Now that upgrade training at work is completed, i can get back to doing some fun stuff. Until i get the heater for the garage though, im limited on what im willing to do, so i only spend a few hours down there at a time at most.
Anyways, i figured i would get some partially completely tasks done.
First up was getting the the AN hydroboost lines hooked up to the power steering pump. Since Ford power steering pumps are kind of hit or miss on reliability, i elected to make an hose barb to AN adapter for the inlet so its easier to replace the pump if/when needed:
I also got the fuel line made up. I used a 5/16” quick connect to 6am adapter (its labeled as a chevy LS part) to convert the factor steel line to AN. I also found a 6AN female/male adapter that had a 1/8” NPT port in the middle for a fuel pressure gauge, i bought that and installed the autometer electric Fuel pressure sending unit in that. The fuel rail adapter is a aeromotive part (1/2” i think) hopefully it doesnt leak, ive seen some reports of them not sealing properly... if it doesnt, i’ll just pull the fuel rail and have a place weld a steel 6AN male adapter to the factory rail.
I also finished the heater core hose adapter setup that mounts the factory water temp sender under the intake and converts it over to 12AN to adapt to the MMR coolant crossover AN conversion adapter plates:
Then i decided to start making decisions on how to do the upper radiator hoses.
currently i have the MMR 1 1/2” barb to dual -12AN Y block with the radiator fill cap on it and a Moroso inline thermostat housing. It works, but its kind of ugly.
Originally, i had planned to get the On3 coolant crossover delete for a 4V and use their thermostat housing, but they wont answer emails about buying the housing separately and i would still have to put a radiator fill cap someplace. Those things with 12AN male fittings run $90-150, so not exactly the cheapest option. The on3 thermostat housing would likely be in the way of the CAI and future turbo plumbing anyways, so i have essentially ruled that out.
The third option, was to buy a 96-04 3 core v6 aluminum radiator, but those are proving nearly impossible to find and the price is still pretty steep.
Option 4 is basically the same as above, except a 94-95 v8 radiator with 12an bungs welded on. Easier to find, but the mounts are different and still not cheap.
Option 5, which is likely what i’ll use..
Keep the current setup, get both the Y block and thermostat housing parts anodized black and purchase some 3ply Silicon parts to make up the upper radiator hose. Then i’ll make up some sort of bracket to hold it in place above the cooling fan and the eventual CF core support cover im planning on will be extra wide along the top to cover all of the radiator hose.
Here’s a photo showing a mock up:
i also picked up a Lokar midnight series flexible dipstick. It fits horrible as delivered in the “correct length”. The braided AN tube was 5” to long and there was no way it would ever fit into the engine block following the factork dipstick tube routing without shortening it and/or disassembling it and putting the engine block piece in first... but, it works after shortening and doesnt stand out like the yellow handle. LoL. Its a good thing the fuse box is out of the way.
I also picked up the Redline Tuning quicklift Plus hood struts and installed those. No pictures on that yet though.
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