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New studs back into the manifolds. The calipers told us that the passenger manifold side stud centers are considerably wider than the driver's side 3 3/4".
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A little work with the hacksaw and we're back in business, on the passenger's side.
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This was my idea to get us from the 2" headpipe flares back out to 2 1/4" pipe to head for the Flowmaster Y collector with. My pipe bending buddy had a better idea......
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First he cut off the last 4" of the flared pipe, the part which is expanded to accept a 2" pipe. His reasoning was we could slip the 2 1/4" pipe right over the remaining stub of pipe.
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Jumping ahead a few steps, looks like he was pretty smart to do so. In the top right you can see this allowed more room to make the 105 degree turn on the driver's headpipe.
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Trial bent 105 degree pipe slips over the flared pipe stub and clears the TV cable with plenty to spare.
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Nice direct bend in 2 1/4" pipe, in spite of the 105 degree turn leaving us little room to make the corner.
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The driver's side headpipe makes another 90 degree towards the rear, completely clearing the transmission pan. The passenger's headpipe run was even more direct into the Flowmaster Y collector.
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We got the Y collector perfectly centered under the crossmember and as close to it as we could get it for ground clearance.
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Look down that collector and see why they reckon this Y collector to be worth 25-40 ft/lbs of torque.
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Now that we've clocked the header flange on the Y collector to the best setting for the Lincoln's chasis, my pipe bending buddy welds the header flanges onto the 3" cat.
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The heatshield will go towards the trans crossmember and floor.
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When the welds cooled down enough I cleaned them up with a wire brush. Then I nailed them with Plasticote's 1500 degree exhaust paint to postpone corrosion for a while. That stuff is dry in 6 minutes !
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Couldn't resist cleaning the grease off the pipes and spraying them as well. Note the ample clearance around the TV cable.
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Even happier with the clearance around the tranny lines. Everything is tucked up as close to the floor as the stock dual pre-catted headpipes, if not higher.
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How's that for nice direct runs off the manifolds into the Flowmaster Y collector ! The lowest point is still tucked higher than the front engine crossmember.
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As you can see there is an offset to match up with the stock muffler. I ran 2 1/4" all the way into a muffler with a 2 1/4" inlet and a 2" outlet (to match the tailpipe).
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There's plenty of room for the driveshaft to clear the muffler and connecting pipe.
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Ground clearance is good and everything is actually higher than the engine crossmember.
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Another shot denoting the good ground clearance and the typical nightmare of a tailpipe, that TCs have.
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Nabbed a Taurus fan off a 3.8 litre Taurus because they flow more than enough air to cool a 5.8, let alone a stock 5.0 litre, like mine. Charge ? $40 Canadian
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Derale makes this adjustable fan controller, with a "wet" sensor that screws into your cooling system and takes the actual coolant temperature.
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I just laid out some angle steel and some flat strap steel to tie it together, on the bench.
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The Taurus fan sits on the steel to check for fit and to allow me to drill locating holes for the 4 stock Taurus shroud mounting holes.
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Good idea to get four shorter bolts to install in place of the fan bolts as the old ones may interfere with the water pump, without the clutch fan after it's permanent removal.
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Finished, painted adaption frame for the Taurus fan. It will accept a stock Taurus fan, in the dark, at 2:00 a.m. by spinning off and on 4 nuts. It also bolts onto or off the Lincoln in one minute, with just 2 top mounted bolts.
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Top left and right you can see the two holes that will bolt into the 2 stock Lincoln rad shroud clip nuts. Also note the 4 nuts on the studs welded to the adaption frame(holding the fan on). Lastly look at the notches on the bottom of each angle stee...
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Another shot of the notches cut into the angle steel, to allow them to slip into slots cut into the lower steel panel below the rad.
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Three 1/4" drill holes and connect them and you've got a notch that will accept the angle steel notch. This allows you to place the adaption frame into there and use just two upper bolts to keep the fan, on it's shroud, located in place.
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I grabbed a replacement T-stat housing, with a threaded provision for the sensor, for $18 CDN. After sticking in the sensor, and soldering in a quick disconnect wire, I realised there was a sensor above the T-stat housing already in the way, preventi...
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The stock temp sensor was clocked right over the T-stat housing. Using a 1" deep socket I just tightened the stock temp sensor tower so it pointed slightly to the left and I was back in business.
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Plenty more room than the stock clutch fan's shroud gives you, in every way. I drilled and tapped the little welded (and nutted) tab in the top left of the picture to hold the stock Lincoln rad overflow tank in place.
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This pic is way out of focus, but maybe you can see the notched angle steel, ready to accept and locate the stock Lincoln overflow tank's lower tab.
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Here's a better shot of the resevoir retaining slot I fabbed up. Maybe you can make out the stick-on foam rubber I stuck on to prevent rubbing.
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There's the stock Lincoln overflow tank in position, mounted around the taurus electric fan. Not a bad fit at all.
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My original 15 year old rad "done blowed up" on me. Luckily the aftermarket had me covered for well under $160.00 CDN.
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These transmission line fittings have O-rings and are dependent on them for proper "leak-free"sealing.
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Slip in the O-rings and make sure they seat properly.
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For the actual fitting to rad sealing I relied on ultra-copper sealant.
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