With the tubs done and the rear in I went back and worked on more of the engine stuff along with electrical I decided to get the Griffin radiator and Mk8 fan together. I really wanted DC Controls but I could never get a hold of him so I used this controller from a guy who doesn’t live far from me. I went to his house with the MK8 fan and he gave me a demo of how his stuff worked so I gave it a shot.

The MK8 fan fit the Griffin LS radiator really well. I trimmed the fan housing a littled, fabbed up some brakets and in it went.

I also got back under the car and installed a Rick's Tank with a Retroworks kit installed that I got from a member.

Looks great Efrain :thumbsup:

What's that hardline running from the passenger firewall forward, AC?

:trophy-1302:

Ron,

That is an AC line. I think I have the oldest version of Vintage Air in my car. It was one of the first mods I made on the car years ago.

Well I got through most of the electrical using some of MAD electronics stuff and making new sections where needed to get the LS going. I also had to convert my headlights from vacuum to electric since the dry sump tank takes all of the room where the original parts were. The DSE kit would not work so i used the Retro Electro kit which makes the motors run similar to the 67-68 Camaros. It was expensive but it works well and was the only soloution for me other than converting to a non RS grill and lights.

I was getting really burned out working on this car. I guess if I wasn't a one man show it would not have been so bad but I know that if I would have slowed any more there would be a possibility that I would stall and probably just sell. I needed some motivation so I filled the engine with fluids, got some gas, hooked up the computer, connected the battery and turned the key and.......... nothing :censored: I checked and the headlights cycled. I had power to the dash but nothing at the starter. I was really tired and frustrated. After going through it I realized that I ran the ignition wire to the wrong post on the Ford styled starter relay on the trunk so I turned the key and at least the starter was turning but no fire. I went through it again and found that the fuel pump fuse was bad so here I go again. :excited: LIFE!!

Before I get flamed, I did video it on an i-phone but when I downloaded it on the computer it is sideways. Also I am not sure how to post a video.

Having it it fire up and hearing that LS7 open headers was music to the ears and more importantly the shot of adrenaline I needed to keep going.

simply stunning!! Keep up the great work!

John

After the initial startup I found the usual leaks so I set about tightening fittings. I also ran the rear brake lines and bled them. Leaks there too. I used brake tubing from SURR. Really easy to bend and flare but I would use a quality flare tool. I used a harbor freight tool. It worked ok for the first few flares but the later ones is where I ran into a couple issues.

Since Anvil was having a blem sale I went over to check them out since they were local.

:G-Dub:

I didn't like the original mesh on the cowl so I found something more to my liking from Lowes. Here is the before and the after.

You are building a killer car,that's a lot of nice work and very fast,if you get bored maybe you can help me catch up to this point,just kidding.keep up the good work.:trophy-1302:

Awesome build ! I like what your doing on it.

Thanks tubbed69 and Wayne.



I debated which sub frame connectors to use and decided that I would not use the bolt ins and cut the floors open and used the DSE connectors. burned them in, tied them in to the front sub by welding it on to the frame and bolting it to the connectors, cleaned up the welds and laid down some sound proof material.

The little woman must have seen how much time I was putting into looking at roll bars and cages and she got me a gift.. a Tiger Cage:hapdance:

It is a nice looking piece. I really wanted to go welded but looking at this and the way it tied into the structure, it was like no other bolted cage I have seen. Besides I can always get one welded later if I step up my plans.

Getting the Tiger Cage installed seemed straight forward but it has its challenges. I had some fitment issues that i have to work around. Overall with this tied in the the floor box sections and backed up with 1/4 inch pates under the car it feels really solid but it is one thing I hope never to put to the test.

Living in Cali has it perks but when you are working under a car at 9 at night and an earthquake hits it can become unsettling fast :brix: . Luckily the car did not fall off the stands but it did move over a few inches and cause some minor damage. Several aftershocks continued to rock the house so I put extra jacks under the car just to add some more stability. After not getting much sleep and about 100 or so aftershocks it is Saturday morning. more quakes!! Now I am pissed and worried. I get to work onthe car so I can plant it on its wheels. I scored a Magnaflow 3 inch stainless exhaust kit for $300 bucks on Craigs in December and mocked it up so I can get to a muffler shop.

