What did you do to your Boss 302 or S197 today?

[fuhrius]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Fuhrius

Any change in noise and or vibration with the stiffer mounts?

yes. but by that time, my car had no carpet, no radio, I left my Cobra suzuka seats in the car full-time...so there were alreasdy many concessions to NVH.

I was using semi-solid mounts...not full solid...but at a stop light, for instance, you didn't want to look in the rear view mirror too long or it was make you feel like you were sitting through an earthquake.

It was a boxster - engine / tranny combo is backwards from the mustang - so all the guys doing harder-core track / dd setups used stock engine mounts and semi-solid tranny mounts...the tranny is more removed from the driver in the boxster - so keeping the stock engine mount (but making sure you had a fresh one...because they wear out in those cars) and going more solid on the tranny was the way to go. as I said, the surprising benefit was was how much you could feel the car in any weight transition event...particularly laterally....just so much more direct feeling.

 

[RoushF150]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

I have now moved over to the left side of the engine compartment. Hurst Roll-Control is installed now. Ran the wires through the sound tube plug that came with my Airaid CAI.

 

[byronj]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Talked my buddy into buying a GHIG boss while I was doing burnouts in mine ;D

 

[TMSBOSS]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Installed a DSS aluminum drive shaft.

 

[RoushF150]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Installed a DSS aluminum drive shaft.

That is on my list. Haven't done too much research yet so I would like to know if you did and what made you make your decision?

- Is it 3.5" or 4"?
- Did you have to drop the exhaust to do the install?
- How smooth did the job go?
Thanks in advance for anything you can tell me.

 

[TMSBOSS]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

That is on my list. Haven't done too much research yet so I would like to know if you did and what made you make your decision?

- Is it 3.5" or 4"?
- Did you have to drop the exhaust to do the install?
- How smooth did the job go?
Thanks in advance for anything you can tell me.

Swap went smooth. You will need 12point socket for the flange bolts at the tranny and a hex/allen head socket to torque the 12rear bolts

Simple unbolt remove and install.

I put the car on jack stands, rear stands to the axle. Unbolt the six bolts at the differential, then the four at the tranny flange and finally the two bolts holding the support bearing.

Remove shaft by pulling to the rear. A little turning of the carrier bearing for clearance and the shaft pulls straight out.

Installation is straight forward. Shaft is a tight fit with the exhaust in place, but Very doable. A little wiggling and pushing from the rear and she slides right in. A little tight against the MGW heat shield, if you don't have the shield, the shaft should slip in even easier. No need to remove the shield on my car.

Install the adapter at the rear. Six hex head bolts, torque to specs, sticker on shaft has the torque spec. Bolt shaft at rear to adapter and torque these six bolts. Front mounts with four original Ford bolts. Be sure to clean old loctite from original bolts and apply blue loctite to all bolts. 16 in all.

No need to drop exhaust as long as you support rear via stands to the axle. On a rack you may have clearance issues when sliding the shaft in. If using a rack, use long jack stands and put the weight from the rear axel on the stands while sliding the shaft in. Then raise the car again to finish install.

About an hour job. Be sure to torque and loctite all bolts.

3.5inch shaft. Lethal performance Black Friday sale.

 

[RoushF150]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Swap went smooth. You will need 12point socket for the flange bolts at the tranny and a hex/allen head socket to torque the 12rear bolts

Simple unbolt remove and install.

I put the car on jack stands, rear stands to the axle. Unbolt the six bolts at the differential, then the four at the tranny flange and finally the two bolts holding the support bearing.

Remove shaft by pulling to the rear. A little turning of the carrier bearing for clearance and the shaft pulls straight out.

Installation is straight forward. Shaft is a tight fit with the exhaust in place, but Very doable. A little wiggling and pushing from the rear and she slides right in. A little tight against the MGW heat shield, if you don't have the shield, the shaft should slip in even easier. No need to remove the shield on my car.

Install the adapter at the rear. Six hex head bolts, torque to specs, sticker on shaft has the torque spec. Bolt shaft at rear to adapter and torque these six bolts. Front mounts with four original Ford bolts. Be sure to clean old loctite from original bolts and apply blue loctite to all bolts. 16 in all.

