Fuel system parts

Here is a picture of most of the fuel system parts. You can see the 044 pump, new filter, deka 4 630cc injectors, aeromotive AFPR, and other associated parts. Not pictured is the fuel rail (still waiting for it to be made), tank filter (already installed), and some hoses and fittings (waiting on the rail so I get the right parts). You can see the AN 120 degree elbow on the end of the pump that adapts the pump to the tanks line size.

More Relaxing

This was my fastest lap from last Saturday. I'm becoming a lot more comfortable in this car.

Fuel Tank

I pulled the fuel tank down yesterday to look for a leak. The car has always seemed to have a fuel smell inside. It ended up that at some point in the past a sub-woofer was mounted to the back deck with screws that went into the gas tank. When I got the car, I cleaned out everything that I didn't like, to include the sub mounts. I can remember that those screws were about 2 and a half inches long. So anyway I fixed the holes, checked all the lines and reinstalled the tank. I got a great deal on a 044 pump so I went with it instead of the HV pump that I discussed earlier. When taking the old pump off the hose clamp that connects the tank line to the pump just fell off. It was completely consumed by corrosion.... glad I found that! Now I am missing a piece of plumbing though, because the 044 doesn't have the same type of outlet port that the stock and HV pumps do. That's alright as I needed to order a new filter, new tank pick up, and compression fittings to convert the hard lines to AN lines up front. I'm still waiting for the new fuel rail to become available from EFI Express. That should be the last piece of the fuel system to acquire and then I can check that one off of the to-do list. Well I think that I will head back to the garage and find some more trouble to get into, maybe some wiring.

Relaxing on the weekend

We got one of the gopro hd camera's and I put it on the window of Jenn's car to see how it did autocrossing last weekend.  I'm pretty happy with it, the camera and my run.  Hopefully I processed it correctly so that it looks very nice on everyone's computer.  Have a good one.  Lots of fuel system parts are on the way!

Exhaust manifold part 4

Still not completely finished, but I was checking the fit and figured I might as well snap a couple of pics.  The first are just some of the manifold laying on the floor.

Here are a couple showing how it is fitting into the engine compartment.  Looks like I will have plenty of hood clearance.  Although I wonder if it will bake the paint off of the hood.  I might add some heat shielding to counter that.  I will definitely have to add some shielding to protect the timing belt.  The hot side is really close to it.

Once I get done fiddling with the finish of it I will have to get the exhaust flange resurfaced to get rid of a little warping that occurred from welding it all up.

Update.

Briefly, I wanted to update everyone that the manifold is virtually done.  It is just some cosmetic stuff left because I want it to be pretty.  LOL.  Our Corvette has been giving me fits since last weekend so I have been focused on that so we can run it at an event this weekend.  Nothing major is wrong, just an electrical gremlin in the steering column causing the fuel to cut out over 2mph.  The parts are inbound, and I think I can get back to the manifold now.  Hopefully everyone isn't too bored yet.