Last night I put on the AEM pulleys and went to install the RES. When it came time to close the hood I did so slowly with a small piece of Clay bar on it. Well it touched the hood!!!

On the '01 I had about 1/4 Inch clearance; here I have zero clearance. I know there are variations on build dimensions, but 1/4 Inch seems like too much. I just wonder if the '03 6-Speed's engine sits a little differently in the engine bay, maybe slightly tilted or raised??

Oh well, this still does not deter my going to the dyno in the morning. I was swapping it there anyway and never planned on closing the hood. If it does pan out I'll just mill it down some and get the fit right, I'll also try to determine where the differences are.

 

Good thing you didn't Let the Hood Fall !

 

No kidding, dent removal already!!! I thought it would be better to check just in case and I was glad I did.

 

Well, there ARE different engine mounts on the 6-Speed.
Remember, that’s what caused the Headers to be revised.

Shawn S

 

yep.... the ''03 has DIFFERENT and an ADDITIONAL motor mount.

probably it...

 

Those are just to stabilize the front to rear rocking that would be increased in the 6-Speed. This just casued the rear manifold bank to be modified to fit. The rest of the system is the same, which if there were changes in the height or placement of the engine I would assume the rest of the header system would need to be modified.

I dunno...

 

just cut a hole in that bitch

 

The grinder is coming out tonight...

 

you can have a dual purpose hole, just measure yourself and cut to size, and when you are lonely----------------

 

I smell a mild hood scoop, pointless though it might be.

 

Scalbert,
Did you feel the RES gave you increased performance?

 

It was hard to tell if there was an increase in power. In truth there did seem to be something to it particularly from 3500 on up. But it can also be optimism I felt.

Tomorrows dyno should give us some hard numbers though.

 

Really glad you didn't just close it and bypass the clearance check! That would've sucked...Good luck on the dyno though!

 

scalbert,

how thick did you make your res? thought about making one too...

 

The plate was 1 Inch think, see the below pics:

 

thanks scalbert, now i'm off to the metal supply store to buy materials...let us know how the dyno goes..

 

the good news bad news on that is...when the real RES comes out the 6mt owners will probablly have a problem on there hands as it will not be easily milled... good news is there arent too many 6mt owners

 

1 Vote for a dyno run in the evening or on a cold day...

I'd hate to see a dyno on one of those days where people are trading their forged wheels for a spoonful of crushed ice and a set of bricks

 

The best thing I can do is to get there first thing in the morning' I'm scheduled for 9:00AM so it'll probably be in the mid to high 70s for the run.

But if it does gain power I'll go ahead and modify it for final installation. Then come this winter I'll go back for some more runs, there are a few other things I'd like to try anyway.

 

Sooo.... what happened here?

 

A valiant effort either way. Thanks for doing it and I am looking forward to the 'proof', no matter how it turns out.

You RULE!!!

 

As shown in the below dyno it never panned out. At least for what I tried. It didn't really hurt too much but certainly didn't gain anything.

I had hoped power would be had but that was never the case. But that is what testing is about.

I put out a plea to Doug which I would sign an NDA to get the design he used in order to produce a functional unit for mass production but never received a reply.

 

Truly a Sad Story........

The RES Debacle

Oh well, lets get on with our Lives