Sunday, April 29, 2012

It's Alive

Finally got some time
Started getting the engine ready for install


My boy Steve thinking he is helping
Dude talks about his volvo 24/7
It's mint as fuck so I can't blame him


 Freshly wrapped


All buttoned up


Ready to go in the next morning


9AM and we are in


Slowly and easy
The harbor freight cherry picker's reach is super short so I had to come in the sideways
Even sideways the reach was not long enough
Made for an extra pain in the butt trying to get everything aligned


Still got it done


Everything hooked back up minus linkage



And it's alive!
Fuel pressure was way too high
Engine was dyno'd at 3.5psi. I'm currently at 6psi.
Car was running super rich. Lots of smoke and some backfiring out the carb
Until I can get a fuel pressure regulator car will sit idle
It's always something...

 



Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Side Project


Tired of venting to the atmosphere
Inspired by Jacob's engine bay


Catch can
AN Fittings
Braided line
& Penis looking engine block vent tube

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Saturday, April 7, 2012

I Was Blind But Now I See

Posts lately have been pretty trivial
Good news is I got a call from Dave at Rebello
Engine is done
Engine Dyno Tuning on Friday

Anyways
I saw someone do this at JCCS
I though it was brilliant

The subject is this mirror
Although it looks cool, visibility sucks



So anyways I went and picked up a blind spot mirror
You want to get the 3.75" one
Remove double sided tape
and apply to face of existing mirror



Visibility is awesome now.
 The world is now your oyster