More stuff done...
Checked out the manifold and there is some ugly epoxy work done inside, someone tried to make funnels with copper tubes and epoxy. I don't see how this is improving flow in a dry flow manifold so I removed it and radiused the port entries, also have to weld up the little holes left by the set screws that were used to secure the copper tubing sections.
Winters snowflake, sand cast & part number.
Also have some comparison shots to a Stealthram, the stealthram is a good bit larger than this one but I'm going to use this as it's unique, to my knowledge no one has one and it can't be worse than the stock TPI or the big mouth base manifold & SLP runners that I could use otherwise. The stealthram doesn't fit under the strut tower brace so it too is a no go.
Someone also used UNC bolts to hold down the fuel rails (2 of the 4 holes had a bolt) but the holes are threaded for metric threads so I cleaned the damaged threads and used allen heads to mount the fuel rails.
Still undecided on what to do with the pulleys, the T10 ones are a major PITA, the stockers are powdercoated but it's a serpentine/v belt combo and the huge stock pump is giving me issues with some other stuff that needs to fit there. Probably will sue a sweet or KRC pump, I have a KRC pump somewhere. I may upgrade to Canton Serpentine pulleys to get rid of the V belts. New water pump and misc. stuff underway from summit yay
..back to the car:
Fender as good as finished and did a mock up fit of the new manifold. Fender needs a little more grinding on the outside and some finish welding on the fender lip, the ugly weld blobs are from where zinc coating and other crap oozed out and pushed the molten weld pool out. Nothing a little grinding and some more welding can't fix. Still amazed at how these cars rust with all that zinc coating. The porous glue/sealer crap on the inside doesn't help here either.
Had a little tear in the metal around the key hole...I wonder how it got there, very weird. Welded it up, ground it down.
Found some more little rust spots under the flange on the bottom there, where the bumper goes over. All the rusty areas are again where the seam sealer is..it's the same crap over and over. Already fixed the seam where the quarter panel and rear panel are spot welded together.
The rear axle cones need to be machined and then shimmed to get the posi working again...that's my next thing on the to do list.
