2.5NAD Sherpa into a Series

[minivin]

There was some discussion a few months about fitting Sherpa lumps into Series, well this is how I have finally sorted the exhaust issue.

Having an ex-MoD 109 FFR, the exhaust system was a 2.25 petrol and would never fit the 2.5NAD lump, so I procured a 2.5 Defender header pipe and started off by bolting that to the 2.5 lump and laying the 2.25 petrol header beside it:

I marked it with a marker, and then removed the two halves as such:

The header pipe I used is as follows:

Anyhoo, I cut the pipes with a slitting disc, mounted them back up and got them allinged reasonably with some lumps of 2"x2" placed strategically, with the aid of the arch welder I placed a few spot welds and removed the system as such:

Off to my local friendly welder who will do a decent weld and the jobs a good'un

job jobbed

[ROGUE TROOPER]

On mine the std 2.5D defender downpipe fitted the 2.25D exhaust system.

The previous system has a welded extention like yours, but flexy!!

[Jon White]

So whats with the "dog dick red" paint job on the engine then rob??

Just a thought - would a 2.25 petrol front pipe have just been a bolt on swap?

Jon

[Les Henson]

The 2.25D exhaust manifold will bolt straight onto your Sherpa engine, and then the 2.25 diesel exhaust system fits on it ok.

Les.

[Tonk]

my old n/a was done the same way rob, easy enough

[minivin]

Richard; worth noting, but then I suspect I wouldn't have spent the money buying the 2.25D pipe as well so it was in for the grinder

John; DDR? could have been worse, could have been DDP do you mean 2.5 Petrol? just that I cut the 2.25P pipe for it to fit

Les; thats more expense!!!!!!! but very true it could have been done but I didn't fancy buying 2.25D pipes, header, gaskets et cetera

Tonk; Worse bit was having to get the front end of the truck up onto wheel ramps as you need some distance under the truck to "swoop" the exhaust over and under the chassis

[Tonk]

another thing u might want to do (and i did) was to make a bracket picking up one one of your sump bolts to an axhaust clamp to stabilise it at the bottom, mine always seemed to blow at the joint til i done that

[minivin]

I'll have a looksie, or just don't worry as that V8 is sat there awaiting

[Tonk]

i done same mod on jasons l/weight when i put engine in if u wanna look

[minivin]

one to remember, when I am in the vacinity of Jay's truck I'll have a quint then, however with whats got to be done to my truck before I get the V8 in I might not find the time to do the mod