Thanks! Yeah they don't make those things super tiny do they?

Always a challenge to not make them an eyesore. The price to pay for having proper cooling, I suppose.

I look forward to your updates. I LOVE your build.


Progress...At a snail's pace.

A roller coaster ride of emotions this weekend.

I believe, I have the wiring sorted..I have yet to confirm definitively, but I made some steps forward, regardless.

After some fiddling this afternoon, I finally got to hear my fuel pump run again.

I also got to hear fuel spraying ALL OVER the exhaust manifold. :laugh::laugh:

A couple of offenders..


One bad injector O-ring



And one bad -6AN fitting (the capped end). Apparently I don't know my own strength and totally marred the 37 degree flare, causing it to leak as well.



I saw this as an opportunity to, once again, change my fuel system a little bit.



I reversed the fuel pressure regulator, as the latest version didn't work for a couple different reasons.

1. It screwed up the routing of the fuel injector harness, with the way the fuel line was routed.

2. Any provision for a fuel pressure gauge, or a sender for an electric gauge was on the underside, and was basically unusable in any way.




Here is the before, in case you were too lazy to look at the last post. You can see the issues I mentioned. Not quite up to par.





I swapped O-rings, and solved that problem. And I changed the fuel pressure regulator to this current setup. Once again, MUCH cleaner.





Here is the after. Now with a usable fuel pressure gauge, and much cleaner fuel line and injector harness routing.



This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Mar 16 2015 08:08pm

I have ordered a few more -6an couplers, and a couple more caps....Just in case :D. But unfortunately, that means I have to wait for them to arrive; A common theme with this build.

If I can find any locally in the meantime, I will certainly swap them out and work more...... But, I am doubtful of that prospect.



I'll be honest, I'm looking forward to some mindless sanding once again. Wiring makes my brain hurt.....While I wait, I'll be making some door panels for the car.

I welcome the task.

You have the patience of a saint.

I feel your pain when I see you doing something over. Makes me head hurt.

Those tab holes not being centered would drive me fucking nuts, other than that, great job as usual


Also.... U don't plan to put the gauge in th cab?

This post was edited by KoJ on Mar 17 2015 01:21am

Patience is a virtue....I guess....

such is the fun of using the car as a teaching tool.

Denial and error.







Yeah, all my fabrication skills went out the window that night. The drill walked on the first hole. Didn't want to recut. Rolled with it.


And I do intend on having a gauge in the cockpit..Just an electric one, as I don't feel like running copper tubing through the firewall. After pricing quality electric units (around 250 bucks) I opted for this setup in the meantime, so I can at least confirm and set fuel pressure while I get ready to potentially fire the engine.




Thanks guys!

This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Mar 17 2015 07:18am

Third time is the charm.


After three attempts, I have finally managed to stop all of the leaks.

In order to make all of the various fittings cooperate, I had to install this female-female -6an swivel fitting.

It's an $11 fitting, and I spent 35 dollars to overnight it from Summit.....But, what can I say? I was PISSED when I put things back together for the second time, and still had leaks...And new ones at that! No way this issue was going to last into the new week. Of course, I had to remake and redesign some things, yet again.. What else is new?




Pretty close tolerances with the throttle linkage. Luckily, I managed to have just enough room.




I set fuel pressure, although it doesn't want to pass a leakdown test... I'll investigate that tomorrow.







This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Mar 20 2015 05:39pm

Got to see my wideband working again. Had to trick the ignition circuit into thinking it still had a single coil.



(prepare for the highest quality picture I have EVER taken.)

And in the midst of all of this work, went up in the Piper with my buddy Ryan to assess the ice situation on the lake........Not looking good......Literally zero open water as far as the eye could see.

Damn...I really want to go sailing...

Obligatory pictures.









That's all the work I'm doing today. I know not to press my luck. A couple small victories are enough for now. More tomorrow.

My aunt and uncle just made it into FL, they're kicking back for a few weeks before they start trekking up the ICWW towards NC.

I can't wait, they're docking out in OC, MD for a few weeks.. I'm going to go stay the night on their boat lol.

Nice! I wish them a safe voyage. I was just in Maryland a few weeks back. The weather is actually Spring-like there. I'm jealous.