my project..
so i got my tie rod ends, and installed those.
got my rotors turned after a fresh coat of paint, and got those installed too.



more to come if my relocation bracket and stuff every arrives.


i have my relocation bracket, and billet ps pully on tracking, and they should be here in a couple of days. i'll get those installed within a few hours, and then all that will be left will be oil and coolant, then i can start this beast for the first time. i still need to get brake lines for the front before it'll be on the road again though. stay tuned, this should be interesting.
my machine head threw in a free 5 spoke billet ps. pully, and t-shirt, so that was very nice for the extreme backorder and with many follow ups on the order.
here it is all installed on the car...



should be getting oil and such into the car, and getting it started up for the first time here pretty soon. most likely this weekend.
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i checked the coil by removing, and putting it close to metal to see if it would arc, and it arced. so that's working. the fuel pump is audibly priming when car key is turned to on position. i just don't know where to begin to check things as far this goes.
help please....

here's everything put together, and looking good though.

thanks.
i completely pulled the front down to the opti today, and checked my alignment on the opti to make sure it was on correctly, and there's just no way to actually be certain that it's seated with the oval in the cam dowel or not.. i mean it goes on, and it looks like oval is lined up with the dowel before pushing it on, but other than that it's nearly impossible to see. the opti doesn't exactly sit completely flush with the timing cover bolt holes though, does this mean it's not installed correctly? it's prolly 1/16th in. away from being flush with the bolt holes on the timing cover. the screwing down of the bolts makes it flush though.. and with the fuel pressure test with the key turned to the on position i had about 30psi when the pos harbor freight tester started spraying fuel everywhere.
Last edited by scj; Aug 2, 2010 at 09:31 PM.
go on shbox's page and do the opti tests if you haven't already.. check the grounds.. coil.. GL man!
ps.... i am jealous dude. You have a ******* sweet set up there man and I wish you the best of luck!!!


