Wake up the sleepy Snow Zipper.
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Well, we're back for another season. I didn't roll the car off a cliff or blow it up or anything over the winter.
The first few steps of this season will be to finish the dash clock/dome light switch shenanigans from last fall. Last I knew, the dome light circuit was popping fuses, but I think I know why. Then we move on to trying to move the engine back so my Mark VIII fan will fit. I really think the engine is sitting unnaturally far forward, so I should be able to shift it back enough just by loosening things and sliding them back. But if not, my QA1 K-member has 1 inch rearward mounting holes I can use.
Other than that, I bought some shiney new things to jump start my motivation!
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That's a new console piece sold by LMR that solves the Fox body cupholder problem! SO cool, I had to have one. I also grabbed some locking bolts for my valve covers so those don't back out and leak, a driveshaft safety loop and a 60-pin extension harness so I can finally move my ECM out of the footwell and under the seat.
Should be fun! I think winter's finally had its last gasp here, so maybe I'll even start this weekend! This year I kind of vowed not to start anything new so that I don't spend so much time trying to put the car back together to make shows. I have my few new things, some left-over projects from last year to finish up, and that will hopefully be it. I don't think i'm going to be able to get away with not doing real diagnosis on my fuel leak. I hope I don't need a new fuel rail because those pretty much can't be had unless you risk used parts. And performance rails and new injectors are expensive.
I also may get a pretty major infusion of cash this year. If I do, I will bring the car to a shop and have them sort out the bottom end of my engine. It's the only part of the (parts) car I haven't re-done in some way. We're talking new bearings all around, rings, maybe balance the pistons... and that custom cam I've been talking about. And then a dyno tune with a piggyback chip thingy for my ECM.
The first few steps of this season will be to finish the dash clock/dome light switch shenanigans from last fall. Last I knew, the dome light circuit was popping fuses, but I think I know why. Then we move on to trying to move the engine back so my Mark VIII fan will fit. I really think the engine is sitting unnaturally far forward, so I should be able to shift it back enough just by loosening things and sliding them back. But if not, my QA1 K-member has 1 inch rearward mounting holes I can use.
Other than that, I bought some shiney new things to jump start my motivation!
That's a new console piece sold by LMR that solves the Fox body cupholder problem! SO cool, I had to have one. I also grabbed some locking bolts for my valve covers so those don't back out and leak, a driveshaft safety loop and a 60-pin extension harness so I can finally move my ECM out of the footwell and under the seat.
Should be fun! I think winter's finally had its last gasp here, so maybe I'll even start this weekend! This year I kind of vowed not to start anything new so that I don't spend so much time trying to put the car back together to make shows. I have my few new things, some left-over projects from last year to finish up, and that will hopefully be it. I don't think i'm going to be able to get away with not doing real diagnosis on my fuel leak. I hope I don't need a new fuel rail because those pretty much can't be had unless you risk used parts. And performance rails and new injectors are expensive.
I also may get a pretty major infusion of cash this year. If I do, I will bring the car to a shop and have them sort out the bottom end of my engine. It's the only part of the (parts) car I haven't re-done in some way. We're talking new bearings all around, rings, maybe balance the pistons... and that custom cam I've been talking about. And then a dyno tune with a piggyback chip thingy for my ECM.
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Got some stuff done in the past week. Intake is painted and in the car. I decided to swap out some of the vacuum line stuff because of a tip from a friend. PCV system hoses can easily cause vacuum leaks, so I got a new hose, grommet, and valve. I got this LMR kit for replacing vacuum lines under the hood. I started with the fuel pressure regulator line, and I had spliced into it for the EGR vacuum switch line. It occurs to me I can have less fitting (to leak) under the hood if I eliminate that splice/Tee fitting, and run one of those lines to the vacuum tree instead. I'll need more 90 degree and straight fittings for the nylon line to make that work, and do everything else, so I decided to go ahead and install the intake and do that later. It sucks working behind the intake because the engine is sitting an inch farther back, so there's even less room back there than normal. I also decided to replace the carbon canister vacuum line too, so I bought a kit for that. It comes with a 90 degree fitting I'm not really sure where it goes. I replaced the stock lines with regular hose years ago. Not that I couldn't do that again, but I like that the kit comes with the correct size hose and stuff, so I'd rather do it the way it's supposed to be. Oh, and aftermarket valve covers + aftermarket throttle body = oil fill vent hose is no longer long enough. So, I have to come up with a solution for that too.
Here's the heat sink spacer installed
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Nice straight path for the air to go on in there.
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Starting to look like something again.
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Here's the heat sink spacer installed
Nice straight path for the air to go on in there.
Starting to look like something again.
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