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Old 05-18-2014   #18
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Re: 2006 Noble M400 #141

Thanks guys, I'll get some interior pics soon. It's a bit porno feeling with all the suede, but not bad.

To answer some of the questions, #141 is the serial number, there are a little over 200 of them in the country (both M12 and M400 combined). M12 was the base model, M400 was the "race" model. Differences are pretty minor, but the M400 has an upgraded interior with more gauges, better shifter, and nicer CF seats, T28 turbos instead of T25's, front swaybar and upgraded shocks, I think that's most of it.

It has a Ford Duratec 3.0 V6 (same motor comes in the Ford Escape, but this one is fully built) with twin T28's, transverse mounted and RWD with LSD. Getrag 6 speed transmission. The 6th is actually quite a bit longer than 5th so highway cruising rpm's are pretty low, a nice change over the Lotus.

Ok, to explain the plumbing per Scheides' request:

At the back of the car is the intercooler and two air filters, one on each side. It's sealed off from the engine bay with ceramic coating and the gold foil to keep it cooler, plus it's fed with outside air from the top of the rear deck. You can see the passenger side air filter in the pic. The pipe on the bottom/left is the intake for the front turbo. The intake for the rear turbo goes straight down from the pass side filter you can see. The pipe at the top of the picture is the hot side pipe for the front turbo. The rear turbo hot pipe goes into the intercooler right next to that, but you can't see it. So there are two inputs on the passenger side of the intercooler, and the cold side output goes to the throttle body and has the BOV.
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