Today I started off with the engine mounts. They are the "convertable" mounts. Left mount on left, right on right.
I set them on the chassis and measured the height of the old mounts and new convertible mounts. They are the same as far as I can tell. Glad I didn't toss the old ones yet because I would have been wondering that.
Then I moved on to the intake. I'm using a 75mm Accufab TB with the solid spacer. The ProM EMS I'm going to be using doesn't support EGR or SMOG, so there's no point in putting any of that stuff back on. I also blocked the EGR at the lower intake gasket.
I swapped over my vacuum fittings from my old intake. I cleaned them up and painted one of them because now it's exposed on the side. Like pipe thread usually do, they didn't want to line up exactly how I wanted them. So I ran a 3/8" NPT tap through them little by little until they were cut just enough to clock them right. Some grease onto the tap keeps any shards from getting in the intake.
I also got the plugs gapped and installed as well as the plug wires. I'm using some DEI titanium boot covers. They're really nice. There is a metal ring on the boot end sewn into the fabric that locks around the end of the boot. Really cool design. I also got the crank pulley on and clocked the trigger wheel to the correct position. Then set up the sensor according to the directions with a .050" gap. Also swapped over the TPS, and cleaned up the original IAC solenoid.
I'm doing some figuring on my fuel lines. The Anderson fuel rails come with ORB swivel fittings with -8AN male ends. Looks like I'll have plenty of room to run them around the heater hoses. I have some heat wrap for them when the time comes.
Then I moved to the accessory drive Vortech side. I'm using a UPR smog delete and PA performance 130a alt. I had the alt for a few summers and last summer in this bracket. It works great. There was a fitment issue with the smog pump and big alternator in the Vortech bracket. They want to occupy the same space. If anyone ever comes across this issue you can seem my old smog pump and the clearancing I had to do to get it to fit.
Also in the above picture is a Dayco laser belt alignment tool which is super handy. It's two magnetic peices that sit in a groove on your pullies. One shines a laser, the other one has a center mark on it.
So I've been filing and sanding washers to make shims and get everything prefect. So far I got the crank pulley lined up with the alternator, smog delete tensioner and waterpump.
Then I moved to the A/C. I found out when I pulled the engine my A/C was out of cold juice. So my repair last summer didn't hold. I had put dye in it and did a dye check and found out the evaporator and compressor are leaking. Boooo. So I decided to just retrofit it properly. I'm using an all inclusive kit from Classic air. It comes with a Sanden compressor. It requires some modifications to the factory bracket. I want to get that done so I can take all these little brackets to the powdercoater next week.
Looks something like this
Then you can cut off the ear of you choose. I thought it would look dumb on there so I cut it off with a bandsaw and ran it on my belt sander to smooth it out.
Thats enough for one day.
