Progress Thread The next "big" project for my Cobra

Here's a few pics of the unit out of the box. I was familiarizing myself with the setup.

2Blue2 said:

It’ll be fine!

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I think so too. I emailed them last night and they responded within 10 minutes. The guy said: "As for using a dual plane intake I have done this a few times and I like to use at least a half inch spacer to help with intake reversion and fuel distribution." I figure it'll be fine since I've already milled 1/2" of the divider. Now I'm (im)patiently waiting......

Most everything needed for the install was delivered over the past couple days. Progress should come in the next few months!

2Blue2 said:

Cant wait to see whats in LILCBRAs stocking...

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SHhhhh!! Don't tell anyone!!

Enzio said:

I didn't notice a headliner under the tree.

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I've had the headliner packed away for years, just never put it in. I attempted to one time and wasn't having a lot of luck so I stopped and left it. I also mixed up the bows, so that'll make it even more of a challenge. I still have everything (minus the trim screws, obviously - but I have those kits....), maybe I can give it a shot again.....

Maybe I can use it with what I'm holding here....

Kinda funny when you do a search for one thing and something else pops up. Hey @2Blue2 - is it 420 yet?

Noobz347 said:

Stop biting your nails.

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Sorry mom.

So as I sit here and do whole lot of nothing - I went ahead and ordered the remainder of what I think I'll need to complete the install of the fuel injection system I bought. Unfortunately I don't have any kind of ETA for when I'll get started - not being very mobile kind of puts a damper on actually working on projects.....

3 more days until my follow-up and hopefully having this cast removed. I'm hoping that I'll be able to start bearing weight again. If I'm ok'd I'm planning on getting a jump on this, I kind of figure the house projects will be put on hold for a few months so my ankle can fully heal before I attempt to get on a ladder. But here's the list of stuff that I've bought over the last couple months:

Aces Killshot TBI system:

Fuel pressure regulator with gauge
Second gauge for redundancy and a pressure sensor to link to the Aces system with 2 inline fittings to incorporate them.
6AN fuel hose - 10' of rubber and 10' of PTFE with fittings (black for the rubber and blue/red anodized for PTFE).
25' of 3/8 Copper/Nickel fuel line
10 - 3/8" compression union fittings (in case bending the hard lines don't work like I hope.)
Inline 10 micron filter
An Aeromotive 18683 Fuel Pump and Hanger for a Fox Mustang (since I have a Fox tank in my car.... )
Clamps to secure the hard lines to the body

Edit: added a new fuel level sender and connector for 83-86 Mustangs to remove the stock sender that I had to modify.

In addition to the above, I decided to purchase some tools to make the job easier:

Adjustable AN wrenches
AN vice jaws
A new, beefier tube bender than the one I have
1/8" letter stamps

The plan is to use the PTFE set with the anodized fittings to designate the pressure side from the tank through the throttle body to the regulator. I intend to use the black fittings and rubber hose to designate the return line. The compression fittings at each end of the hard lines are all black, so the thought is to try to use the letter stamps to mark their designations once they're all assembled to hopefully eliminate/minimize any kind of distortion from their use. As for running 2 gauges and the sensor, I'm going to keep one gauge on the regulator to make adjusting pressure easier. The second will be on the upstream side of the throttle body while the sensor will be on the downstream side.

I will also be doing some additional work while I have it apart. As it is now, my fuel tank straps are held in with through bolts on one side through the spare tire well. I used self tapping screws on the other side. The plan is to use the new rivnut tool I bought a while back and replace the self tapping screws with actual bolts. I also think that I'll tack weld the bolt heads in the spare tire well so I don't have to attempt to hold one end of the bolt while I tighten the nuts under the car - in all honesty, I don't even remember how I did it the first time.

Anyway, this is the plan I have in my head. I'll update as I go along, but the big question I have for everyone - should I start a new thread just for this or should I keep it in this thread? What I was thinking is if it's in it's own thread it would make it easier for anyone to reference and I could just post a link in this one....

Blackhawkxx said:

A new thread with a clear title would be good to keep the info easy to find and use IMO.

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Kinda what I was thinking.

Started a new thread for the fuel injection upgrade: Aces Killshot install.