My 2006 str has the ribbed coolers.

 

My coolers are original....i did not change them....i think the ribs are for heat dissapation.....whether they make a noticable difference from the smooth ones, i do not know

 

2003 models had the "Supercharged" on the coolers.

 

Thank you gentlemen. I will get the old set of charge coolers to be cleaned in advance and compare when the ribbed ones come out. I think with the top of the letters polished and red crinkle valve covers it would look sharp.

 

Maybe the ribs could help a little for cooling, but the prime function is more for noise reduction imo..

 

My late '02 registered STR is a 2003MY & has flat/smooth charge coolers. I think they were primarily on earlier XKR's & Jaguar then stopped doing them like that.

 

Finished for now ...i may still go to the caldoofy 3.5 pipe, but a pulley first

new, better hose from pipe to intake...all stainless t bolt clamps for tight seal and insulation wrap to deter heat soak

 

I was going to wrap my pipe as well but the argument is that the air flows through so quickly it doesnt have time to pick up any heat from the pipe. So I left mine unwrapped (but mine is the caldoofy pipe)

I would like one of those Land Rover intakes tho to go with my pulley and caldoofy

 

You know what, strike that last post. I've been under the bonnet so often I don't even see them any more. Just now doing a fluids check ready for a long trip tomorrow & mine DOES have the 'supercharged' raised lettering on the charge coolers.

 

ebay has a couple and a wrecker in UK.... gentlemenofsalvage

 

The 83mm TB is almost finished:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-ready-208954/

The land rover intake (and better piping) with the 83mm TB would complement each other!

 

Finally got round to fitting the Range Rover intake, even with the ribs ground off at the back, it still looks as though it is touching the 'crossover' bar.

Has anyone got any ideas ?

 

Swap the strut brace for one from an S-type diesel. Gives you just enough clearance.

 

Thanks for the quick response, just wondering why Scott didn't mention it in his original post about fitting the intake ?

 

Maybe his fitted OK, at a guess. Mine was a very tight squeeze indeed & that's what I had to do to make it fit. Easy swap.

 

Thank you, I will have a look on EBAY for the 2.7 strut brace after I remove the windscreen cowl to take a look at the current brace.

 

......I did not have to change the strut....that is why it is not mentioned...I ground the ribs off to a flat and notched the plastic cowl....post 11 was how I did it....test fit and keep grinding pretty much..it is a tight fit....the easiest way to know is making sure the strut sits flat and does not rock before bolting it down....there may also be a slight difference in what model range rover it came off of....before you put the cowl and everything back on, i suggest a test run for any air leaks....I ended up using t bolt clamps everywhere including at the throttle body....best of luck, you will get it I am sure

 

Thanks for the reply Scott, I have ground off all of the ribs on the rear section of the intake and still looks to be touching the cross brace.

I am going to take another look today, I did manage to fit it without removing the cowl or cross brace however, so it looks like removing the ribs gave me a bit more space to play with.

Wondering whether the intake I purchased is slightly different in some way, it definitely has the larger inlet so assume it is the correct one.

All the best

 

you are quite welcome....I think you will find removing the cowl and brace is the way to go....the new intake is physically bigger and will not easily slide in....the clamps are way easier to get to also....it is not as bad as it looks

 

Thanks again Scott.

I removed the windscreen cowl and this shed some light on things.

My 2006 STR has a strut brace that also bolts to the bulkhead (as well as the strut tops), it looks as though the ones for 'normal' S-TYPE's don't have this additional strengthening and therefore are either a different shape or thickness.

I removed the brace and ground down the welds where the bulkhead bracket is attached to the crossbar.

This gained me a little extra space but still looked tight, I considered using 2 mm washers under the ends of the brace to gain some height or perhaps bending the bulkhead bracket.

Bending the bracket seemed like a better option but would have required the use of a bench vice, I do have a vice but nowhere at the moment to put a work bench !

At this point, I retired to the drawing room for port and cigars (OK, the spare room for a cup of tea and a think !)

I considered the fine engineering ability and craftsmanship that had gone into the construction of my vehicle and contemplated the skills that I have seen utilised by our Jaguar trained technicians to overcome such tricky problems.

Thus, inspired by those who had gone before me, I went outside and stood on the f***er until it bent !

Problem solved, all reassembled and plenty of clearance !

Thank you again everyone.