Long time no update, so heres what happened the last weeks...
The engine wiring loom is finished and in place, so all heater/A/C modules on the inside were installed.
The wires on top of the crossbar are the "extension" of the engine wiring loom leading to the glovebox where I will install the AEM UEGO + serial port and obd+flash connector. I'm also thinking about putting the alpine stereo into the glovebox and install the stock mitsubishi one I still have in the center console. Main wiring will go to the alpine and the stock stereo will be connected with an level-converter to the alpines line in and still be fully functional. Together with the classic VDO gauges for boost, oil pressure and temperature this would give a nice classic look to the center console...
The engine bay gets more and more crowded. All new/changed lines found their place somewhere and brackets have been made. Just waiting for a delivery from goodridge so i can finally connect the fuel lines, oil coolers etc...
The oil lines from/to the rear steering are now routed at the firewall and the left frame:
The upper steel line is the return line, connecting to the oil cooler. the lower one is the rear feed line. Return lines are joined at the firewall so oil from front&rear steering is returning through the oil cooler.
The cruise control actuator found its plaece deep down where the charcoal canister normally sits. I didn't want this ugly thing to sit as high as it normally does, plus the '88 model misses the upper 2 threads for the bracket I don't have and that's no longer available...
The two rubber lines are the rear power steering lines - not lined up properly because the picture was taken before I installed the Y connector to the return line and all mounting brackets...
The water tube got some fresh paint and a new heat insulation. The P/S pump was also de-rusted and painted and is already in place.
As the fuel filler tube is also no longer available I searched our garage where we store used fuel tanks... Under a coat of dirt and lots of sticky black underbody coating I found a decent fuel filler tube:
I also discovered why there are 2 different part numbers for it:
The rear wheel well panel seems to have changed for model 89->90 so I had to use a spacer. Mounted this way no dirt can pack on top of the bracket - so it could also be seen as an improvement /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
The fuel tank got painted with chassis paint during the last week after I already de-rusted and coated the inside of the tank 2 weeks ago.
Today I bolted up the fuel tank (as I needed the space in the cellar for painting the next parts...) and the rear bumper to get it out of danger when lying around in the workshop...
Yesterday I cleaned the A/C radiator and intercooler, painted the ac-radiator, coated the intercooler with a few layers of aluminium-coating and coated both with protewax to get a good protection and nice, shiny finish /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
The intercooler has lost some fins over the years, but its not bent or leaking so I can live with that as it performs really well for its size... Actually it looks much worse at the angle the picture was taken from as it looks when standing in front of it.
Last week I received some goodies from samco - not sure yet which version i'll use but i think i'll go with the classic (flat black) ones...
The inlet manifold, throttle body and everything attached to it got refurbished and protected with protewax. The front knuckles also got de-rusted, painted and received new bearings and ne + longer wheel studs. Of course the camera managed to f.. up all the pictures I took of these parts, along with the pictures taken from the oil pan with added NPT-thread for the oil temperature sensor and the Evo 9 dampers + H&R springs i'm preparing for the front. At the rear i'm using new stock dampers and also H&R springs - this will do for the first year or so, then i'll switch to a proper suspension (KW competition)
For the next weeks I'll focus on the drivetrain and refurbish all 4 driveshafts + propshaft and assembling the rear diff. The gearbox will eventually already get the oil cooler setup I'll use on the upcoming one, just to gain some experiences with the optimal oil pickup and return positions so I can change them if needed on the next gearbox...
As the mounting point of the stock oil cooler is unused in my current setup, I can put the gearbox oil cooler there. The oil pump can sit in front of the passenger side front wheel as there is plenty of space next to the washer tank.
I just ordered a new exhaust manifold (the VR4 one started to crack on the bottom between cyl 1+2) and a stock evo3 o2 housing. But I still have to figure out what to do about the ported turbine housing I got the turbo with. Without the sealant ring protecting the gasket I will continue blowing gasket after gasket. Even the thick single-layer stainless steeel gasket, that was said to work without the ring, already started to flow to the inside - and I definately don't want to have chunks of a 3mm thick SS-gasket going through the turbine wheel...