Plastic Fantastic tew

[SuperBuickGuy]

FiTech tip. Don't use them.

In today's episode of "how can a manufacturer screw you up" we present this

if you use flange bolts, it will not fully contact the intake manifold - best yet, if you don't tighten them all down evenly, it'll just slightly offset the intake manifold making a good seal impossible.
change the bolts to bolt/lock washer and

and coolant goes in


this after I build an adapter so the pressure doesn't bleed off through the overflow

then fish all the wires through and realize I don't have electrical tape....

mostly reassembled

[DanStokes]

While the reason sucks it's good that you found a cause and therefore a fix.

[SuperBuickGuy]

While the reason sucks it's good that you found a cause and therefore a fix.

I like small companies, I like the tech support that FiTech usually has. Of course, it wouldn't be a small company with great tech support if it simply designed their stuff correctly to begin with.... just sayin'

[SuperBuickGuy]

reassembled with paint


then boots for the spark plug boots

and finally, noise

[SuperBuickGuy]

Well, hopefully this will be a final installment on the EFI change.
built a bracket for the solid state relay

wired the cheat devices and reinstalled the passenger seat

and took a few pictures of my very dusty car

I do have to finish the aero stuff and do some paint repair - but for now....

it's done except for tuning.

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to fill in the blank

waiting for paint to dry

[SuperBuickGuy]

still have to finish the spoiler and defuser but it does clean up well

even sounds okay running pig rich and on 7 cylinders

[SuperBuickGuy]

not much to update today - spent the day doing a bunch of things but nothing really photoworthy
the blocks installed

and pulling wiring out to find out why #8 isn't firing

if only I was one of these alleged experts....

[SuperBuickGuy]

simple solution... #8 wasn't fully plugged in....
unwinding it out of the dash was less than easy

then onto body stuff

[DanStokes]

Glad you found it. Eight is better than seven!

[SuperBuickGuy]

Glad you found it. Eight is better than seven!

and it sounds soooooo good.

[SuperBuickGuy]

today's fight.... that lever near the top corner of the door is a hateful thing.... the tl;dr is you can't open the door from the inside

but before I get to that.... time to fasten the spoiler

2nd

install with panel bond

before

I'm making this in 3 pieces, I need to put a bit in to account for the 2" width change

goop

oh look at me all race car and stuff

but before that, time for filler to smooth the transition

and to fix the body damage from the sidepipe coming off

and the other side

[SuperBuickGuy]

aero and bodywork continued

ready for the next hit

fitting flares

sand

and more sanding

then fit the center piece

of course it doesn't work

but maybe, once you chop it in half

anyway, that's where I stopped for tonight.... probably pin it together tomorrow then start blending stuff together but yet making it removable in pieces. My plan is get this 3d scanned then save the print file - thus when I break it (and it will happen) I'll have parts ready to go

[SuperBuickGuy]

grand, Imgur seems to have jumped the shark tank...
but I digress.... very illustrative photos today
sidepipes

new insert

onto the front
first, make them butt together

then figure out how to glue the two pieces back together

and voila, glued

[SuperBuickGuy]

did a lot today, but didn't do a lot of picture worthy stuff.... did gloop the spoiler together

then trimmed it a bit while it was still gooey