Never ending quest of badassery

[mrkrinkle]

Got a good amount of stuff done this weekend! One of the things I wanted to make look better were some of the vacuum and oil lines. Last year they were rushed together, and didn't quite look up to par. I decided to bend some hard lines for the oil feed, return and main vacuum source. I inquired Swoops about what tools I should use, so he pointed me in the direction of the correct Rigid benders and 37* flair tool. Got a little more guidance from some other friends as I wasn't sure on if I should leave it all rigid, or leave a partial -an hose line in there for some flex. Mike Houck was a big help for that! Ended up doing just a few inches of -an hose on the oil feed and return, but left the vacuum line solid. Bent those up on Friday, before I got the trans in, and as soon as I got the trans in I realized the main vacuum feed would be in the way, so I fixed that along with the oil return.









I'm thinking about getting some clamps machined so I don't use a zip-tie to hold the oil feed to the coolant pipe. That's going to come down to time, though. Gonna have to gold plate them too, unless I want it to look out of place.. haha.

After those were done I could get the trans on the car, as I picked it up on Friday evening. Wow, they did a fantastic job. I wish they would have given me the axle cups so I could have either plated them or powdercoated them. For the time being, POR15 will suffice.







After that, she was able to go in! With the help of MNshortBus we got it in in about a half hour. Went smooth as silk, though.









Going to order up a few things tonight to finish everything up. The harness will get a techflex treatment this week, then after that it's just a matter of plugging everything in, filling up fluids and starting it! Hooray!

[parttimeprojectionist]

wow.i cant stop staring at he shift linkage haha

[mrkrinkle]

haha, yeah its kind of the focal point of the transmission!

[mrkrinkle]

PVW issue finally dropped

May 2015 issue. Big 7 Page spread!

[Earl]

That's awesome. Congrats=)

[lamsv]

I'm speechless. Again.

[flyingdutchy]

love what you're doing, but i think you've gone a little overboard with the white hoses. Your engine bay now reminds me of bathroom plumbing with gold faucets.

[mrkrinkle]

love what you're doing, but i think you've gone a little overboard with the white hoses. Your engine bay now reminds me of bathroom plumbing with gold faucets.

Meh, you're entitled to your opinion. Not everybodys cup of tea!

[Motoman325]

just

whoa

[mrkrinkle]

Last night went up to the shop after work to get of the time consuming stuff out of the way. I routed the vacuum lines for the diverter valve, fuel pressure regulator and the brake booster. Kinda bummed I didn't think of getting bungs welded to the items to convert to -4 an so I could have routed stainless hard lines to them. That way, the only visible soft line in the car would be the fuel lines. Oh well, there's always next year. I also extended the return fuel line since I wanted to run it under the intake manifold this year whereas last year it went over. Did a nice hardline coming off of the FPR then into the old fuel line that I was using last year. Then I moved onto the shift linkage.. I didn't really think about the extra thickness the powder would add to the shift tower.. Spent some time sanding the powder out of the holes that secure the cables, then I had to CAREFULLY get the cable clips that hold the cables in the tower into the already tight toleranced slot.. That wasn't fun. Spent about an hour and a half doing that with a buddy. Needless to say we got it in and aligned and it feels great!



On the list for tonight is bolt the downpipe to the uh, downpipe, route the vacuum line off the wastegate and boost controller, then get the drivers side axle in. Then I can POR15 the axle cups and axle flanges and the running gear should be pretty much set to go aside from filling the trans with fluid! Really not a whole lot left to do before this thing can get started. Tomorrow the harness will be getting finished up. After that it's a matter of connecting the coolant hoses, filling fluids and doing the final "inspection" to make sure everything is tight and I can fire her up!

[milwaukeeandy]

can't believe i've never seen the build thread before right now, been following this in IG though and im excited to see it in person. SOWO?

[mrkrinkle]

That's the plan! Should be there Monday-Monday. May not see the car much down there except for the show itself, depending on how dirty it gets on the drive down haha. Yes, I'll be driving the car not towing it..

[mrkrinkle]

Got the catch can, brake fluid reservoir and the coolant flange with the expansion tank back from Swoops today. Gonna bring the sight glasses into my plater to see if he can get them plated for me without messing up the window portion. Also going to bring him the billet dipstick and brake fluid reservoir cap in. Hopefully thats IT for the plating..

Anyways, havent really posted much updates frankly because there aren't many.

Checklist of things to do before she runs (this weekend, hopefully)

1.) Relocate MAP sensor wires to opposite side of the harness
2.) Wrap the harness in electrical tape/techflex/heatshrink
3.) Route 0 GA wire from starter to alternator and main engine ground
4.) Final torque on everything
5.) Bolt front clip up and attach coolant hoses
6.) New spark plugs
7.) Fill with fluids
8.) Bleed brakes/clutch slave/coolant

Start the damn thing.

Anyways, here are pictures of the air setup and the new reservoirs:

Dual 444's, twin VU2 manifolds, twin Accuair tanks, dual SMC traps and check valves. Tanks and manifolds totally suspended by the hardlines. Super, super impressed with this stuff. Greg never ceases to amaze me! The symmetry is absolutely PERFECT.







Only picture I grabbed of the reservoirs for some reason. I need to shorten the clutch line on the brake res so it doesn't sit crooked.

[lamsv]

When ever you update your thread, it pretty much makes my day.

[mrkrinkle]

Thanks dude!! Feels good that its nearing the end of this silly addition haha.

Got my plaques from In The News for the PVW article today. I haven't even seen an actual copy of the magazine yet! haha.