Plastic Fantastic tew

[cstmwgn]

I'd like it better if it ran...

Details!

[SuperBuickGuy]

I really like that race car !

I'd like it better if it ran...

[Monster]

I really like that race car !

[SuperBuickGuy]

I know it's cheating, but it's easier to show the portfolio if the current state pictures are at the end of the thread

[SuperBuickGuy]

more wiring... think I need yet another plug... this is getting ridiculous
instructions not clear, saved, though, by Youtube

this plug is the one that you need to hook the coils up to... it's on the computer - not engine compartment. Makes sense, but the instructions do not
add to complexity that some things were labeled and these were labeled backwards

the back of the plug, you need to remove most of these white plugs

and then tap the black and yellow wires from both plugs to this wire...

[SuperBuickGuy]

more wiring pictures
the mess

now looking better

details


sometimes the cheapest tool works best

I still have a lot to hook up but it's getting there

[SuperBuickGuy]

Just like doing Plumbing.........
They KILL YOU on the Fittings !!!!

very similar.

in the PNW, they've decided that shark bite connectors are the way to go (and they are way easier to install). All the ones they put in 10 years ago, are leaking.... which is exactly what the plumbers said would happen. But oh no, it was new, shiny and exciting... sigh. I'm at the point of my life that we really need to colonize Mars - then send all the people who thought these things were good ideas to there.

[Captain]

Just like doing Plumbing.........
They KILL YOU on the Fittings !!!!

[SuperBuickGuy]

the $400 plug
FAST doesn't include the other half of this plug with their kit.... fyi.


reality is it's about $90 ($10 for plug, $70 for "should work" crimper, plus tax and transport).... but still, a little frustrating if you don't know

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to refit the Corvette radiator. well, the C3 Corvette radiator, the last was from a Z06 and it wasn't enough....

ain't going to win any award for the engine compartment... eff em.

I've spent WAY too much time on this.... there isn't a great spot and this has issues with its closeness to the alternator... but if I have to shield it, oh well... see the comment about show portion of life

that said, I have a lot of respect for a clean engine bay builder... but not enough to spend another year or two on this

first is build brackets

then tack them to the top of the frame... need to finish weld and paint... but time to move on

and the regulator is installed

[SuperBuickGuy]

because the first step is always, take it further apart

time to pull the radiator (the hood wasn't a lot of fun by myself...)

there will be re-engineering - this bar causes cooling issues because it blocks the normal outlet port

red light, it works

and the crank trigger/wheel is in place

looks like alignment is my next trick

that said, it wasn't that great to begin with

[SuperBuickGuy]

back to this... goal is get close enough that if I have questions that I can get them answered at SEMA.

[SuperBuickGuy]

yippee... more wiring

[SuperBuickGuy]

so Holley, please tell me why if I buy your overpriced part, it's got the wrong connector on it... this isn't a huge deal by any stretch but when you order the part specifically from the tech guy at Holley, one should expect it to work without modification.

very expensive bag of wires

planned to work on the fuel system... got distracted but here's the before picture

[SuperBuickGuy]

................

not far enough, I still firmly believe the best solution for a thief is a bullet.