Sprocket's Competition

[clocker]

Sore.
The hacking cough/pneumonia is gone though.

Bounced out of bed this (early) AM and while the coffee was a'brewin, opened up my new drill bit set.
It has two 15/16" bits and no 13/16"...which is the only size I cared aboot.
So much for my "early bird/worm" plan...now I have to wait till 8 o'clock and drive back out to Harbor Freight and exchange this set for an intact one.

Somewhat of a bummer.

[Detale]

I do love me some harbor freight, but I have had many stories like this one friend missing/broken parts etc. Another sad fact is that there is no retail store here in NYC

[j2k4]

Yeah, y'know, Harbor Freight is Walmart for tools.

They don't have to last forever, and most of the stuff can save the day at least once before it's trash.

God love 'em.

[clocker]

So, yesterday went swimmingly...at least in the beginning.
Did all my running around and was back home by 9, the water pump was finished and installed by 10.


The new fan trigger is the big three pronged connector at the lower right of the housing.
We originally had the mechanical water temp gauge plumbed into this hole but we're swapping over to stock electrical units- sometime in the future.
Till then, we have no idea of the water temp.

While all the hoses were out of the way I looked at the new alternator mount and boy, it was fucked- almost as bad as the mickeymoused original.
Two hours and uncountable "put it on/take it off"s later, the alternator now sits straight and is adjustable like a regular car.

Our old intake no longer fits right.
In this pic...


...I have cobbled it together so I could start the car and bleed the cooling system but the hood will not clear the intake, so it's a temp fix at best.

The new fan system works perfectly and should be an improvement over the old fan, even if just in sound quality.

This morning I'm gonna bong up and hit the junkyard for intake pieces.
I am not hopeful as the specific requirements of our placement are probably unique but you never can tell.

Our weather degenerates tonight (but no one knows how much yet) so I fugure I'll be housebound for a few days.
Need to stock up on the necessities just in case.

I plan to replace the brakes with the 929 setup I just pulled from my car...best done in the garage anyway, so the weather is irrelevant.
Probably do that tomorrow as it coincides with some other work that I need supplies to finish (this is stuff like relocating the fuel filter for which I need more hose...).

Updates later.

[Detale]

Why not cut the hood and add a scoop

[clocker]

We already have one, silly person.

[Detale]

Sorry, I missed that. Well then you need a bigger one to accomodate the intake then. or you could just do something like....

Spoiler: Show

[clocker]

Sorry, I missed that. Well then you need a bigger one to accomodate the intake then. or you could just do something like....

Spoiler: Show

That would look great parked next to my doublewide.
Yeehaw!

[Detale]

LOL, But won't the general lee be lonely?

[clocker]

Daisy Duke shall entertain him.

Much went well today.
An early morning junkyard ramble uncovered an unmolested LT1 engine.
Scored a sweet stock intake manifold elbow and a few other bits.

This manifold has the unique oval shape to match the throttle body on one end and accepts the MAF sensor on the other. It has fittings for the intake temp sensor and the Optispark vent. It's rubber, so it's flexible.
Digging around in my attic I stumbled upon some stuff from the 240Z.
Nothing much useful except for the ideal K&N airfilter, brand new sitting unopened.
Shaped weird as fuck, I have no idea why I bought it but it could hardly be more suitable for my current project.

This combination cuts our connections in the intake track down by 2/3 and makes for a pretty slick install.
The hood clears it too.




I also tidied up the brake booster vacuum supply line and remounted the fuel filter...


She got a bath today...






Took it out for a spin and think the brakes are fine as is, not going to mess with them now.
Tommorrow I deal with the shifter area...