worked on the small stuff today:
fuel rail - great success
intake - f*** godspeed
turbo blanket - sorta success...but now I'm all itchy from the fiberglass
First off, fuel rail.
I was always planning to run the side feeds in a modified stock fuel rail. I hacked off the mounts for the wiring harness, as that will be tucked neatly under the intake. I had -6 An couplings welded to the stock inlet and outlet, and had the whole piece including the caps powdercoated gold.
Today I installed the drilled injectors (yeah, I know about potential flow issues, but I got them for a steal they are still under warranty, and I have 2 extras in case one of the drops out.)
I feel like the stainless cap screws look great, and should be a hel of a lot easier to remove than the rust o matic stock machine screws.
Feather in the cap, on to the intake. I've already spent a few hours getting rid of the flashing. I had the underside of the manifold modified to take the stock IACV, but once again the s*** engineering at godspeed comes through...The supplied spacers do not have the correct ID for the mounting bolts for the rail.
It ain't gonna fit....
Luckily I found a $.99 solution - same measurements, bigger ID
Also if any of you bought the intake without the right o-rings...
New problem tho...the sock rail, has a tang that fits over the intake mounting stud, as you can see it no longer lines up with the manifold...I blame this on xcessive lowering the rail height...
Also the tang clashes with number 4 runner, not allowing the o-rings to seat as shown. This week I am goign to lop off the tang on my freshly powdercoated rail, and post some better pics of the fitment. It looks like the spacers will allow the o-rings to seat perfectly with only the 2 center mounts on the rail. I'll post pics when I'm done.
Turbo Blanket - once again another Godspeed special, but for $55 off Amazon I took the gamble. The blanket was much higher quality than their pictures conveyed....however I needed to cut it to make room for the internal WG and flapper arm.
I did this sorta quickly and I was wearing gloves, so there are no in process pics...I cut the necessary material out, and used stainless steel wire and my home ec. training from middle school to sew the blanket back together. The overhand stitch is a bit ugly, but it keeps the wire from kinking, I finished off the seam with the same silicone spray I used on the turbo manifold...so it looks a lot better than these pics suggest.
Despite my best efforts, I still got some of that nasty insulation on my fore arms...awful s***. I'll post pics of the blanket again once I cure the silicone on Thursday or Friday.
I also test fit the heat shield, it still looks like pooh becasue it still needs to get polished and plated. more updates to come.