The issue in the back was solved with the creative use of a BFH. (on a part that does'nt show, of course)

Back to the front, I did the final installation of the front cooler, this evening (August 8, 2006)

Here's a shot from above. A number of the fittings were custom made by a local hydraulics shop. Nice silver soldering of certain parts. Expensive, but appears to be worth it.

And from the front:

What is this? Some sorta radical air intake?

looks more like air exhaust to me

I did have it coming.

Offer to let them feel your nuts

The car looks great, I hope to see it (and you) soon!

My best,
Mike D.

Trying to make it to the ECR. A lot of things would need to be lined up, but I might be able to start the engine this weekend.

Michel

Finally finished all the oil plumbing.

Here is the front trunk:

The oil lines come out in the driver footwell:

Across the left side longitudinal, and down the side of the car. I'll have to make a block-off plate to minimize water ingress where the hard lines go through the long.:
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The hard lines tuck under the longitudinal, at the back, and connect to hoses. The hose with the cloth covering is the feed from the oil tank to the engine mounted oil cooler.

Once inboard of the longitudinal, the hoses go up throught the engine shelf.

And reach the thermostat and oil console.

There's a lot of details that needed attention, and the whole thing turned out to be more involved and more complicated to execute than I had anticipated. Luckily there's a good hydraulics supply shop not too far from my house, and they were willing to work with me. They ended machining several custom fittings (ouch). I just hope nothing leaks !
I'll work on the ignition tomorrow, and on the oil system for the tranny.
Right now, it's beer time.

Got a lot of work done on the Electromotive HPV ignition system, today.

Did most of the wiring upstream of the coils. The manual says to use a high quality relay to switch the power to the ignition. I hacked a spare 914 wiring harness and used a base for the ubiquitous (nice word, eh?) round relays that we have, plus one of those relays, of course. I assumed the current rating was high enough.

It's pretty tight, but it looks like it all fits.

I have not finished the high voltage portion of the system: I have yet to connect the spark plug connectors to the high voltage wires. In any event, I think I'll eventually get pre-made MSD wires.

So, here is what it looks like:

Cup holder.

Went back out after dinner. Got the rear brakes finalized and adjusted the clearance. I now have a parking brake !
All that's left to do on the brakes is to fill and bleed the system. I feel like I'm getting close to a first ride.

Got a couple of hours of work in, this evening.

I almost finished plumbing the tranny oil circulation stuff. This is how it looks like now. I decided I would forego the tranny oil cooler at this stage, because I want to "get her done".

I also did more work on plumbing the twin fuel pumps, but I ran out of hose clamps so I had to stop.

I spent the day doing a lot of little things in preparation for engine start-up. I still don't have functional ignition wires.
1) I wired the twin fuel pumps.
2) I finished the fuel system, installing the fuel pressure regulator and gauge that PMO sells. It's not GT looking, but it's pretty effective. Longer term, I would like to go back to MFI (I still have my full system, from the 2.2 E).
3) I bolted the exhaust system on. I did weld a 18 x 1.5 mm nut to each heat exchanger, so that I will be able to use the Innovate O2 sensing system to help in tuning. I believe that the stock system will be plenty big for the 2.5 engine, espelcially since this is primarily a street car.
4) I installed the shift linkage.

The heat exchangers take up a lot more room than headers do, and things are now pretty tight under the engine.

Here's the modification to the heat-exchangers (ok, the welding is a little chunky):

And the fuel pressure regulator. It is bolted to the support for the engine compartment cover. The battery tray is just to the left of it, in the picture.

Tomorrow, the plan is to install a battery, do a smoke test (i.e. no major short circuits), crank the engine over to get fuel and oil pressure, test for spark, then turn everything off. Can't wait for those ignition wires !

Michel

Hei Micheal, on vas t'apeller Rocket Richard avec s'ta wogaine las!!!

From one Quebequer to another ans. J'vien d'Levis stie.

