Progress Thread Fire Hazard GT build: On the road

General karthief said:

Well, I guess you have been busy, poor john has been waiting a year for that update.
Oh, did your neighbors ever get on that episode of cops?

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John will pop back in. He's one of the previous owners of my white car. He checks in from time to time over the years. As far as the "Cops" episode. We came close. We had a group of kids come to our circle and start checking everyone's car for guns and money (common according to the cops). While talking with the local cops, some dude shows up with the old "so you see what happened here was." Of course three of the neighbors have recorded the guns and money crew through their home security and have identified the car, time, and whos cars where searched. The "dude" just continues on with the theories while the good officer patiently listens, as we wander who the heck he is. Thankfully the officer has already seen the video and knows that his time, random description of the kids, and story is completely off. Come to find out the neighbor's adult son is staying with them. Always wandered if the tv program interviewed the least intelligent folks in the neighborhood. The "dude" would have qualified that night.

CarMichael Angelo said:

Tranny fluid, stabbing a dizzy,.......dropping oil.....IMgonnapuke

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Not to your liking Mike? Always open to having you take a trip down south to better educate me. Just make sure to bring tools, or a six pack.

Davedacarpainter said:

So you're almost there then RD?

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Dave, I can't say I am any closer than two years ago. I continue to jump from other projects, work, and other peoples repairs. I will probably be hitting you up for advice when it comes time to paint the cobra insert, and touching up a couple of places.

I managed to trace some of my wiring mistakes last night and had to pause to assess my fuel rails/lines before I could ensure my key-on power works correctly. I keep going back and forth on the pressure gauge off the regulator, and have not decided how to correct the fuel input line resting on the valve cover.
Option 1: leave it and wait for it to rub
Option 2: Find the rails NPT size and extend the fuel line hook up past the valve cover
Option 3: completely re-line the fuel system.

Thoughts?

95BlueStallion said:

His post #38 in this thread described the car as a running N/A combo with a lumpy N20 cam. Then goes into talking about how its been down since deciding to add a turbo and he was looking for motivation to get back at it.

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Honestly, Mike is right on this one. I've had the same turbo kit for years and have had little to no problem with it. Though I can't comment on HP's customer service, the kit worked extremely well with the previous stock 5.0. This mustang was actually purchased as a parts car. The motor had been beaten on prior to me owning it, but I managed to get it running decent before doing a rebuild on the vast majority of the car. The lack of motivation came from several moves, excessive work, and several surgeries (knee and back). The demise of the first engine, well I can't tell you if I washed the cylinder, or mistook it for the lumpy cam in it. Either way, that's my fault for not noticing it sooner. Placing a turbo on an engine that never intended to use one could go wrong depending on the user. The user is the multiplying factor. 20 years ago the simplicity of naturally aspirated motors would have been better for me personally. I like things to stay in one piece now. Back then, a little more nitrous or boost was too tempting.

90sickfox said:

On my turbo car the fuel comes up the drivers side rear of the block and enters and exits at the rear of the rails. I also use stock explorer rails. Not the best for higher horsepower fuel demand but good enough for me...for now. The routing of my lines keeps the fuel lines completely away from the heat on the drivers side by the turbo and down pipes.

Your situation looks easily fixable with a fitting extension and heat sleeving. The return line can be zip tied in a " non- obvious " location to the feed line once its extended away from the vc.

Just my .02

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Sick, I like your idea on the rails being fed from the rear. I sat down and added up the cost, and will likely just extend the fitting out from the front of the rail. Instead of just buying one of Glen's kits, I pieced mine together between fuel rails, pressure regulator and those expensive arsed Russel lines, I'm halfway to one of Glen's kits.

On another note, I'm starting to dislike Optima's batteries. I own five of them and am finding that they do not work well without regular use. I was gone for eight months this last business trip and had to replace one yellow top in the jeep, and will likely have to replace the blue top in the mustang. It doesn't want to take a charge and appears to be leaking gel around the terminal. The one I pulled out of the daughter's Grand Prix appears to have taken a charge, but was having problems under load. Great batteries when charged regularly, but the deep cycle traditional batteries seem to come back from the dead easier.