It's coming along nicely! I can tell you are very excited...and should be!! :thumbsup:

Thanks man. We are excited. There are nights I wake up in the middle of the night and start thinking of what needs to be done and go through it in my head over and over..I know Im sick.:thumbsup:

In other news my interior wiring harness should be here tomorrow so thats next on the list. The engine harness should be here late this week, early next week as Jon is wating on my ecu still.

I got over to the car this weekend and made the crossover line for the fuel rails. Went a lot easier than I had thought. I also ran the fuel line to the rear of the car so when my tank comes in I can slap it in and finish the last line. Then on sunday I went to ace hardware and picked up and angle finder to figure out want my driveline needs to be at and try to set it. Heres what I came up with:

First reading on the tranny was around 84-85.
Then measured the rear which was around 90-91.
Ok.. so from what Ive read in the past I need to be around no more than 3 degrees for the U-joints to be happy. I'm off 3-4 degrees in total. So I went to the rear and adjusted the lower links by screwing them in some. Remeasured and came up with around 86-87. So Im around a difference of 2 degrees. Does this seem ok to all you driveline guys? I will be measuring and ordering my driveshaft this week now that thats done, or so I hope. Here some picture of the angles..

Tranny
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Rear before adjustment
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Rear after ajustment
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Next up is a lot of wiring..

Feels like I’ve been working on the car a ton but not to much is actually done. Received the vaporworx tank from Rick yesterday so we tried to wrap the fuel system up. The fuel lines are pretty much wrapped up. Made a cross-over line for the fuel rails and ran the main line under the car on the inside of the frame rails and attached it with 1/2" rubber wrapped clamps. Came out ok but where the floor meets the subframe connector the fuel line looks to be the lowest point. I’m either going to make a small channel for the line to fit into or move the line to in-between the frame rail and pinch weld. How is everyone running their lines? Also made another small line to attach to the tank and hold the fitting for the pressure sensor. All that is left is the AN fitting that connects the AN line to the actual tank pump, should be here sooner than later.

In other news we've been working on the wiring of the car. This is going to take some time and it has to be routed very neat, so were going slow. Got the main fuse box and rear harness pretty much worked out.

We received the hightemp boots for the plug wires as they are very close to the headers in many spots. So I did a dry fit on them. Still need to figure out where the coils will be located. In front of the motor on the subframe or in/under the firewall behind the motor. Neither way is going to be easy but I'd like a clean installation. Any suggestions?

Also we installed the water sensor on the water pump housing as there was already a hole in it from the previous owner so that is done. Other than the injectors, coil location, and headers to be tightened the engine is done.

The engine wiring should be here late this week or early next week. So that will be soon. Here are some quick pictures..

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Not to much done this weekend but managed to get to the car some while the boy was sleeping. The fuel line was bothering me. I had ran it inside of the frame rail but near the low point of the floor pan the line was actually the lowest point on the car. Being that I plan on driving it and having it lower than it is I knew I had to redo it..he's some pictures..

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More wiring up next..

Looks very tidy - nice progress. Well done. Keep the pics coming.

G.

Love these do it yourself/garage builds. Hell of a nice build and some great decisions. :thumbsup:

In regards to you driveline angle. If you are using factory driveline angles and it looks like you are,you need to be concerned with your WORKING angles. The DIFFERENCE in your driveline/pinion angle and your driveshaft angle. So, if your driveline angle is 4 degrees DOWN and your driveshaft slopes down 1 degree, your working angle is 4-1=3. If your driveshaft slopes up 1 degree. It's 4+1=5. Your pinion angle is the same concept. When you tallked about the magic 3 degrees, it's working anlges, not the difference between your driveline and pinion angle.

hmmm..good explanation. Im guessing that the driveline angles can not be measured untill the drive shaft is installed correct? I just dont want to order the drive shaft and come to realize after the fact that I did something wrong and need it shortened / lengthened some. Thanks for the help. :thumbsup:

Received the engine harness from PSI Conversion. John has been great to work with, answers the phone almost every time and if he doesn’t he calls me back asap. He has been a pleasure to work with so far. My ECU and one O2 sensor is on back ordered but I can still move forward with the wiring. I got over to the car for a couple hours on Monday night. Mocked up the wiring just to get a feel for where it all needs to lay, run before I make anything permanent. I’m mounting the ECU near the glove box area so Ill probably run the main harness through the firewall around the trans tunnel/around the bell area. Trying to keep it away from the headers as much as I can.

I also mocked up the front seat to see how it fit with the roll cage, shifter. I plan on buying two front covers from corbeau in the near future. Will go with black leather as the black cloth holds everything it touches, plus there’s a small rip on the cover from when I had it in my STi.

In other news some buying has been done. Ordered a full relay, solenoid kit from Mark at Mad Electrical. He is a great guy that knows too much. Have read great things about his kit and am glad to hopefully have the battery/power set up bought and worked out. I also bought some "used" injectors off a member that are brand new in the box. They are Fast 57lb #30572 injectors and should fit my application nicely. Also orders a yellow top optima battery, billet specialties hold down tray, some ground straps, 1 gauge 20' of power and 3' of ground cable, and two through panel connectors. That should wrap up the battery/power system and fuel system. Still working on the wiring atm..

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Not to much of an update to show. Been working on the AAW kit and making headway. The main harness, rear harness, main cluster, and courtesy harness is pretty much wrapped up now. Me and the old man mocked up the front end to start on the wiring on the front end next. Putting the grill trim on I know I don't want it all silver..doesn't look right to me. It will be painted some sort of black sooner than later.

In other news the ecu and the rest of the PSI sensor are in so that still on the list. I'm having a hard time figuring out where to run the spark plug wires. I wanted them tucked close to the block and mount the coils in the rear or low on the frame in the front but the wires seem to touch the headers too much even with the boots. The cleanest safest solution I've come up with is to mount the coils behind the wheel wells in between the fender and firewall. I have a picture just have to find it. Im just not crazy about how it will look. What are other guys doing for this problem? I've seen some really nice clean cars but no write up or info on this..any suggestions are appreciated.

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Not much to update with lately. Still sorting through the wiring portion little by little. Rather take the time and make sure its correct then rush through it all. In other news the upper and lower rad hoses have been ordered. Still have to order the radiator & fans, should take about a week to make it and with shipping another week at most. Im going with the entropy unit for an ls swap and will be getting the larger 1.25" tubes as opposed to the standard 1" that they offer. I've read some great reviews on their product so Im excited for that, should be sooner than later.

Timmy was over this past weekend and we talked about the gauges and both agreed that a custom set up would fit the car better. We also talked about the main gauge cluster that will hold the speedo & tach. He said he could whip that old plastic housing into shape. Here are some of the pictures he has sent me. Its all tunring out great...:thumbsup:

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more to come..:thumbsup: