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****** nice man.

S2-13BT

Awesome build man!

T0mo

Crazy awesome build. This entire thing really goes to light a fire under my ***. I'm mid process of 8.8 swap myself. Your wiring is astounding.

dandoe

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I have been driving this thing here and there but its been 100+ every day in Texas so its been sitting. Still waiting on that dual pump setup from built2apex which i ordered on 5/1/18...... Once i get my fuel pressure issues resolved, i promise burnouts.

Added a carbon shroud which helped with coolant temps a bit. Also pulled the intake off to install my radium fuel pulse damper, and im installing a phenolic intake gasket as well since mine was old and flaking.






Full interior has been back in too, not sure if i updated this thread in a while.


And slowly working on cleaning up this hood vent.

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This is tight. Finally a running project car.

dandoe

thank you. It has been on jackstands for like 3 weeks awaiting the new twin pump setup. Waiting on one more piece before i can throw it back together and continue street tuning it. I will post some pics this week.

dandoe

And BTW, everyone is going to laugh when they see the cause of my fuel pressure issues and long delay of turning up the boost..... more on that later.

dandoe

Update on my fuel pressure issues, pulled the old fuel filter and found some junk on there but nothing serious. At this point i was waiting on a dual pump hanger i ordered.







I have mounted the new Radium fuel filter above the rear diff and it appears that my current fuel lines will work.









Pulled the intake off to install this fuel pulse damper and also found/fixed an oil leak from the CMP sensor. Intake gasket was questionable so i installed a sikky thermalnator phenolic intake gasket which claims to reduce IATs by 25-35*.

dandoe

I finished plumbing up my fuel filter and decided to just pull the pump out to see if there is anything obvious and look what i find... this would explain a lot about how this all began and i am really surprised that this thing still built 40+ PSI of fuel pressure under light load. i think the only thing saving it at all was the stiffness and length of the fuel line prevented it from completely popping off. that silver fitting was a spare that came with my FPR and i almost bought another one because there was no barb on it but figured it would work.. O well, at least my fuel system will be bullet proof and be able to support E85 no problem now.

Do you see it??


how about now?




Fuel filter mounted and lines hooked up. This is a tight fit but it clears the tie rods under full compression.





And started plumbing up the power steering system, just need to pick up an AN adapter for the pump suction line and a new O ring for the HP banjo line. Looking for one if anyone has any laying around!!

dandoe

Got some stuff figured out to get this fuel system finished up and wired up the topside. I wanted to run a hardline return which required a bulkier fitting combo. This required some bending on the top tab to offset the resistor box, and then some bending on the float and ground rod to bring them back perpendicular with the tank floor.







Power/ground pump harness which includes a circuit for the cooling fan output. this is all 12GA tefzel








I wanted to be able to remove the whole pump harness yet and run it through the original grommet so i wired up the tank level sender on a separate harness also running through the grommet with a 2 pin Deutsch connector.



Topside is all wired and ready to go, just waiting on the spacer to mount the pumps. I ran into an issue with the feed line having a tight bend when hooked up so i ordered a female to male 45* and 90* fitting to come off the tophat. I will try to run the 45* to increase flow a little, but we will see what fits better. This was easier than dropping the diff and running a new line (my lines run above the diff and through the OEM bracket). this pic shows the angle of the feed compared to the straight -8 fitting.

dandoe

Quick update on this thing, i have driven it after replacing the pump and my low fuel pressure issues are resolved of course. However, i am having issues with my aeromotive FPR (which has been having issues from the start) and will be replacing it for a fuellab unit. First issue is with the dual pumps running at idle and off boost, there is too much flow for the aeromotive to handle and it will not go below 50PSI. I know the return port on these is very small and this is an older model, but the regulator also does not pull 1:1 boost reference, nor does it hold pressure once the key is off. I have been reading a lot of horror stories with these units and their quality so i will just replace it and stage my pumps to keep fuel temps down. Other than that, i did beat on it for a bit one day and it is getting pretty quick. I will upload some pulls to youtube later.

















Need to wrap up power steering, get an alignment, and replace this FPR then start enjoying the car more in the cooler weather coming to TX!

dandoe

So i custom ordered a fuellab FPR with the large seat and out of the box my fuel pressure was 35 PSI with both pumps running. Much better compared to the aeromotive which could not drop below 50PSI with the screw turned all the way out. I also pulled the aeromotive apart and the seat looked to be updated from the pictures i found and it was cut correctly however still did not increase FP 1:1 with boost. Fuel pressure is now rock steady and barely fluctuates 1PSI throughout the powerband and raises 1:1 also. Very happy with the fuel lab setup coupled with the radium pulse damper.

With that solved i was able to do some WOT pulls but found i was hitting 19PSI running 15PSI wastegate springs (boost controller not on yet). Swapped down to some 10PSI springs and now im at 13.5PSI which is right at the 14PSI target for my current tune revision. Datalogs sent away and waiting on another revision now. Also got power steering hooked up finally and the car is much more enjoyable to drive. This setup is the stock VVTI PS pump with the solenoid disconnected, excessive manufacturing HP line, -6 conversion fitting and -6 return line, and -10 suction line using a chase bays baffled reservoir. The steering feels good and is not too light at speed yet manageable during low speed turning. From what i remember it is slightly less assist than the OEM steering setup.











I am going to see if i can get an alignment before winter hits here, does anyone have any advice on toe settings for a mild street driven setup? i am pretty much stuck with the rear camber settings but need to set toe in the rear. I will read through the alignment thread also. Thanks!

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Clean pump setup. Ive been eying built2apex for a while and looks like good stuff.

Max camber front, 1/16 toe in
whatever camber rear, 0 toe

should be money enjoy!

dandoe

Thanks, Got an alignment and front toe was all fucked up (car has never been on an alignment rack). Currently Front is -5* camber, 1/16" toe in. Rear is -2* camber, 0 toe. Car feels 10X better and rolls much smoother now. Also feels good and pretty stable at higher speeds

Been sending datalog pulls back and forth and the pump gas tune is almost wrapped up. Currently at 16PSI and will probably end up at 18PSI on pump 93. Running out of decent weather so will continue with E85 once it warms up again.