I have read a bit about this lately but no real details. How bad is the hood clearance issues with a 13b-re in a fc? Can the hood be forced closed? Will the Tii hood allow better clearance?

 

ive seen a couple re- fc's. i dont beleive they had any clearance issues with the stock t2 hood. as for n/a hood, not sure.

 

Thanks, im tryna find out about the n/a since thats what i have, if it wont close im gonna need to pay up and get one fast before my car arrives.

 

search...

but if you're lazy, you might run into some issues if you're running stock twins, otherwise, with an aftermarket single, you should be fine.

 

the hood will be the LAST thing to worry about

 

I did search, the few things ive found said issues with the uim and ps rack hitting. Not just the twin piping.
As for being the last thing to worry about it kinda is, im buying an almost complete (currently running) swap but every pic ive seen has had the hood part way open so im not sure.

I guess by the non-chalant responses it can just be forced shut or it barely touches. Thanks guys.

 

Not sure about you..but I personally wouldn't want to FORCE my hood closed, ergo pushing the engine down..

I could just imagine the engine torquing over..and not being able to go anywhere, as its already smacked up against the hood..


At the very least, trim the hood or UIM or something with a dremel..don't let the hood hit it...

 

Well ill see what its like when it gets here. Ill eventually go tii hood anyway Im just worried about getting it closed for now.

 

Of the RE's in NA cars I seen that they DIDN'T close and people had issues, it was about 1" of clearance and this was from Ted's site:

Additional "Problems"
We've already mentioned the hood clearance problem if you're keeping the stock twin-turbos and intercooler piping. The front of the upper intake manifold may contact the hood slightly as does part of the power steering pump.

 

Here is some pics of my car. It's with a NA hood.

http://www.teamfc3s.org/forum/member...tos&car_id=987

I had problem with my hood. It would not clear the pipe that comes from the twin turbo to the IC. I used a custom pipe. I used k2rd mounts.

 

I haven't had clearance issues on mine yet using the NA hood. But I'm using custom mounts and I haven't put all of the pieces together yet either. Namely, I hadn't put together the twin turbos and IC piping for that side. BUT, I'm pretty sure that the TB side piping clears the NA hood -- at least it seemed to on my own test fitting on my vert.

 

I had no problem with the TB side piping with k2rd engine mounts. On the other side, I didn't want to cut my alu hood, so I made a custom pipe.

 

might be your mounts, i have seen an re in there with the twins fits perfect.

 

I have an TII with an re, the long re snout (very edge) does hit the hood. It hits by the left front of the hood scoup area. The person I bought it from had to cut part of that off. I am looking for an elbow, which will fix the clearance issue. I was running the stock twins, which did fit, but I am converting to single turbo.

 

SO exactly what hits the hood the UIM or the IC piping?

 

Here is a picture of the hood where is cut out. The very edge of the snout hits, where the ic piping connects. The ic silicone connection will rub too if you don't cut into the hood. I would just get someone to cut and weld the snout because its not worth cutting into your hood. I wish mine wasn't cut into.

 

It's not the same place than me. I guess it really depends on the engine mounts.

BTW do you know how much power you put with the stock twins ? Mine is not tuned yet so I don't know. Any 1/4 mile time ?

Thanks!

 

what do you guys do about the throttle cable , i have a t2 and im wrapping it up and the cable is one of the last things i need to square away . tia

 

I used a TII cable and I did a custom mount to fit it.

 

so you have the cable pulling toward the passenger side with a custom mount ? Thats basically what i was thinking about doing . Thanx fd .

 

I made a custome bracket, but the cable pulls toward the drivers side. I really need a shorter cable to clean things up, but I don't have the time right now. I wish I new the power output when the stock twins were on. The engine was smoking, so I just took it apart during the winter. I am not running the stock twins this summer, so let us know the hp #. Im going with A-spec Gt35Rs

 

The car im getting seems to have the throttle cable ran around the front of the engine to the passenger side. Im gonna figure a cleaner way to do that when it arrives.

 

I am thinking of doing a 13b re swap in a n/a fc how hard is the swap is it way more work then it is worth or if i can get the Block Twin Turbo Intake Manifold Sensors Exhaust Manifold Fuel Rail Injectors Distributor Throttle Body Alternator Wirring harness Power Steering Pump and a
5spd Tranny for 2200 is it worth it

 

It can't be done for 2200: [url]http://fc3spro.com/TECH/SWAP/COSMO/13b-re.html[url]
You could also do this to clear the hood

 

The installation is similar to a TII. It goes around the intake manifold and it's hook to a custom binding.