New Engine bay goodies & cleanup
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New Engine bay goodies & cleanup
It all started with a broken PCV line, decided to convert it to the new LS6 PCV system by replacing the valley cover so the manifold had to come off.... but I couldn't just put the stock LS1 manifold back on so I replaced it. Also picked up a Holley throttle body. I know most aren't a fan of the manifold I chose, but I don't care lol. Its mine, my money & my call so I went with what I thought was best for my situation & budget. Got a set of fuel rails & braided line from Nasty Performance, Beautiful product by the way.
Then it was time to do the valve covers, I got a set of Katech ones with the coil relocation to the top & did a little paint work & smoothing on them. My bay was also still white from before I painted the car so that got resprayed along with hiding the ground wires on the fender wells, & radiator support & I also got rid of all the extra holes that were no longer being used & some of the seams on the fender wells were cleaned up when I relocated the traction control unit.
Finally got around to finishing (almost) my front breather setup & have a Bukhard tubular front bumper on the way. In some shots you can see I have started mocking up my new power steering system, still needs some (a lot) of work but it will completely replace the stock pump & tank (I will be doing something about the red lid).
Still needs some attention but I think its getting there.
Then it was time to do the valve covers, I got a set of Katech ones with the coil relocation to the top & did a little paint work & smoothing on them. My bay was also still white from before I painted the car so that got resprayed along with hiding the ground wires on the fender wells, & radiator support & I also got rid of all the extra holes that were no longer being used & some of the seams on the fender wells were cleaned up when I relocated the traction control unit.
Finally got around to finishing (almost) my front breather setup & have a Bukhard tubular front bumper on the way. In some shots you can see I have started mocking up my new power steering system, still needs some (a lot) of work but it will completely replace the stock pump & tank (I will be doing something about the red lid).
Still needs some attention but I think its getting there.
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I tried to hide the wiring as much as I could, looks a lot better than it did but I was hoping to be able to hide it a little better as well. On the manifold I think I'm going to keep the cast look, I always liked that look on my old performer RPM on my old truck lol.
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From the pics it looks like where the air intake and MAF sensor meet there's a half inch gap it probably could use a good connector but from the pics it looks like this is a work in progress project so I'm sure you are already aware lol, But it looks great soo far and if you decide to manufacture a bolt on air intake setup like this one for sale I would deffinitley be interested!!! P.s. my last name is McQuilliams go Irish!!! Ha ha
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From the pics it looks like where the air intake and MAF sensor meet there's a half inch gap it probably could use a good connector but from the pics it looks like this is a work in progress project so I'm sure you are already aware lol, But it looks great soo far and if you decide to manufacture a bolt on air intake setup like this one for sale I would deffinitley be interested!!! P.s. my last name is McQuilliams go Irish!!! Ha ha
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Yes I know all about the slow progress and waiting for parts to come via mail lol but my project is coming along very nicely scince I bought it bone stock 3 months ago I just wish I could get everything faster but some good things take time and thats what I got plenty of TIME! lol but your project looks sweet as hell I am also planing on going flat black so our styles must be very similar!
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Almost there, got it running a few days ago but ran into a little issue with the fuel system but I think I got it all taken care of now.
Also decided to go ahead & cut up my bumper. For some reason the green on the bumper was really brought out by the flash, its not nearly that bright. I spent a lot of time on the grille getting it the way I wanted, was trying to make it look similar to the sunoco car. I was able to shove it back about 1.5" & wanted to go a little more but wouldn't be able to without getting into re fiber glassing & repainting. At this point I want to get it all back together & I may revisit it but I'm happy with it for now. I also have a new badge on order that should tie it all together nicely.
Also decided to go ahead & cut up my bumper. For some reason the green on the bumper was really brought out by the flash, its not nearly that bright. I spent a lot of time on the grille getting it the way I wanted, was trying to make it look similar to the sunoco car. I was able to shove it back about 1.5" & wanted to go a little more but wouldn't be able to without getting into re fiber glassing & repainting. At this point I want to get it all back together & I may revisit it but I'm happy with it for now. I also have a new badge on order that should tie it all together nicely.