2v quest for power

punched281 · Feb 22, 2016

Yea and I think the turbo will quiet it down enough.

Hopefully get it back in the car next week and have it ready to slap the carb on. Wanting to clean up the wiring a bit too while its out

Milehigh JDF · Feb 22, 2016

I'm sure it will. How much wiring do you have to hide? There can't be too much left now.

punched281 · Mar 3, 2016

Milehigh JDF said:
I'm sure it will. How much wiring do you have to hide? There can't be too much left now.

Not much at all, I will try and get a picture of it tonight. I have mounted the msd box where the factory ecu went. That should clean a lot up. I think I am going to get a better power junction for all the gauges and switches I am running. I kind of kept adding one here and one there so it is a little bit of a mess.

I may end up just doing my own gauge cluster as well, we will see. I need an auto meter tach really and then I could build one with pretty much all the gauges I want.

Milehigh JDF · Mar 3, 2016

punched281 said:
Not much at all, I will try and get a picture of it tonight. I have mounted the msd box where the factory ecu went. That should clean a lot up. I think I am going to get a better power junction for all the gauges and switches I am running. I kind of kept adding one here and one there so it is a little bit of a mess.

I may end up just doing my own gauge cluster as well, we will see. I need an auto meter tach really and then I could build one with pretty much all the gauges I want.

Have you considered finding one of the Florida 5.0 gauge pods? That would help clean up some of it at least.

punched281 · Mar 3, 2016

Yea, I have. But I am confident I can just build my own out of a sheet of aluminum pretty easily.

I will probably end up just getting the car running first and then mess with the gauges.

punched281 · Mar 6, 2016

Got the motor back in, going to mock everything up tomorrow!

96blak54 · Mar 6, 2016

Oh yea! Lookin good!

punched281 · Mar 6, 2016

Fingers crossed for getting the carb back this week.

punched281 · Mar 10, 2016

96blak54 · Mar 10, 2016

Awwwww snap!

punched281 · Mar 10, 2016

Yup, its getting real, real. Haha. Pretty stoked. This weekend it should be waiting on the carb.

Milehigh JDF · Mar 11, 2016

Who makes that intercooler? I can't quite make it out. Do they make a full kit?

punched281 · Mar 11, 2016

It's marked as an On3 Performance. But yes they sell the whole kit together. Pretty impressed by what is included and all the small parts that aren't left out.

punched281 · Mar 15, 2016

Making progress!

96blak54 · Mar 15, 2016

Still watching! Reminder!....take your time, be detailed. Take notes! Be successful!

punched281 · Mar 15, 2016

Thanks. Yes I need to take my time!

To do list

-Make bracket for power steering tank
-mount oil filter
-wrap wiring and tie it in place
-mount boost controller
-route vacuum lines
-weld down pipe
-mount fans
-fill fluids
-wire up the boost gauge
-empty tank of e85
-take timing out of the ignition

This is mostly for my reference.. Start getting all the small stuff organized in my head.

punched281 · Mar 16, 2016

Made some progress!

evilcw311 · Mar 16, 2016

That's gonna look tits once the hood is painted to match car. The intake elbow will be a nice feature for sure!!!!!

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punched281 · Mar 16, 2016

evilcw311 said:
That's gonna look tits once the hood is painted to match car. The intake elbow will be a nice feature for sure!!!!!

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Thanks! I'm happy with how it came out for sure. Ready to get to the point of putting the fenders back on.

punched281 · Mar 23, 2016

Got her on the ground yesterday! I started it up on the normal carb to see where it leaks. I've got a leak near the oil sending unit but other than that it went well!

I need to cut down the downpipe a little still and get the interior put back together.