Trying to "get down" dawg, and by that I mean I should be purchasing coilovers by the end of the day

Also, two things I noticed when installing the F40. ZZP rotated trans mounts would be ideal because of their shape, the front will clear the trans with no problem. I have the Powell/OTT P style mounts (before the shenanigans went down) and with those you will either have to grind a little off the mount or grind the little cast lip off the trans. It doesn't take much to clear, maybe 1/16-1/8" removed, but the front trans mount won't fit as it is. I just took a rotary tool to the lip on the trans, 20 seconds of grinding and it fit like a glove.

The other thing pertains to 04-05 redlines with the deep passenger side cup holder near the shifter. With the new shifter base it needs to be notched out a little bit under the cup holder corner for it to snap into place all the way. Again, a minute or so of trimming and it will fit correctly. Nothing major, just 2 observations I thought should be noted to speed up the next persons process!

 

Too bad ZZP's mounts aren't actually rotated so their still not ideal.

 

I meant for ease of fitment. Its a minimal modification to make Powell's work. Just thought I'd note it!

 

Your making some good progress man. Wish I could get some cash and motivation to get my cavi going and done.

Keep it up.

 

Thank ya sir! Looks like I should be taking another vacation to come down and help you get stuff done during my 3 weeks off starting next Thursday

Got the fusebox in and power cables and grounds all ran last night, and wrapped up some more harness and uncovered wires. A little here, a little there.

 

moving along nicely man! doing a wire tuck?

 

Not really a tuck since I'm not shaving the bay or making my own harness or anything too extensive, just eliminating unnecessary plugs and wires and hiding some things out of the way. It's pretty convenient working on the car when there is no oil cooler, so much more room! The shifter design and location on the top of the trans makes it a little harder to hide the harness and wires where I used to though, so I have to be a little sneakier.

 

yeah that whole area by the fusebox is just a mess, i'm planning to try and neaten it up a bit for what its worth :/

 

Here's how it looked with the TVS. Going for cleaner than that this time around.

 

Dat red white and blue^^^ mmmmmm

 

You should see the white in person Its pearl white with gold boat flake, and red pearl in the clear. Pics do not come close to showing what it really looks like. My friend made the color combo

 

rocken out wit dat **** out doe

 

The only way I know how^

 

you be a silly hoe doe

 

Tis true. I've also been called the songbird of my generation, by those who have heard me.

 

How can you get cleaner than that?

 

I'm wondering this as well. That engine bay looked hella clean. Can't wait to see pics of a "cleaner" bay.

 

Brainstormed some ideas last night while I was there for a few minutes dropping something off. I cut the bracket on the steam tube that holds the Baro pressure sensor and relocated the sensor down to the stud that bolts into the trans that holds the ground cables. I am also either going to really clean up or paint the steam tube, or flip it and cut it and route it under the intake manifold. I am also planning to change up the ECU and fusebox mounting. I am going to pull the fusebox back out and take out the big black bracket that it and the ECU mount too. I am then going to make some small mounts that shouldn't be too visible, and mount the fusebox pretty much in it's factory location, just with less hardware, and then tuck the ECU underneath it facing downward. I'd like the wires from the ECU to face the rear, but without lengthening them, it just wont be possible. I've also relocated the relays that mount to the front of the engine bay almost directly behind the headlights. I'm sure I'll come up with more, but I think that will be my project for this weekend if I get some time to work on it.

As far as paint goes, my intake manifold and probably intake will be painted the same gray as the coil cover, and my charge pipe that connects to the TB and goes downward will be the same white as my VC.

 

Nice, cant wait to see it.

 

i was wanting to try and relocate the ecu to try and clean things up. im definitely going to rewrap my harness to make it look cleaner

 

You can remove that tube completely. Summit has a 10mm-1 to -6an adapter that fits where that banjo bolt is. And -6an slips right over the barb onthe coolant tank.

 

or made a custom tank like vulcan did at one point?

 

Will that seal properly with the overflow tank?

 

So many ideas! Glad I got time lol. I think I'm going to get the car driving and make sure its mechanically sound and functional, then when I take things off to paint them, I'll finish the rest of the cleaning up of the wiring.

Found a new fuel pump canister, so need to get that here, then I can drop the tank and replace that along with the new pump.

 

As long as it's nylon braided. They make pretty hose clamps specifically for braided hose.