That explains lots of things

Mihai,

I got the stuff needed to install the windshield. You busy tomorrow ?

Michel

Une petite froide soulage toute les problemes de la vie. I can't spell worth the schmit.LOL I do have a little Jesus Juice but it's vin rouge. Won't add weight to my already heavy car.LOL

Laurentide, c'est toujour bon!

I'm turn my head for a couple of minutes (ok years!) and what's this!!!

Wow Michel !!!

Can't wait to see it !!!

Shoot me a call if you need help (but looks like you can do pretty good on your own!)

Hey JPB, j'suis de l'autre côté du St-Laurent. PM moi.

An update on Michel's project, today the rear glass and windshield were put in. The rear window went fine. The windshield was a bit messier to put in. Michel will have to do some urethane cleaning, the good news is that there will surely be no leaks.

Marc-André, it's good to hear from you, I hope you still have your blue beauty, you should see Michel's car in person, the flares are nice, hint, hint

Hell ya brothers!! If I go to visit my dad in Levis, we need to get together for some Laurentide!!!

Dans la belle Province estifi!!

JP make sure you drop me an e-mail when you cross the border.
I`m in for a cold one.(or two).



Steph

Short update.

I did some cleaning-up of the goop around the windshield, and am now pretty sure it will come out ok. It is a bit more work than expected, though.

Marc-André, nice to hear from you. Stop by to see the project the next time you're in town.

Michel

p.s. anybody who's on the board is welcome to stop by.

Ah oui Steph, absolument! All the chick stuff has been deleted.LOL

The engine has started !

That's the good news. Saturday in the afternoon, after connecting the ignition wires, and spending quite a bit of time figuring out why I was'nt getting fuel at the carbs (I had inverted the feed tube and the return tube upstream of the fuel pump) it started on the first pull. Woohooo !

Bad news is that I'm getting a pretty massive oil leak in one of the external oil lines. It's one that I made myself, and it looks like I did not get enough penetration on some of the welds. Oh well. I now have the line out of the car, and I'll take it to my friendly hydraulics shop to have another one made, but by a real welder.

So, the engine has run maybe a minute so far. Still, it's quite a step.

I have yet to install the halfshafts, and that has been today's project. Here's the two of them, all apart.

One of the original /6 CV joints is bad, with significant grooving of the outer race, if that's the word. So I will use an early 911 CV joint instead. The differences are simply the abscense of a shallow groove on the outside of the outer race, in which the gasket rests and the lack of the drive pins.

I figured that I could drill a the holes for the pins with a letter "W" bit, but I wore out the only one that I have before even finishing the first hole. Those races certainly are hard steel. I'll need to get a cobalt bit to finish.

As for the gasket, it'll simply be a matter of having to endure a little bit more hastle when assembling.

Otherwise, life is good. My stepdaughter is in the hospital delivering a boy, as I type this. Can't wait to get the call to go see it. (gives new meaning to "labor day" !)

Nice work bro and gald to hear the good news about the little one on the way. Sounds like you are almost there and gonna be ready to burn some rubber!!!!

Ca y vas a planche!!!

Healthy, normal, 7.5 pound baby boy, at 15h30 this afternoon. Mom is well.

Life is good.

Congrats on the baby boy!

Also before anyone else says it:
We have to see pictures of your son!

and tell your son

I hope your wife recovers very quickly.

Mike

Mike,

Thanks, but he's my grandson !

Pics will come.

Michel

Sorry about that. Tell your Grandson (someday we will have one - we hope) Happy Birthday!

Mike

I will.

Michel

Congrats grandpa!!!

The story continues on a separate thread:

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Michel

Michel
Your car is fantastic and if i wasn't loaded with green monsters i would be calling>
I have conversion with oil lines in cockpit like yours....any pics of shrouding to keep them concealed......need to do that as basically a street car.
Thanks
Terry