Mid-Engine Max IV

[mark m.]

Thanks for the explanation and info Mike. I have those sites bookmarked.

[Mike]

Chris, thanks for the comment. I supported the header under the muffler. There is a bracket bolted through the tub with a rubber isolator between it and the muffler. Then the muffler is just clamped to the bracket. You can almost see it here:



And here it is without the header on:


Mark, I didn't bend the tubing myself. I designed the headers on paper to see what I needed and then I ordered everything online. I used 1.25" pipe from the engine into the collector. From there it is 1.75". I ordered all of the bends and pipe from two different places because neither one had everything that I needed. I probably could have found it cheaper locally but I didn't have enough time to hunt down the pieces. So I ordered from:

Tube Bending & Fabrication - Columbia River Mandrel Bending
They had a 2-to-1 collector for 1.25" to 1.75" which was hard to find although it was pricey: 2-1 Collector, 1.25" Inlets, 1.75" Outlet, Mild Steel Columbia River Mandrel Bending

and I ordered parts from here too mainly because they had the proper flanges:
EC Distributing, Your Online Racing Store!

[mark m.]

Mike. Did you use a U-Weld header kit for your exhaust or did you bend the tubing yourself?

[Meinfield]

Nice work, Mike, Can't wait to see video! That is one bad looking machine!
I could not tell form the photos, did you support the header? If not, you might get a crack around one of the head flanges.
All the best,
Chris

[whipper-ag]

If she lets me drive it.

Whipper

[Mike]

Looks like your stuck with the little baby Max II.

OUCH!

The headers sound GREAT! I am very happy with the way they turned out. I just wished that mine sounded that good. Thanks for all of your help and for letting me steal all of your ideas . I hope to test and tune this weekend so it's ready to go for Busco next weekend. Maybe Jennifer will let you drive it....maybe. If she does you need to do a 360 near a tree to get her back for the springer incident at Ashtabula.

[AndyL]

dang mike this thing is looking sa-weet!

[whipper-ag]

How do you like the sound of those headers?
Jennifer ain't ever getting out of that beast. Looks like your stuck with the little baby Max II.
Enjoy your test and tune Mike, you may never get to drive it again.
Super job!

Whipper

[Model Citizen]

Awesome, Mike. You got skills.

Bridget

[Mike]

That exhaust looks killer!!! Did you mount that fan on the T-20?

That does look like I put a fan there. It's just the cover off of the motor laying there. I pulled the shroud to hook up the tach.

[evil8x8]

That exhaust looks killer!!! Did you mount that fan on the T-20?

[Mike]

I got the exhaust back today. I debated between black and aluminum ceramic. Jennifer ruled out black so I went with the ceramic coating. I couldn't let Whipper have the only one on the site It turned out great. McCoy gave me a contact at Airborne Industries (Airborne Coatings) and he did a great job. I put his contact info with the pictures in the gallery.



I also installed an Equus 8068 tach in the dash for her to keep an eye on that Bandolero motor. It connects via an inductive clamp on one of the spark plug wires. It is programmable and able to work with 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10, and 12 cylinder engines. It is also backlit with 4 color options. It's a very nice tach and I think I paid somewhere in the $70 range for it at O'Rielly auto parts.



Right now the Max is geared very low so the motor will probably be screaming even at lower speeds. I wanted to be able to keep an eye on the RPMs. After the Busco ride I will start playing around with different sprockets.

[whipper-ag]

Looking good , Mike. Jennifer must be pumped. See you got her windshield in to keep the bugs out of her teeth.

Whipper

[techfx]

very nice!

[Mike]

Thanks for the comments.

Don't forget an oil overflow can!!!!!!!

Evil, I was able to use the high flow filter kit on this motor since I wasn't limited by space. It allows the excess to go back into the carb like a stock motor. There shouldn't be any repeats of Busco for this motor.