FRC Joe's underhood thread
In Nov of 08 I had my tranny lock itself into 4th gear at a track rental. I suppose pushing twice the stock power through it had something to do with it. While the driveline was out for that repair I thought I'd take the opportunity to clean up a few items under the hood and fix some things that I wasnt 100% happy with from my blower install. A combination of scope creep, fluctuating interest and poverty has stretched the project out to 14 mos. and counting, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! Here's a few pics of the progress.
Relocated Coils into fenderwells w/ custom brackets and wire looms http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/DS%20bracket1.jpg http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/pa...20bracket3.jpg http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/wire%20routing.jpg http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/loom1.jpg http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/loom2.jpg http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/loom3.jpg Evap Solenoid to firewall Catch Can to front of radiator http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/IC1.jpg Replaced Rear Main Seal PS Pulley with LS2 steel Valve covers Coolant Hoses (w/Black Silicone) Exhaust bolts with ARP studs Ignition Wires with Accell Extreme 9000 Ceramics http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/ceramic%20boots.JPG Revised Air Inlet Tube from IC to TB http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/mockup03.JPG PCV system http://members.cox.net/99_frc/PCV1.jpg http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/PCV2.jpg EVAP system http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/drivers%20side.JPG Top of A&A radiator to allow bolting on of top cover http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/tapping%20bar.jpg http://members.cox.net/joe.creecy/topper.jpg Re-Routed or Hidden Headlight wiring top AC line Alky Line EVAP wiring Coil Harnesses TB, MAF and TPS wiring IAT wiring |
That is some nice looking work, very professional. Looks like you're quite adept at polishing as well.
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Also of note, The inky black intake manifold and blower inlet piece were painted by the man himself, GBVette. Laying down flawless black paint is practically a reflexive reaction for him now! :D |
Looks real nice.
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Attention to detail is astounding. You could make these into a few various kits and sell them for sure.
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Here's the evap solenoid mounted on the firewall. This was difficult to photograph. The solenoid is mounted vertically and the curvy plastic hose comes out of the bottom and back up to the re-positioned hard line. The test port is accessible, and it shouldnt pick up any header heat. Hopefully I wont get any crap about moving it at inspection time.
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Inspector won't have any clue.
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Looks incredible! :cheers:
BTW, what's scope creep? A peeping tom with minty fresh breath?!? j/k! Sounds like you deal with Lean manufacturing / Six Sigma? |
Scope creep = "well if I'm going to have to do x, then I might as well do y. Oh... well if I have to do x and y, then I should go ahead and do z." And so on and so forth ;) It's what alwasy happens to me on my projects.
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Odd... I've had my car inspected 3x w/o an air pump.
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Not a sniffer test... they plug in the OBDII port though and most shops will look for things like headers w/o cats.
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Getting close to done
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Awesome....can't wait to see it in person at Waterside! :yesnod:
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I really like what you did with your alternator bracket! :cool:
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