Im starting a new thread over here in engine performance since all of my mods have been engine focused to this point...If you want to get caught up on the Madallac Click Here...had her for just over a month, two weeks of which she was on jack stands getting some work done.
So the first weekend (started on a Saturday) I pulled the exhaust, driveshaft, rear sub-frame, gas tank...by the next Saturday night I had: installed a Kenne Bell BAP, fabricated and installed new fuel pump circuit tapping in to the factory relay signal pulled from the rear fuse block (pics to come) complete with 40 amp relay for the 30 some amps the DWs will pull at 15.2v pushing 71 Psi (safe voltage level to feed FPCM), installed DW pumps and new module seals for pump and sender, re-installed the gas tank and rear sub-frame, modified the gas pedal location, and filled the transmission with Amsoil Torquedrive. That Sunday I replaced the oil pan gasket with help from a buddy of mine (it was wet but no drips, obviously a failed pan gasket). Had to drop the front sub-frame and take the bell housing to the firewall to get pan out, but now shes got a clean and sexy belly and well worth the 20 man hours or so in my car port (including breaks).
I got the car back on the road last Friday night after plumbing the diff cooler and filling the diff and hanging the exhaust. After two weeks in an N/A NB Miata...I forgot how freakin fast the V is...WOW!!
Last Saturday was spent plumbing the new Fuelab 6 micron Fiberglass filter between the hard line on the firewall and the fuel rail (installed pics to come). The bracket I fabricated out of 12 gauge stainless mounts to the two bolt holes in the rear of the factory lid...Got the alcohol sensor in as well with a crush style fitting on the rail (I maintained all factory support points and clipped the rail just on the other side of the quick efi lip). Then AN fittings on out to a summit stainless braided PTFE line back to the filter outlet...filter inlet is factory soft line, Fragola Perf quick efi to AN, 180 degree -6 tube with nuts. I replaced all O-Rings in the Russell quick EFI to AN adapters with Viton (Russell uses Buna, FYI).
Sunday I installed my Moroso catch can to the 'dirty side' of the PCV system...fabricated another bracket to support the front of the can (pics to come). I also wired and plumbed the Hobbs switch for the KB BAP and tapped in to coil power for the alcohol sensor.
I had the car aligned Tuesday AM since I had both sub-frames out...got the camber set just where I like it for my commute It was really reassuring to see everything still in tip top shape underneath...Diff cooler banjo and joints still clean along with that sweet looking oil pan! I had been having battery issues but thought it was all related to the 2 weeks of down time...cranked fine Tue AM, drove to the alignment shop, parked and told them what I needed...5 minutes later she was dead. The alternator had been putting out a consistent 14.5 V at idle so I knew the battery was suspect, they tested and confirmed that theory. Right up the road there is an interstate battery store. Dropped $160 on a battery but it has a 6 yr warranty and contains 99% lead and got me back the 200 cca I had lost in the AC Delco.
Last night I tapped in to the e67 J1 ECM connector for alcohol sensor input and dressed out the wiring back to the sensor.
Tunes are tomorrow. I'll get to the shop, install the ID1050Xs and see what she does on 93 and e85! Can't wait to share my results! Its supposed to rain all day tomorrow and that would really put a damper on the return trip...lol, hopefully I catch a break! My grandfather, who at my age had a '67 GT350 Fastback Mustang with the 390 cobrajet right after owning a brand new factory ordered '68 GTO, is going with me to the dyno...gonna be a scream, pun intended!
***Love the Amsoil Torquedrive trans fluid so far!! Smoothest shifts possible and less of the gear whine I was getting under certain loads!
***Also while I was working my day job (Mechanical Engineer...Go Hokies!!...Designer for the leading manufacturer of fuel dispensers in North America...Ask me how I know so much about actual octane and percentage of local Sheetz e85, 70% 110 octane in NC btw), and my nighttime ctsV job...I've been dieting for a bodybuilding competition April 8th and have been training 1.5 hrs 6 days a week and eating a diet more strict than your 2nd grade math teacher.
