my new project

[evotuner]

purty turbo

[4seasons69]

Originally Posted by CornFed2.4

Awesome glad the pumps turned out to being something simple.

So am I! Now I just need a nice day so I can out some miles on her.

Originally Posted by evotuner

purty turbo

Thanks! I still have a lot of work to do on the comp cover. This is the first one I've attempted to polish so we'll see how it turns out lol

[95talonracer]

Did you space the pumps just so they are still not so close and working against eachother?

[4seasons69]

Yes I did put a spacer between the pumps as well while I had the sending unit out.

[4seasons69]

a Well it's been a pretty slow day at work so I've put some time in on the comp cover. I'm out of patience for today so I will continue more on it on another day. I will need to get my hands on a dremel or something similar to get into some of the hard areas that are hard to get to. This is the first time I've done something like this and it's cool to learn but in the future I'll probably just buy a polished comp cover if I want it polished lol

Assuming it's nice out next weekend I'll put some miles on her and start the engine break in.

As for what's left before it's ready for summer, the engine needs to be broken in, new fuel pumps(not sure what ones yet), swap the 6766 on, new intake pipe, and have my exhaust fitted to the 6766, and then a tune.

[CornFed2.4]

I gots a dremel you can use.

[4seasons69]

Originally Posted by CornFed2.4

I gots a dremel you can use.

Okay cool! I think my coworker has one but I will let you know if I need it. Thanks!

[CornFed2.4]

When I did mine I started on a bench grinder with a wire wheel brush. I only had a few hrs into it but turned out good I thought. Didn't polish it with a buffer like I should have.

[4seasons69]

That looks pretty good. I probably should have started on the wire wheel. I definitely have NOT been doing this the most efficient way. Most of mine has been done by hand with sandpaper. I'm on 1500 grit right now then going to 2000. We'll see how it looks after the 2000 grit

[CornFed2.4]

Yeah I think I only went to 1500 and stopped. Almost there though

[4seasons69]

That looks pretty good for only 1500! I'm going to go to 2k then buff the hell out of it lol

[4seasons69]

Alright I'm done with the comp cover. I just don't have the patience to deal with it anymore. Personally I think it kind of looks like crap. But it could be worse I guess ha. Maybe next winter if I'm feeling ambitious I'll resand it down and do a better job. Or I'll just buy a new comp cover lol

[C3L1CA]

Looks pretty good to me!

[4seasons69]

Thanks! You have to see it up close then you can see the areas I could have done better but this will work for now. I might try a little mothers aluminum polish to see if I can get it to shine a little better

[evotuner]

Dude that shit looks good

[4seasons69]

Thanks!

[CornFed2.4]

Good work!

[4seasons69]

Thanks man!

[4seasons69]

Okay well I finally got to take the car out and put some miles on her. I had a heck of a time getting her started. Took about 2.5 hours of messing around with it to finally get it to start. Doesn't seem to like the cold. Put the first 30 miles on it it seemed to run okay. It kind of seemed like it would cut out or the tune was funky. But i just kept doing as many vacuum pulls as I could. Brought it to my buddies work and changed the oil and the filter. Checked everything over. Then i put some more miles on her. The more I dove it the more everything seemed to smooth out and it seems to run pretty good. I ended with about 75 miles on it. All in all a good day :-)

[blackawdtsi]

You're either very brave or incredibly antsy to be going on cruises with all this salt laying around.

Good to hear the beast is doing alright, though!