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Haha I hope its coming along better than that!!!
Well ....
:rolleyes:
What all is left to do?
Not a whole lot really. Wiring in the ECU and all the other stuff that goes with that, plumbing the fuel system, and re-running the brake lines again are the biggest jobs that I need to get done. I will be pulling the engine one last time as well to fix an oil pan issue. I have smaller stuff to do of course but none of that keeps me from starting it up so I'm hoping to have it ready to start by March/April and driveable by May. I hate even putting any kind of timeline out there as something always seems to come up but that's my hope.
I hear ya. I cant wait to see it going myself. It is a beautiful car! Hopefully you'll have it out this year.
Thanks Brian, I'm trying.
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Well, this is where I'm at tonight. FINALLY got all my wife's stuff off of, and from around the car so I can actually work on it again. This thing was buried! :mad: Anyway, I'm starting on putting the fuel system in, I will be fabbing my own dual in-tank fuel pump hanger for the 450 and 525 Walbro pumps in my stock tank (it is sumped but won't be using the sump for now), I'll be taking photos and showing how I'm doing this as I go so someone can duplicate it if they wanted. This setup should be good for 800hp or so at the wheels with 160lb injectors on E. After the fuel system is finished I'll be moving on to getting the Dominator and everything else wired, once that's done I'm going to finish the brakes, finish any plumbing under the hood, install the shifter and it should be ready to fire at that point. Fingers crossed :lol:
Good luck w the build!
Looking GREAT!! :cool1:
So a stock tank, with twin pumps? Im looking forward to the fab work!
What's the combo?
A4 blocked 347, Victor Jr. heads ported by TEA, F cam, Super Vic intake, Bosch 160s, a pair of old school 67mm Precision turbos (will be changing those out for VS Racing's version of the S366), Holley Dominator ECU, Neal Chance TH400 with his converter too. My plan is to start out on pump gas and meth and then switch over to E85 once I have the tune sorted fairly well. I have a flex fuel sensor that will allow the Holley to change the tune whether I'm running pump gas, E50, E85, etc.Quote:
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Thanks, I won't be making your power lol but hoping it runs pretty well. :bigthumbQuote:
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Thanks Craig! I'll be posting pics, it looks cool in my head so we'll see. lolQuote:
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The engine in my coupe is very similar and it's pretty quick. Maybe I should do some turbos... hmmm. Lol. Killer setup you got bud. Hope to see it out!Quote:
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Thanks!Quote:
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If not turbos maybe turbo?? :cool1: LOL
Being a guy who was in his 20's in the late 80's, I always (and still do) favored the hatchback to the notch. And that Forest green (for no better term) was my favorite color. Back then if you owned a notch LX 5.0 over a hatchback LX 5.0 or GT it was because the dealer offered you a deal too good to pass up and there were no hatchbacks left. Look forward to seeing the finished product this season. :bigthumb
I'm from the same era so I've always favored the GT/Hatch as well. Green isn't my favorite color but I've somehow ended up with about 5 different green cars through the years, including my current daily. That being said, I really like this green, it looked good with the silver lower from the factory but I wanted something a little different so I changed it to a Lightning dark grey, it turned out better than I had thought it would IMO. Hoping to have it out fairly soon. :bigthumbQuote:
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I love the dark grey over the silver! Subtle difference but it looks so much better like that I think.
Whats the specs on the rear wheels?
Thanks Brian. The wheels are old Mickey Ts, 15x12 with either a 6.5 or 7.5 BS, not sure honestly as I bought them a long ass time ago and my memory sucks. :confused:Quote:
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I always did like those wheels! Sucks you cant find them anymore.
Been working on modifying my fuel tank to accept my 450 and 525 Walbro pumps, wasn't sure how I has going to get them hung but after I cut a hole cut in the tank I was able to see where everything needed to be and came up with a plan to use my Pro-M hanger. I'm working on it tonight and will take more pics of how I'm mounting the pump to the hanger, etc., stay tuned. Don't roast me too bad as I'm doing all of this with very basic hand tools as I don't have access to proper tools at the moment. lol
Starting point.
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Cutting out the OEM fuel pump access hole.
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Fuel pump hat/hanger.
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Pics of the pumps mounted?
You have coil overs also? Curious how you have your shock bar mounted and being able to use a stock tank.
Had to ditch my original plan tonight, I played around with it all night and finally decided I'm going to change it up just a little bit. I should be able to get it done tomorrow and if it goes well I'll get some pics and post them up. :bigthumbQuote:
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I had originally built this to have a fuel cell and another cell for the intercooler, back when I thought I wanted to go radial racing SMH, you can still see the framing for them, we kept all that in there and was able to get the stock tank to work.Quote:
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Here's a pic from the top side prior to the floor being put in, you can get an idea of what we did, I have coil over shocks but my springs are in the stock location, well kinda lol, I'll post several pics here so hopefully you can see how everything is mounted. Sorry about the glare in this first pic.
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From bottom after floor was put in. You can see one of the U brackets with the factory type strap attached.
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You can get an idea of how close the shocks are to the tank here.
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Here's a pic of the the coil in the "factory" location setup.
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Thanks Greg for the pictures! Sure is a clean set up. Ive always wanted to do the mini tub set up with a stock tank. I don't want to run a fuel cell or an external pump.
Brian, Tig Vision makes what you are looking for.
Ill look into it! Thanks Walter!
They must have quit making them. :(Quote:
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I couldn't find it either. Any pictures of it you know of?
I would check with Dave at Team Z or Chris at Behind Bars, I'm betting both have had to make this work at some point and will have a solution.
Thanks Greg!
Back with the progress on yours!!! Looking good! Cant wait to see your pump set up.
OK, after a few failed attempts I think I may have something that is at least a workable solution for now. I'm pretty sure I'll be changing a few things with this next winter or even later this summer as I'm not crazy with how it's turning out (seeing it differently in my head) but it keeps me moving forward and able to get this bitch running. I will post more pics of it when I get it completely finished.
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Shot of how the pumps sit in the well through the fill hole, hard to see I know but it's the best I could do. I left the spacing tabs on the bottom of the hanger brackets to be sure they wouldn't be sucked up against the bottom of the tank. The gasket for the lid is 1/8" thick so I don't think that would've been a problem anyway but never hurts to make sure.
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Very cool! Looking forward to more updates!
Keep it going.
Any updates?
Im ready to see this thing hit the track!
Still working on it, got most of the fuel system knocked out now, plumbed the cooling system, and have started on some of the wiring, things are taking longer than I had hoped but still moving forward. Have a couple of hurdles that I just found to get over but I have a plan for them. :bigthumb
This is what I came up with for the fuel pumps hanger, took way longer to complete than what I want to admit but should it do the job for me.
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Thats Pretty FREAKIN COOL!!:cool1:
Turned out nice! What pumps did you do with?