finished the brake lines and coated them in high temp ceramic engine paint to keep the rust away

 

Time for a big update today, and expect another big update sometime next week. so the car is off the jacks and is sitting on its own 4 tires. the list of things that needs to get done is slowly getting smaller.
this is how she sits as of this morning

this piece here is what the oem harness passes through the fire wall in. i have closed it up and painted it and it will fill the large hole left by the harness,

The new brake lines are finished, coated, and installed; they came out nicer than I thought. also incase nobody noticed i switched to a braded stainless steel clutch line for the ky clutch

Here I started tinkering with the fuel components, previously I had the regulator by the fuel tank but I decided it was better mounted in the bay. I have hard line running to the regulator and I ordered a few fittings 45* AN fittings from summit racing to finish the connection to the fuel bulkhead. Also I drilled and taped the nipple on the intake manifold and installed a 4 an fitting then ran hard line directly to the fuel pressure regulators vacuum port. I still have to put in the fuel pressure sensor and finish the feed and return lines but I'm getting there.

most of the wiring is done, I'm in the process of patching in the headlight harness then I have to finish the electrical grounds, patch in the AEM F/IC 8 and then test electrical connections

The horn has been relocated to the passenger side and the windshield washer reservoir will be in the trunk.

I went to the junk yard and poached another hood release cable off a dead cobalt i will be patching this into the existing line to finish up the cable

 

"and the windshield washer reservoir will be in the trunk.'

and its going to function??

 

Yes it will be functional, I ran the wires and hose into the cabin when I did the rest of the wiring

 

oh man, wonder how the pressure would work with that looooooong hose

 

It will be fine I did a test before I even started this project with 20 ft of hose and it ran without any problems. It will actually be a foot higher than the OEM mounting position so there won't be as much force required to pump the fluid up-hill so to speak. I did install a fluid check valve where it connects to the nozzles to prevent any back flow so it should work like normal

 

Looking good! It sure will be nice to have that fuse box out of there!

 

You should really delete that ac...

 

The man lives in Texas, he needs the AC

 

its the truth

 

So I got a little lazy and decided not to lable the writes for the headlight harness which I'm kicking my self for now as I "lost a wire" got to the point that I had connected all the extended wires and had one left over at the fusebox that I don't have a connection for, so last night was spent tearing the fuse box apart to map out all the wiring for the headlight harness. The wire ended up being for parking light signal and I'm not sure where the other end of it is so I'm hoping to have to tear apart the headlight harness again and remap all the wires this time, and that boys and girls is why you lable every wire luckaly the wiring schematic for the headlight and parking lights is in the repair manual. So I should get that figured out today

 

That sounds like a nightmare. Not jealous of you at all.

 

At least youre figuring it out.

 

yeah I got it, what had happened is there was a ground on the headlight harness that connects directly to the fuse box which is used as the ground for the coils of a few relays. it got cut off at the mounting point which should have designated a ground and I ended up connecting that to the missing wire by accident which left the passenger parking light wire free at the fuse box. everything is labeled now and as soon as I put the headlight harness together I will connect the harness for the AEM F/IC8 and the electrical will be DONE!!!!

 

Well I filled and bled the brake system today and tested for leaks, and let me tell you there is a very noticeable difference to the feel of the clutch petal with the braded clutch line. I cannot wait to get the car running

 

I cant wait either! I wanna see the finished running product here!

 

Braided lines feel great. I can't wait to see thing thing finished up either. This is like a dream project.

 

Awesome man! Keep up the good work!

 

so here is the new coolant tank


only 6 wires away from finishing the engine bay electrical

but then i have to put this back together

oh and just for show this is where the AEM F/IC8 lives, I cut a bit of the dash out just above the glove box and made a mounting bracket so it mounts out of sight, right now its down and disconected till i finish the electrical connections

 

all that bay work and ur interior is nasty?

 

next project, custom *cough cough*

 

Looks like he puts his arm on the rest all the time after working on the car. Those tan interiors are awful for dirt.

 

Oh yeah they are dirt magnets, I would like to make some custom door and interior panels but I haven't figured out how I want them to look and fit together yet

 

looks awesome! you need a ZZP 3inch intake pipe!

 

I hate my damn tan interior lol. Bay looks good man.