Ramblings

I have done quite a bit recently.  Once you get the motor to run you begin to find all the short comings of all the powered systems.  I had a couple of fluid leaks that I had to fix.  There was a small vacuum leak on the mounting flange of the throttle body relocator that was fixed by honing that surface true.  I had forgot to switch the two pins on the secondary crank trigger.  That results in intermittent misfiring that makes the wideband read full lean all the time.  I can't say enough about Marc with EFIExpress.  His support of the VEMS has been outstanding and he really knows the system inside and out.  Thanks Marc!  The tune is pretty good for sitting still so to get to more of the cells I will have to start driving it.  That being said I need to get seats and belts installed today.  I'll keep plugging away at this thing, but I think we're out of the woods now.  Lots left to do though before its over.

I figured that everyone has been waiting for this...

Well we got it started!  For sure there is much left to do, but it runs.  She's really rich in the video.  I have a wideband issue to sort out before I can tune, but I still can't believe that it runs. 

Last of the turbo plumbing

Here is a picture of what I was describing before.

Supplemental power

I should have seen this coming.  When it comes down to it there isn't really enough fuse slots to reuse for the engine transplant.  I'd hate to pile a lot more onto the dme relay, since they can already be problems.  I just got in a seven circuit fuse panel to support some of the stuff in the car.  Installing it and doing the last wiring bits is on the plate for tomorrow.  There will be pictures of this also.

Exhaust assisted CCV is done

This whole bit here may have to be changed depending on the class I race in.  They still haven't decided if it is legal or not.  Anyway it is pretty simple.  You collect gases from the port on the back of the head and the block, they pass through a filter of sorts (i used a pro vent), and then they go into the exhaust pipe.  The whole purpose is to not put oil vapor into the intake and maybe get some negative pressure into the crankcase.  Who knows how effective it really is, but we're trying it out.

Power Steering is done!

That pretty much said it all.  Hopefully it works right with the recirculation and all.  I'll drop some pics in so you can see where everything ended up.

Turbo plumbing

I finished up the turbo plumbing, to include the air filter/connecting pipe and the boost control solenoid.  I made the intake pipe from a 4"drawn aluminum elbow.  It took a bit of cutting, fitting, and rewelding but it worked out pretty well.  To preserve all the space I could I removed a section of the turbo inlet and installed provisions for a v-band clamp.  I'll drop some pics in here when I can.

Lots new

I have done a lot of stuff to the car recently, working on it just about every spare second that I have.  Last night I actually cracked the motor over for the first time.