So the first weekend (started on a Saturday) I pulled the exhaust, driveshaft, rear sub-frame, gas tank...by the next Saturday night I had: installed a Kenne Bell BAP, fabricated and installed new fuel pump circuit tapping in to the factory relay signal pulled from the rear fuse block (pics to come) complete with 40 amp relay for the 30 some amps the DWs will pull at 15.2v pushing 71 Psi (safe voltage level to feed FPCM), installed DW pumps and new module seals for pump and sender, re-installed the gas tank and rear sub-frame, modified the gas pedal location, and filled the transmission with Amsoil Torquedrive. That Sunday I replaced the oil pan gasket with help from a buddy of mine (it was wet but no drips, obviously a failed pan gasket). Had to drop the front sub-frame and take the bell housing to the firewall to get pan out, but now shes got a clean and sexy belly and well worth the 20 man hours or so in my car port (including breaks).
I got the car back on the road last Friday night after plumbing the diff cooler and filling the diff and hanging the exhaust. After two weeks in an N/A NB Miata...I forgot how freakin fast the V is...WOW!!
Last Saturday was spent plumbing the new Fuelab 6 micron Fiberglass filter between the hard line on the firewall and the fuel rail (installed pics to come). The bracket I fabricated out of 12 gauge stainless mounts to the two bolt holes in the rear of the factory lid...Got the alcohol sensor in as well with a crush style fitting on the rail (I maintained all factory support points and clipped the rail just on the other side of the quick efi lip). Then AN fittings on out to a summit stainless braided PTFE line back to the filter outlet...filter inlet is factory soft line, Fragola Perf quick efi to AN, 180 degree -6 tube with nuts. I replaced all O-Rings in the Russell quick EFI to AN adapters with Viton (Russell uses Buna, FYI).
Sunday I installed my Moroso catch can to the 'dirty side' of the PCV system...fabricated another bracket to support the front of the can (pics to come). I also wired and plumbed the Hobbs switch for the KB BAP and tapped in to coil power for the alcohol sensor.
I had the car aligned Tuesday AM since I had both sub-frames out...got the camber set just where I like it for my commute It was really reassuring to see everything still in tip top shape underneath...Diff cooler banjo and joints still clean along with that sweet looking oil pan! I had been having battery issues but thought it was all related to the 2 weeks of down time...cranked fine Tue AM, drove to the alignment shop, parked and told them what I needed...5 minutes later she was dead. The alternator had been putting out a consistent 14.5 V at idle so I knew the battery was suspect, they tested and confirmed that theory. Right up the road there is an interstate battery store. Dropped $160 on a battery but it has a 6 yr warranty and contains 99% lead and got me back the 200 cca I had lost in the AC Delco.
Last night I tapped in to the e67 J1 ECM connector for alcohol sensor input and dressed out the wiring back to the sensor.
Tunes are tomorrow. I'll get to the shop, install the ID1050Xs and see what she does on 93 and e85! Can't wait to share my results! Its supposed to rain all day tomorrow and that would really put a damper on the return trip...lol, hopefully I catch a break! My grandfather, who at my age had a '67 GT350 Fastback Mustang with the 390 cobrajet right after owning a brand new factory ordered '68 GTO, is going with me to the dyno...gonna be a scream, pun intended!
***Love the Amsoil Torquedrive trans fluid so far!! Smoothest shifts possible and less of the gear whine I was getting under certain loads!
***Also while I was working my day job (Mechanical Engineer...Go Hokies!!...Designer for the leading manufacturer of fuel dispensers in North America...Ask me how I know so much about actual octane and percentage of local Sheetz e85, 70% 110 octane in NC btw), and my nighttime ctsV job...I've been dieting for a bodybuilding competition April 8th and have been training 1.5 hrs 6 days a week and eating a diet more strict than your 2nd grade math teacher.