Made the trek over to Eau Claire yesterday... was -17 outside when I left the Twin Cities with black ice on the road. I passed probably ten cars in the ditch on the way over, three of them upside down, so drive took a little longer than normal - lol.
More progress made this week on a lot of little details. Close to being done with installation of Schroth 4 point harnesses. Engine bay is basically done now - radiator and heater hoses all custom fit nicely with Gates powergrip heat shrink clamps. A/C lines are also custom fit and routed. Only thing left to install is the cold air intake and hook up the IAC sensor. Couple of pics of engine bay... I’m happy with how clean it turned out!
Close up of A/C lines, heater hoses and lower radiator hose...
We got the steering wheel installed, though need to install a 1/2” spacer to provide sufficient room for the horn button.
I got the firmware in the Holley Dominator updated to the latest V6 firmware, and successfully uploaded my global configuration file, so the ECU is all ready to go.
Took a short video of the digital dash showing the turn signal indicators and high beam indicators that I programmed into the dash. If I can figure out how to upload that, I will. You can customize the dash screen adding gauges, lights, switches, etc.
Also took a short video of my headlights to show how they interact with turn signals. Normally, the halos are white and are illuminated white at all times as daytime running lights. When you activate the turn signal indicator, however, they flash amber in unison with the turn signal. You can see the passenger halo is white in the photo and the driver side halo is amber with the turn signal.
We still need to hook up the fuel tank filler neck to the tank and install the Ridetech cap. The cap is painted black to match the rest of the trim - I set it in the fender to get a sense of how it will look. I left the screws (not shown in the picture) their natural aluminum color, which I think will look cool as a contrast against the black.
We’re going to start filling it with fluids this week. The motor has been sitting for 18 months since it was run on the dyno, so we’re going to pre-lube it before starting. Found a cool little pump from mdr tuning with fittings that screw into the drain plug hole and the front oil galley plug on the driver’s side of the block. The pump draws oil from the oil pan, and then pumps it through the oil galley plug on the front of the engine. Based on the video on their website, you can build up ~40 psi of pressure through the system as oil circulates. Pumping for a few minutes should be sufficient to fill the oil filter, fill the engine oil cooler in the radiator (and related lines), as well as immerse the valvetrain through the pushrods. Ideally, you would prelube with the valve covers off until you see oil coming out of all 16 pushrods, but we’re not going to disassemble everything for that. The motor was run on the dyno and the oil pump is already primed from that, I just don’t want to spin it dry after sitting for 18 months. The pump was only around a hundred bucks with shipping, which is a pretty small cost for the peace of mind that comes from knowing the engine is fully lubricated at start-up.
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Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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