1865 track day and DD

[EHmotorsports]

Shaved and painted the valve cover today. I also tig welded a -10 an fitting for the breather system.

Primer

 

[LIV4PSI]

Looking good. We have matching valve covers /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[EHmotorsports]

My brotha from anotha valve cova!!

 

[LIV4PSI]

I wish I had your fabrication skills. I've been following your work since day one, Noobsauce /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[GSX_TC]

Nice, your valve cover looks identical to the paint on my car. Very nice.

 

[IncorpoRatedX]

whats the story on the plug well cover or did I miss that?

 

[boostin4door]

Build looking good!

 

[EHmotorsports]

Thanks guys. I've picked up most of my skills from reading,trial and error and forums like this one. Only thing stopping anyone from doing this is being overwhelmed with the big picture. Break the project you want to take on into sections and it's much more manageable.

 

[EHmotorsports]

Plug well cover?

 

[EHmotorsports]

Fabricated a heat shield for the exhaust manifold. Also installed the new valve cover and painted intercooler piping.

 

[faqinshiet]

Looks great! Did you fabricate the intercooler piping?

 

[EHmotorsports]

ya i fabricated it. next time around i will build it better. after i install the Hx-35 i will have to.

 

[EHmotorsports]

Oil catch can installed and plumbed.

Also shortened the rear bumper 3 inches.

 

[EHmotorsports]

Getting everything ready to install my oil cooler.
Started with cleaning the housing and taping for the 1/4npt pressure sender. I also turned down two -10 an fittings to weld onto the housing. Drilled the housing out so the fittings will slide in.

 

[EHmotorsports]

 

[G]

Looks nice, but why not just buy the fittings that thread in?

 

[EHmotorsports]

At the moment I could only find -8 fittings available. That and I have about 20 -10 in overstock haha.
Also I've found that -8 an doesn't provide enough volume for road racing applications. So we run a minimum of -10 on anything that will see track days.

 

[vr4play]

My engine guy told me I was wasting my time because the port hole in the filter housing outlet was so small that it didn't matter. I figured the extra volume was a benefit anyway. Nice work.

 

[EHmotorsports]

The factory housing ports are almost exactly the same size as a -10 fitting. Anything bigger and I would say its a waste if you don't enlarge the ports.

-8 fitting ID

-10 fitting ID

 

[thecman02]

If I can save you some grief, please install your oil pressure sender on the end of a flexible an line or just return your electric oil pressure sender from Autometer. I've had two sending units die out. The first one they covered under warranty but the second was past warranty and they are not cheap at $70+ for a replacement. They only last about a year in the OFH. I was told doing research that they need to be "isolated."