Must. Not. Buy. Stuff.

 

New muffrah!






Haven't started it yet, but hoping it's quieter. Was going for a stock look, but that's kinda hard to do with 3.5" piping. Overall, though, definitely happy with the look. Just for perspective, here's the before:

 

AN fittings are hard, mmkay?



There is officially no more frayed hose in my engine compartment. Unfortunately I was too tired to think to snap a pic of the finished product.

Here's the vacuum block mounted, but not yet hooked up:



And here's the relocated fuel pressure regulator. This is a terrible picture, but when the charge pipe is in, you can see the gauge perfectly. I promise I will clean everything when I'm done. The car is so dusty from sitting.

 

Here's a much better picture of my new reservoir. My friend is now selling them if anyone is interested. Just send me a PM.

 

looks great.. any possibilities of getting it mounted in any other area..? i mean i like it but was thinking about cleaning up around the wells as much as possible..

 

I don't see why not. He could use my car to mock it up. Either shoot him an e-mail (andrew@ardesign.info) or call him at the shop. The number is (303)351-3515.

 

hmmm.. thanks for the info.. i think i going to have to drop him a line to see what we can figure out..

 

There was no way to make it not look like spaghetti since the hoses all go different ways, but it's definitely cleaner than it was. The new bracket for the FPR is much better too, and it's much more visible now. The vacuum block is hooked up and the myriad of fittings and zip ties are officially eliminated. Now all I need is injectors and a tune and it'll be done! (for now)

 

Awful pic, but at least it's back together. If anyone is reading this, you're probably sick of crappy cell phone shots of my engine. It started today...finally! Runs like crap though. Pressure tested it again and managed to eliminate all of the vacuum leaks except the injector o-rings. My 30 cent o-rings are leaking...I guess I need $600 injectors. And idle valve gasket. And battery tie down. And radiator shroud (more of a want than a need). And a tune. Desperately needs a tune. Again.

Almost thereeeee...

 

haha.. what kind of injectors were you thinking..?

 

Initially, I was going to go with ID2000s, but my friend highly recommended I buy a set of 2000cc injectors from a company called Spray It Racing that are much cheaper. My tuner swears by Injector Dynamics, and understandably so, because they make great injectors, but the ones I intend to get are just as well matched and are SIGNIFICANTLY less expensive. I'm willing to be a guinea pig in this instance because it's saving me several hundred dollars.

I have an appointment to get my car tuned on the 1st, so I'll post up my results and thoughts on these injectors once I've put them to the test.

 

yes i'd like to know the results with these injectors cause i was thinking of getting t1's also.. i never hear bad things about them which i like, i just dont like the price tag.. lol

 

2 weeks and 1 day 'till tuning.

 

are they the t1's or the other ones?

 

I went with the Spray-It Racing injectors. I'm cheap like that.