Temporary whipple removal

[dblcbra]

I'm needing to get more room to access the back of my 5 gen whipple. For whatever reason the IAT will not come out and I have a boost gauge I want to install. I did try it with the car cold, warned up, and used a heat gun. I did grease the threads and didn't over torque it on install. I think I just need some more room to work. With thatsthat can I just take off the cover, remove the lower bolts, remove the belt, and move the unit forward? If not I'm guessing I'll need to drain the coolant so I can remove all the lines and then do the above steps?

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[Det_Riot]

There should be no issue with you removing he cover and flipping it forward on the header panel, we've done it a bunch of times to temporarily pull the blower.

 

[Jobodizo]

I'm needing to get more room to access the back of my 5 gen whipple. For whatever reason the IAT will not come out and I have a boost gauge I want to install. I did try it with the car cold, warned up, and used a heat gun. I did grease the threads and didn't over torque it on install. I think I just need some more room to work. With thatsthat can I just take off the cover, remove the lower bolts, remove the belt, and move the unit forward? If not I'm guessing I'll need to drain the coolant so I can remove all the lines and then do the above steps?

I had issues removing the IAT on my Edelbrock 2650 (different blower similar layout). They use a red loctite type paste on the sensors and they don't like to budge. I tried penetrating oil, heat, all the old tricks, didn't budge. Ultimately somebody somewhere told me that brake cleaner dissolves loctite. I got a can with a straw and put a drop at a time on the threads with a rag underneath until it turned freely. Might be worth a shot (if you can reach it, not familiar with the Whipples) before you remove the blower.

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