Well I didn't get as much done today as I had hoped but I actually ended up working half the day so at least I made some dough. First thing I started was coating my headers with the POR20 and I was very happy with the way the first coat went on and they actually looked very good, the second coat is currently drying and then I will snap a few pics of the finished product tomorrow.
Then we went on to that pesky valley cover bolt, well I ran to the hardware store this morning and grabbed a flat head and we champfered the hole down and the bolt fit flush beautifully
no more clearance issues. At least thats what I thought. For good measure we wanted to see exactly how much clearance the FAST intake left between the bottom and the supplied hex bolts that came with the manifold. So my dad placed a folded up piece of paper between the bolt holes and the intake so we could test the clearance as we torqued down the manifold. Low and behold by the time I torqued the first four bolts to 4ftlbs we had already touched the paper and it would not move anymore. This was particulary interesting to me because FAST sends these bolts with there intake yet they were preventing it from making an optimal seal.
As much as I hated the fact we wanted to do it right and not have any chance of cracking the intake or the intake not sealing properly so I once again ran back out to the hardware store and came back with more flatheads. We champfered all the remaining valley cover bolts that sat under the intake and therefor left no chance whatsoever for any clearance issues.
Then after the intake was bolted down I finishes some misc stuff like the coolant sensor in the head, spark plugs, oil pressure sensor ect. Then I realized that I only had a few more things lef to connect such as the wiring harness and the a/c compressor, the water pump, power steering resovior, and the starter. All of which I can do while on the k-member so it looks like I am very close to getting this motor back at home up in the engine bay
WOOT! and of course some pics.
