VETDRMS
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- Jun 1, 2006
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Vancouver,
Washington
I finished up a few things on Saturday. I finally moved the battery down to make room for the JMF catch can and stop dumping my crankcase evac to the ground. It is supported by a piece of 1/8"x2" angle iron. A piece of masking tape worked good to transfer the bolt holes that the charcoal canister mounts to over to the angle iron so it would sit level.
The top of the battery is now at the same height as the frame rail, which gave me a lot more room. For now the battery is just held in with a battery box strap but it feels really solid. I will work on a better setup later.
This gave me a lot more room to mount the catch can. I used a piece of 1"x1/8" aluminum bar stock to make a bracket so the catch can bolts to the cruise control throttle cable "interchange" piece off the firewall.
I also re-wired the new fan to come on with the stock fan's low speed. The 2 fuse distribution block was used for both the fan and the fuel pump and the Saturn alternator "S" sense wire is hooked up to this block. The distribution block is fed with a 4 AWG wire and the pump and fan run off 10 AWG. Idle voltage with fans on is 14.1v!
As you can see above the stock coolant expansion tank is mounted under the intercooler pipe. It is attached the AC line and rests on the top of the transmission for now. I am going to replace it for a custom tank, but this is working for now.
The motor has 400 miles on it now and it is running good. The last oil change was 300 miles and it hasn't used/lost any oil.
I am going to try to put another 100 miles on it today and change the oil again and then switch to Brad Penn at 1500 miles.
The top of the battery is now at the same height as the frame rail, which gave me a lot more room. For now the battery is just held in with a battery box strap but it feels really solid. I will work on a better setup later.
This gave me a lot more room to mount the catch can. I used a piece of 1"x1/8" aluminum bar stock to make a bracket so the catch can bolts to the cruise control throttle cable "interchange" piece off the firewall.
I also re-wired the new fan to come on with the stock fan's low speed. The 2 fuse distribution block was used for both the fan and the fuel pump and the Saturn alternator "S" sense wire is hooked up to this block. The distribution block is fed with a 4 AWG wire and the pump and fan run off 10 AWG. Idle voltage with fans on is 14.1v!
As you can see above the stock coolant expansion tank is mounted under the intercooler pipe. It is attached the AC line and rests on the top of the transmission for now. I am going to replace it for a custom tank, but this is working for now.
The motor has 400 miles on it now and it is running good. The last oil change was 300 miles and it hasn't used/lost any oil.
I am going to try to put another 100 miles on it today and change the oil again and then switch to Brad Penn at 1500 miles.
