Several things accomplished today and a couple on the list from the previous post. I tried putting two washers on each of the bolts on the shock tower to give the Cusco brace some room. That was definitely too much as the nuts now only tighten about half way on the thread. I changed it to one each on each bolt and that's tolerable. It does give the clearance between the bar and the motors and also on the pipe attached to the 3000 pipe.
The speedometer cable was on the wrong side of the car when the drivetrain was installed and took a bit of effort, tucking and pulling, to get it on the right side and connecter. The original clips at two places aligned very well.
The radiator was in yesterday and the two little modifications required are noted. I mounted the dual fans to the radiator using tie-wraps. It's not permanent, but will give me the layout I need to run my oil filter / cooler relocation lines. I will have to come up with a better idea to secure them.
Drilled the holes for the Aeromotive FPM and mounted it. Attached the return line to the FPM and left the lower connection to be done. The feed has to be connected, too.
Connected a couple more wires, still have a few to figure out and connect. Seems there is a bit of a mess around the fuse box, and I will have to figure that out.
Worked on getting the hood to close correctly and still need to add some spaces or washers at the hinges to get it to lay flat. The four hood bumpers seem to get in the way and they seem to be different types, not 2 and 2 different, but 1 and 3 different. I checked once at the dealer and they were 8 bucks a piece. I should have gotten them as they are bound to be discontinued now. We'll see. I am also installing a polished stainless steel panel to cover the gap around the hood latch I think once I get the hood bumper stops right that this will fall into place.
Hard-pipes are absolutely not lining up. I'll have to Google more pictures to figure those things out.
Tried to fit the drive shaft and gave up. Posted in the forum for help and will try again soon. I think that is all for Thursday. Lunch was great and now it's time for a nap.
The speedometer cable was on the wrong side of the car when the drivetrain was installed and took a bit of effort, tucking and pulling, to get it on the right side and connecter. The original clips at two places aligned very well.
The radiator was in yesterday and the two little modifications required are noted. I mounted the dual fans to the radiator using tie-wraps. It's not permanent, but will give me the layout I need to run my oil filter / cooler relocation lines. I will have to come up with a better idea to secure them.
Drilled the holes for the Aeromotive FPM and mounted it. Attached the return line to the FPM and left the lower connection to be done. The feed has to be connected, too.
Connected a couple more wires, still have a few to figure out and connect. Seems there is a bit of a mess around the fuse box, and I will have to figure that out.
Worked on getting the hood to close correctly and still need to add some spaces or washers at the hinges to get it to lay flat. The four hood bumpers seem to get in the way and they seem to be different types, not 2 and 2 different, but 1 and 3 different. I checked once at the dealer and they were 8 bucks a piece. I should have gotten them as they are bound to be discontinued now. We'll see. I am also installing a polished stainless steel panel to cover the gap around the hood latch I think once I get the hood bumper stops right that this will fall into place.
Hard-pipes are absolutely not lining up. I'll have to Google more pictures to figure those things out.
Tried to fit the drive shaft and gave up. Posted in the forum for help and will try again soon. I think that is all for Thursday. Lunch was great and now it's time for a nap.