I thrashed all Sunday on the car to get it down on its wheels. Exhaust is in but in my hurry I did not takes pics. Got the carpet down and got the seats from a Mitsu Evo mounted in. I did not set ride height at all because I am trying to finalize wheels and sizes. But it is on its wheels and in the daylight.

It looks great man!

Cars looking very good,sounds like you have a great little woman to buy you a roll cage,I put a DSE roll bar in mine today and my wife said it was ugly,everything your doing looks good on the car,good luck with it:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Lol. My wife will say the same thing. And I thought she was a car gal. :knock:

Awesome job! It is looking great. Who made the subframe?

Car looks great. Let us know how the fan controller works out.

Are you going to part out the old subframe, or is it gone already?

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Cars looking very good,sounds like you have a great little woman to buy you a roll cage,I put a DSE roll bar in mine today and my wife said it was ugly,everything your doing looks good on the car,good luck with it



Thanks guys. She did not like either but said that at least this one wasn't black and was more interesting because of the brackets.

I had the engine running for about 15-20 minutes. The controler ramps up the fan RPM slowly and modulates the fan based on the temp. It seems to be working as I can see and hear the fan speed change as the radiator temps get higher. As for the sub, the brakes, spindles, UCAs and LCAs have been sold. Not sure what I will do with the rest of it.

Can you get pics of the seats installed. Which Evo model did they come from?

That's what I was looking for in fan controllers. I looked at DC controls but their lack of response from my inquiries kind of turned me off. Does it use its own proprietary temp sensor, or can it be used with other make's sensor (Dakota Digital, etc...)?

Thanks.

The seats are 2003 EVO VIII in cloth with suede bolsters. The EVO 10 has a taller seatback so I did not like those as I think they came too close to the roof . I will get pics as soon as I get is back on the wheels and i can get it outside with more light.

I had the same issue you did with DCC. I looked at different controllers and this one from Radio Research uses his own sensor which is a copper or brass band with 2 wire coming off of it. I think he uses some sort of resistor in the module to sense it. It mounts in between the lower radiator hose and the radiator outlet to the engine. He sells on ebay and has videos on the web. This video is for the controller I bought and he eplains how his works and its features.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjQZc-vN2fs

Hope this helps

Nice meeting you today at the shop. Good job running a 34.10 around the building on the shop pit bike. You are now 3rd on the leader board.

The Efrain Cool tow hook set. Front and Rear.

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/...ps233f0da9.jpg



Thanks again

I've always just used a SPAL controller....



http://www.spal-usa.com/fans/automat...es/fanpwm.html

Greg,
Spal had discontinued that controller for awhile now. The other aftermarket PWM fan controls that I'm aware of until now, are the DCC unit and Painless.

Very awesome car & skills !
Gil

I guess I lost some posts in the changeover so. Thanks again Brett for the hooks :wow: the advice and the the chance to run the pitbike. That shizle was fun!!

I damaged my dash doing some work earlier on and figured it was time to take care of it so I ripped out the old cluster to replace it with the Anvil one.

The problem with the new dash is that there are no provisions for attaching the original vents. Since I did not want to reinvent the wheel I came up with this: I took the original dash apart and use it as a template for cutting the Anvil dash. I was tryig to figure out how to mount the vent onto the Anvil dash and thought of making and grafting new mounting points but it seemed like it would be a real pain in the a$$. I ended up cutting out the vent housing from the original dash and used the Astro Ventilation trim which is has speed nuts to secure the top part of the vent to the new dash. On the bottom I put a U fastener on the donor piece and put a trim screw through the dash to secure it.

The original AC control was kept and it was just a matter of cutting the panel out and getting the mounting holes drilled out. Since I was at it the radio cut out was made along with the holes for the wiper and light switches. For gauges I took a page from Blu Balz. I liked the look of the SPEKs and that they are programable. I found an OK deal on the tach and speedo so in they went.

Sorry for the late reply. The seats I got were from an 03 EVO VIII. The seats were new when replaced with fixed backs. The fit nicely, should have enough support for events and are comfortable.

Thanks for the pic, how do you like the quick disconnect on the steering wheel? Did it move the wheel back far.

So far I like it. It makes working in the car a lot easier for the most part. It did move the wheel back but not as much as I thought it would. I ended up using a wheel that has almost no dish to even it out.

Awesome job. You are making some fast progress. LS7.....very NICE!