Installing the Kenne Bell 2.2L

[Darren5.0L]

Spring leave has begun and has my next mod.
Finally, two years after purchase, my Kenne Bell 2.2L Flowzilla is finding it's way onto my GTS.

I've got lots of time to play at this, and a few eager sets of hands to help along the way, so progress will be gradual and methodical.

Call this an install Blog if you like.

Starting off, here is last season's Engine; 180000km's, Trickflow Twisted Wedge Heads, Typhoon Intake, and a ZEX 75 HP wet nitrous kit.

Stock Cam, Throttle Body, MAF, and Injectors.

Final Numbers were around 330 RWHP on a MD-600 and I managed a 12.8 @108-109 on Street tires.

I had the 100 Hp Nitrous Jets but never put them in as I figured I should leave well enough alone.

My Datalogs showed the 19 lb/hr injectors were running at 97% Duty cycle during the upper reaches of 3rd and 4th gear. So to anyone following along, heads and intake require upgraded injectors if you want to run for any length of time.



March 21-08
Shawn and I set about tearing down the various components to clear the way for the twin screw "upper intake". After a leisurely hour we had reached this point:


The Bench:


March 22-08
Another hour spent had the ported GT40 lower intake manifold in place and Torqued to spec.


And for a little perspective here's a comparison photo of the old BBK CAI airfilter, next to the K&N replacement that will be hopefully adequate for the appitite of the Kenne Bell.


That's all for now, hope to update daily so stay tuned!

[Sweet '83]

Nice work Darren! Looking forward to seeing your progress along the way. Hopefully it will ispire myself and others here to get to work on our Mustangs as well.

[digiti]

Looks good.. keep at it

[GT4MT]

Always nice to see what other gearheads are up to, doesn't matter what generation....great job with the pics along the way Darren5.0L. Makes for an interesting read-nicely done!

[05canuck]

Cool Cool keep the pics coming..

[Dagz]

Yet again you amaze me Darren. I am realy excited to see how it is going to work. Right on keep up the good work!!

[Dan15]

very nice job man lookin good


Dan

[drhoward]

what size injectors are you putting in now?

[Darren5.0L]

March 24-08
Thanks for all the commments guys.
Dr Howard: I'm running 42 lb/hr FRPP injectors, after consulting with Kenne Bell, they claim that the 42's work on their kit up to 600 BHP. So, expectedly these should be enough for awhile.

Today seen about 4 easy hours of work which included the following;
IAC harness was lengthened,
180* T-stat and elbow installed,
Injectors and Rail installed,
Fuel Pressure regulator clearanced,
Heater lines installed, and some minor clearancing to the Kenne Bell



Due to using a non-factory header I must mod the coil reloaction bracket and will likely put the coil on the passenger side, this will require adding about 24-36" of harness but is the only availiable piece of real estate.

And for a little personal interest I did a mockup with the KB assembly, here's a sense of progress.


Again, thanks for following along!

['00blackGT]

That looks wicked! Nice work.

[swbrown]

What do you mean by clearancing the FPR?

[Darren5.0L]

Originally Posted by swbrown

What do you mean by clearancing the FPR?

Well, in the manual, it instructs you to grind 1/2 of the barb away from the FPR to clear the upgraded Flowzilla inlet.
From the manual:


This still did not provide enough room so I ended up using another person's idea to bend the tube to almost 90* to make the room for the elbow.

I can snap a few pics tomorrow if you like.

And if anyone wants to see anything specific of ask anything just shout and I'll do my best to entertain.

[V8Notch]

Is that the actual manual? Please tell me that is your drawing and not the manual.

[shakes]

Great looking job so far Darren, keep us posted. +1 on the FPR illustration... is that factory documentation?

[Darren5.0L]

Nope, I'm not joking, that is included with my manual.
To be honest my manual is absolute crap, and I'm glad I know what I'm doing without it. I'll discuss more on that later because it's terrible.