Nights 8 & 9 - The Finale

[knochgoon24]

I finally finished up the car Tuesday night. It's just taken me a bit to get this posted on here because I've been busy getting back to school and getting caught up on work. I missed Monday and Tuesday and didn't wake up to my alarm Wednesday, so I missed half my classes that day too.

Night 7 - Pictures
This was the highlight of the night. So shiny.
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It seems to be taking the heat pretty well. We'll see if the paint sticks in the coming weeks.

Night 8
Night 8 was spent getting the exhaust manifold back on, getting the fluids filled, and getting the front bumper back on. I also got the valve cover bolted on and had it all ready to fire up.
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A cut Mt. Dew bottle works nicely as a coolant funnel. The plastic ring fits perfectly and creates a half decent seal.
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All set to go.
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So I just give it a few blips of the throttle to give the fuel lines some pressure and to make sure nothing catastrophic would happen.
I'm glad I did that. I found a nice injector seal leak. It was so bad that I had fuel dripping on the floor.
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So that was the end of Night 8. I had to call and order a few parts.

Night 9
So after getting the fuel injector seals replaced, I tried it again. Once again I had a fuel injector seal leaking. I had somehow pinched one of the o-ring while replacing them. I got that one fixed when I noticed a few drips of of coolant on the floor. As soon as I fired it up, I had a nice size puddle. The o-ring on the thermostat end of the water pipe hasn't sealed. I didn't even think to check it, and it was hard and dried out. Luckily, I had a spare o-ring on the water pump I had sitting on the shelf.

So I FINALLY fire it up and notice that I'm getting a nice spray of oil under the car. I shut my car and slap myself in the face. The fittings for the oil pressure sender were only finger tight.
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So I fixed that and fired it up. This time, no leaks. I let it run for a bit and this was my reward for all my hard work.
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And here's the sound of the exhaust now.
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It's has a bit lope to it now that the ECU has relearned the fuel trims and the idle is back down to normal.

Once I get time to wash it tomorrow, I'll get some nice pictures up of it.

I still need a distribution block, a 200-250amp fuse or circuit breaker, a 2-2.5" straight coupler, and possibly a couple 2.5" hump couplers.

 

[tristanmb81]

good job!

 

[jjrock5]

Glad you finished it up.

 

[housegsx]

You've got some motivation! I'm just starting to get my ass back in the garage to get stuff done. I was working on an Evo brake setup tonight. I disassembled and clean my calipers while I wait for my brackets to arrive. You seem to have a pretty good pace for getting your car where you want it. And I like the new UICP route much better.

P.S. check AMS's ebay store for 2.5" hump couplers. I just bought 3 of the reinforced kind a few weeks ago for $5 each.

 

[knochgoon24]

You've got some motivation! I'm just starting to get my ass back in the garage to get stuff done. I was working on an Evo brake setup tonight. I disassembled and clean my calipers while I wait for my brackets to arrive. You seem to have a pretty good pace for getting your car where you want it. And I like the new UICP route much better.

P.S. check AMS's ebay store for 2.5" hump couplers. I just bought 3 of the reinforced kind a few weeks ago for $5 each.

It wasn't so much my motivation, but lack of time to get it done otherwise. I still ended up missing 2 1/2 days of classes because of it. I also like the new IC piping route better, but I either need several hump connectors or a 45* one and a hump connector. The throttle body elbow just exits too flat.

AMS doesn't have any on there right now, but I'll keep watching.


One of the next steps now is to get the SD dialed in.