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[HI PSI]

I traveled back home today and visited my engine guy on the way through.

 

When I was home last, we had identified a problem the SS inductions throttle body. As the unit was initially designed for naturally aspirated engines, it did not have a knurl on the lip where the silicon hose attaches. As you can see below the picture below, the mounting surface if relatively thin and do not have a knurl to help hold the hose on.

 

Given the amount of boost that we want to run through this thing, we would forever have problems keeping the silicon hose attached. So, a ring was machined from some billet and shrunk onto the throttle body. Once again, he has done an amazing job, with the resulting mod looking factory.

 

 

Despite have an insatiable desire to get the car running and my butt in the seat. I realise that quality work takes time, and to see quality work like this, certainly makes the wait worth while......

Edited 10/04/18 04:19 AM by k31th
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[HI PSI]

Some updates of the engine bay.....

 

We are changing the rocker covers that I have previously pictured, as I want the cover to look smooth and uncongested. the two -12 breathers will now be exiting the rocker cover form the side of the rocker cover on the passengers side of the car. These will run parallel with the rocker cover to the rear of the engine and to a catch can which will be mounted where the old Process West surge tank used to reside. More pics to come.....

Edited 10/04/18 04:21 AM by k31th
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[bjc]

Can I add a suggestion or at least something to look into... While you are pouring money into the car look into the new Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePo4) car batteries available. They are not cheap buy any means but are extremely light (1.5-2.5kg) and pack huge output and input amps and if they are anything like others I've seen should last around 7 years...

Like I said though, they are not cheap!

[HI PSI]

Unfortunately, I have already purchased an Oddyssey PC1220 for the car.

[FiftyOne]

These will run parallel with the rocker cover to the rear of the engine and to a catch can which will be mounted where the old Process West surge tank used to reside. More pics to come....

Sorry? Surge tank? You'll mount it down under the chassis?

[HI PSI]

As the catch can will be a vented variety, it will be mounted out of sight. The only space that I have left is down on the chassis rail, on the passengers side on the car. I have contemplated venting it back to the turbo intake and I will be investigating it further tomorrow.

[HI PSI]

It has been some time since I last posted, so I thought that I would post up what I have done since.....

We modified the SS Inductions billet throttle body.

As it was designed for naturally aspirated applications, it has a straight where the silicon joins. So we manufactured an alloy ring which has a knurl and shrunk it onto the throttle body..

 

I didn't like the way that the line gets bent back to fit the larger cooler, so we cut the line, welded in some fittings and fabricated a telfon line. This is how it came out......

[Wilko16]

Custom A/C line

That's awesome, very nice fab work going on in your engine bay

[HI PSI]

With the engine bay becoming increasingly short of space, I found it incredibly difficult to find a suitable place for the fuel regulator. Given it's size and the fact that -10 lines must run too and from the reg, I could find only one area in the engine bay to mount it. The area around the ECU gives me the best and easiest route for the fuel lines, however there is very little that it can be mounted to.... With this in mind, we made a mount that will double as a blanking plug for the regulator. It will be angle cut to match the ECU frame and a thread tapped into it so that it can be bolted to the frame from it inner side. I will post more pics tomorrow when I get those stages completed.

Edited 10/04/18 04:25 AM by k31th
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[Ralph Wiggum]

Fuelab ...........Monica.jpeg