Before I get into the updates, I would like to notate what my vision is for this car. Ever since I was a little kid I have enjoyed race cars. My Dad turns wrenches and has two projects of his own, a '69 Chevy truck with a high compression 383 with a 5 speed and a '67 MG GTB Special with a 215 cubic inch Oldmobile all aluminum v8. Seeing a clean engine bay without clutter makes me smile and has since I can remember. This is something that I strive for in my race car. Clean and functional engine and engine bay.
In effort to get rid of the unnecessary, I worked on removing the coolant line tubes going in and out of my throttle body. I think without hoses the tubes look tacky.
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I tried to get the fittings out by those suckers are in there! I was prying the crap out of one and it was just rounding the aluminum around it. I decided to cut them off. I then filed them until I created a shape that I was satisfied with. When I get my Devcon I plan to fill in both of the open passages.
KMS sells a nice FITV block off plate for $20. I'm ordering one on Friday. Looks like a nice piece.
I'm toying with the idea of sending this 60mm throttle body to Polar Bear Tuning. I've read that he does a killer taper bore. I want to have this throttle body taper bored from 65mm to 60mm. I need to contact him to get a quote.
Whether I get the throttle body bored or not, I will definitely take it my favorite machine shop, Lee's Machine to get bead blasted. I love the bead blasted aluminum look.
I picked up a Vortech fuel pressure regulator this past weekend. It looks good on my fuel rail.
I look forward to upping my fuel pressure from a low 32 psi up to a much more adequate pressure for the injectors I plan to run.
The intake manifold and it's components are shaping up nicely :)
I haven't had the extra money to order my die grinder, shanks and a Jeg's porting kit. Once I can finally get those tools I can get to work finishing my intake manifold.
My local track this year, Pueblo Motorsports Park has a test and tune session on March 16th and March 30th. Their Friday Nite Drags program with a time only slot starts on April 4th and runs until September. I cannot wait to get out there to test this new parts and to have some fun!
As I mentioned, their has been a lot of snow fall in my region over the last few weeks. I've been stuck inside. I like to draw and paint along with building my Honda. I found a couple of Civic EF Hot Wheels at Fartmart a few weeks back. I had to modify them :)
I also have a dream of one day building my own header. I got creative and made this bad boy....
....out of toilet paper and paper towel tubes. I had to share. Thanks for reading!
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