Not much going on. Waiting for the exhaust manifold to be finished so I can wrap up the engine mock up and wire the O2 sensors. I decided I didn't like the blue so I soaked the anodized TB parts in drain cleaner:
After a little bit of polishing I cleaned and assembled the TB for the last time. It not gets wrapped up and stored away until it's time for final assembly.
After several hours of masking I get the intermediate housings all painted. No flashy colors here. Color is "cast iron." Fitting.
I've also painted all the misc. engine brackets and stuff black. The oil pan was stripped and repainted as well.
I decided to make my own fiberglass fan shroud so I bought all the materiel for that. I now just need to find the time to get that made.
Where I'm stuck and what has been a perpetual thorn in my side is ducting the inlet side of the oil cooler and radiator. Stock oil cooler and Koyo N-Flo radiator in the stock locations. No matter how I look at it I can't seem to visualize a good way to make the ducts and/or how to attach them to the car. The popular trend seems to be to make a new undertray and duct the oil cooler and radiator separately with the oil cooling vented underneath the car. Thoughts, pictures, examples?
10-17-2012, 02:37 PM
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