

Nice!!! Can't wait to see it run!

[Whaler]

Looks good. Good luck getting it dialed in.