No need to drop exhaust as long as you support rear via stands to the axle. On a rack you may have clearance issues when sliding the shaft in. If using a rack, use long jack stands and put the weight from the rear axel on the stands while sliding the shaft in. Then raise the car again to finish install.

About an hour job. Be sure to torque and loctite all bolts.

3.5inch shaft. Lethal performance Black Friday sale.

Great thanks!!

 

[ufnavy06]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

I drove through 3/4 of a tank of gas ;D

 

[302BOB]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

I can relate to that...YEE HAA!!!!

 

[Sesshomurai]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Installed a DSS aluminum drive shaft.

Did this the other day. It's great. No more drone on the freeway, which I believe was caused by that 2 piece driveshaft.

 

[VWGTI123]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

I drove through 3/4 of a tank of gas ;D

Took Her out for about a 35 mile run.. highway down to the beach to see what SANDY had done, blasts on some side roads, filled her up and back into the garage.. Was going to wash and detail but 42 is too cold for that.... just gonna have to wait.

 

[GR8TOZ]

What did you do to your boss today?

Installed radiator shroud, waiting for coil covers.

 

[Boss_302]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

The parts........



After install...........



Anyone want to buy a Passenger side JLT Oil Sepreator? $50.00 + actual shipping.........

 

[MGCurry]

What did you do to your boss today?

Replaced the exhaust restrictions with the 7/8's ones from this forum car sounds fantastic how the car should have left the lot... Not so loud but a nice rumble and like music with your foot in it. If you haven't tried it you need to. Did a few laps around the block with the side exhaust off the sounded nice too


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[Smilieboy]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

I got mine cleaned and checked the oil in preparation for CMP on the 28th.

 

[VTBoss302]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

The parts........



After install...........



Anyone want to buy a Passenger side JLT Oil Sepreator? $50.00 + actual shipping.........

Nice job.

Looks a lot like the Watson / Rehagen setups.

Do you happen to recall what you used to cap the intake manifold and intake tube ports?

 

[VoodooBoss]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Doug, Nice work. How did you mount the bracket? I remember Scott having some difficulty with his so he used push pins. Also do you have a parts list and links?

 

[Keavdog]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Installed the splitter on my 2013 ls



If your following the instruction sheet m-16601-MBA do steps 19-23 before step 16.
Once the splitter is on you can't get to the four forward bolts when reinstalling the deflector.

It's a 24 bolt time saver!

Also one of the two outboard longer bolts m8x45 in step 16 isn't long enough. Ill have to pick up two longer bolts for these to reach.

 

[Boss_302]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Doug, Nice work. How did you mount the bracket? I remember Scott having some difficulty with his so he used push pins. Also do you have a parts list and links?

I used nutserts to mount the bracket http://avdelusallc.com/products/nutsert.shtml

Here's the parts;

1 each - Peterson Fluid Systems 08-0400 Breather Can with -12 AN Ports - $90.00 on Amazon ($130 -140 everywhere else)

10 feet - Gates LOL Plus 12LOLB 3/4 inch http://www.kopressuresupply.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HS%2D3201%2D1109

2 each - Earls's 700113ERL - 3/4 ID Super Stock Hose Ends http://www.jegs.com/i/Earls/361/700113/10002/-1

2 each - JEGS 100205 - Flare Union Male Threads -12 AN to -12 AN Blue http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/KeywordSearchCmd?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&Ntk=all&Jnar=0&Ne=1%2B2%2B3%2B13%2B1147708&searchTerm=100205+

2 each - Spectre 3262 Hose End Clamp (5/8 Hose) http://www.jegs.com/i/Spectre/865/3262/10002/-1

2 each - Socket Head Cap Screws 1/4 inch with washers (Home Depot)

1 box - Part #02253 - Bypass Cap Assortmnet (Auto Zone) these are the caps to block off the intake

Tools

Drill, nutsert gun, wrenchs, screwdrivers

Position the Breather can on the fire wall, mark the holes.

Drill the holes.

Insert a couple of 1/4 inch nutserts

Mount the breather can put the hoses on from can to crankcase vents, cut hose to fit.

Remove the crackcase vents, remove the vent guts.

Finish installing the hoses.

Cap off intake manifold ports.

 

[steveespo]

Re: What did you do to your boss today?

Removed passenger air bag cover and shipped to the Wood Brothers Race shop for autographs.
Steve