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Time to Organize some stuff (( 12-12-22 ))

Since I started building this car I have acquired and or rented a bunch of cool tools. Because I ran out of room in the garage I ended
up putting them in the garage attic. Well today was the day that I finally decided to add a couple more shelves in the garage.

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Quick trip to home depot to pic up a new shelf.

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I actually started from the bottom up as I know one of the cases will actually be sitting the on the floor under the lowest shelf.

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All done and calling it a night.

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Intake Tube Concept 1.0 / 2.0 (( 12-16-22 ) Not Liking it.

A couple things I don't like the intake tube mainly because one is polished and on tube isn't.
The other reason is the angle/bend radius so I ordered matching tubes.

v1.0 ( 90 Degree Bend )

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v2.0 ( 60 Degree Bend )

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I also took a few pictures of what is left in my office attic.

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My 3D Printed Honey Comb Standard Grille.

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Intake Tube "Final Sensor is finally here."

It's getting closer and I am hoping to have the car ready to start on Saturday with Andrew AKA Dr EFI.

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Temporarily I am going to just dill a 3/4 hole in the tube and self tape it with a NPT fitting.

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Eventually I will have my buddy Ben weld on the bung so it looks like it was done correctly.

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Starter Dust Shield (( 12-26-22 ))

Yep, I am an idiot (( 12-27-22 ))

So I have this box in my warehouse since I originally started the car way back in 2011. I decided put it in the car as it would be so
much more comfortable to kneel on or even lay on while I am working in the car.

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I also found my LS1 Intake Manifold and a few other things which you can see in this picture.

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As nice as the DEI Boom Mat / XMat is I am certain the Carpet is going to feel great. With that being said the
shifter and the wiring for the Kicker Stereo will have to be temporarily removed.

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When I removed the shifter I forgot that I needed to touch up the bare steel.

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All better

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I also needed to remove the ShiftWorks shifter cable.

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Carpet is going in.

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I had to remove the Tiger Cage Hoop so I could trim around the base.

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Looking good, Marty!

What a difference the carpet makes!

The dust shields are on my "need to buy" list. Looking forward to the startup.

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Originally Posted by Cramer4918 (Post 721471)

Looking good, Marty!

What a difference the carpet makes!

The dust shields are on my "need to buy" list. Looking forward to the startup.

Thank you and definitely order the dust shields now as they were hard to find locally.

It amazing how comfortable it is to work inside the car now. I plan to bring the backseat home this weekend so I can sit on the seat and stir up the dash and make sure I got everything right.

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More Cool Tools (( 12-30-22 )

Instead of borrowing my buddy's Vacuum coolant fill tool I decided to buy one for myself.

Now it looks like that new shelf is going to be overfull once again. Ugh

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Shifter and Center Console Install (( 01-01-23 ))

Step One is to find an older carpet Soldering Iron. Everyone needs one of these.

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Let that sucker get nice and hot.

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Install the four bolts that hold the shifter assembly in. Then lay the carpet back in and make sure you have it exactly where
it needs to be as you only get one shot. I like installing the carpet this way as the shifter assembly keeps the carpet from moving.
Once you are certain then this is where it gets fun. You need to push down on the carpet to find the first bolt. I choose to do the
right bottom bolt since I am right handed. Now all you have to do is gently push the soldering iron into the carpet and it will
make a perfect hole and the carpet won't fray since the iron melts it perfecty.

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Install the bolt and move on to the next bolt. This time I choose the left bottom as this hopefully will allow me to find the top to easily.

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I used the shifter as template and it worked perfectly.

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Next I need to locate the hole for the ShiftWorks shifter cable.

Since I am here I gently ( ha !! ) peeled back the DEI sound deadening.

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I installed the cable on spun the cable grommet to a safe orientation as there are a couple wires running over the top of the transmission.

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I needed to peel back more sound deadening and of course some of it will never come out from under my finger nails.

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Quick run to Home Depot for the correct length stainless crews.

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Installed the shifter to make sure everything looks good.

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Everyone needs one of the Harbor Freight Dead Blow Hammers. They are so cheap.

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I installed the cable and ran it through the gears.

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Quick picture of the wires under the shifter for location reference.

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I used a paint marker to mark where the wires run. As you can see I reposition the grommet.

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Since these screws are not self-tapping I drilled a 7/64 hole.

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Appreciate you sharing your cool tricks. :thumbsup: