Weekend Update: After a few weeks of work-related travel, I had a free afternoon to insert drivetrain into square hole.
First, here’s a behind the scene look at the “back” of the engine with 4mm plastic vacuum piping, and a few short harnesses laying around. Vacuum piping includes one line off the intake manifold to ECM’s own MAP vacuum port – and it’s tee’d off to fuel pressure regulator as well. Other vacuum line from manifold has the white check valve and feeds vacuum to resonance valve/ flap and vacuum reservoir near firewall.
Line it all up and drop the car down slowly.
Hmm. I thought I had a problem with the rear cross bar after loosely bolting in the transmission crossmember. Both sides here are about ¾” back of the rear mount bolt. Texted a pro, and he assured me that there’s nothing wrong and the crossbar has some flexibility. He was right! Worry session quickly went away!
Filter assembly fits. I used an Amazon 3.25” x 3.5” reducing silicone elbow with constant torque clamps and a plump Green Filter.com from the Commonwealth of PA. Seems like a nice piece. And the fit was perfect - no trimming & filter just touches firewall insulation to the top.
Fuel Lines. I selected Red Horse Performance 6AN fittings and black coated st/st PTFE hose to plumb this thing up. I am HOPEFUL that my first time hose building will prove successful. I purchased some pressure test fittings to fill with air and dunk in a bucket of water. Several fittings needed a bit more tightening and one hose assembly was a complete failure with bad assembly. Luckily, I bought additional hose length and assortment of fittings so I could overcome this issue that I sorta expected from the beginning. You get a feel for building these and can sense when your hose assembly is “right”. When you do one that goes wrong, you can tell. Air bubbles in bucket confirm you suspicions!
This one is coming off the backside of RH fuel rail and pressure gauge to Adapt Motorsport adjustable fuel pressure regulator using a 60 degree and a straight fitting.
