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Hush performance cable to hydro conversion with hasport shift linkage & solid bushings
4 port mac boost solenoid
CSF king cooler radiator with a custom swirl pot and overflow/catch can combo
eBay 44mm wastegate & 60mm bov
Hondata S300v3 with a flex fuel sensor, oil pressure, fuel pressure, and coolant pressure sensor wired in as analog inputs
Other than the engine the entire car has hardrace hard rubber & energy suspension bushings, an innovative traction bar & TruHart drag coilovers. I'm probably missing some things but that's pretty much it as of now
Shooting for 700hp. I’ll post more pics when I get a chance
Put this craft foam on the top to prevent noise. I put a bolt where the stock feed banjo goes and bent the return tube shut on both sides
Picked the head up last Friday, the machine shop checked it for flatness & it's good just has some knicks in it here and there. Valve guides are reamed out, should be ready to put back together now
Previous owner used this as a db drag car
Ultimately used 40 pounds of dry ice. If there wasn't any dynamat the stock sound deadening would probably come out with 5 or 10 pounds.
This is 40 pounds, when it was said and done it was around 50
Getting ready for paint
Primer & paint
I'm not sure what this blue stuff is, seems like a spray on rhino lining type of thing. It came off slowly if you chipped at it but after my third trip to get dry ice it was good enough for me
Couldn’t find a great spot to easily mount the fuel pumps so ended up making this bracket. It goes right between the tank and driver’s side rear trailing arm
After primer and paint
Mocked up
Starting to run the lines
Used this grommet from the stock fuel lines to run the power wires to the fuel pumps
Area behind the glovebox
Riveted some 16-gauge steel I had to it
Mocked up minus the fuel pump relays
Wiring everything up
Mostly finished
This is how I wired up the pumps, used a delay relay set to 2 seconds for the second fuel pump
Stock ls distributor
Coil removed
Wiring it up for the external coil
Stock coil vs blaster hvc coil
This is how I wired up the MSD, still need to figure out where I want to mount the new coil
Primer & paint for the coolant tube on the back on the block
Bought some Ferrea 6000 valves & dropped the head off at the machine shop for a valve job. While I’m waiting for the head to be finished I’ll be wrapping up the fuel lines and wiring
Interested to hear your feedback on the action twin disc. I ordered a comp twin for mine since I've driven a few of my customers cars with the comp but I've always liked action single disc clutches over comp clutches.
Very tidy installation you have going there. Nice work!
Originally Posted by K7-1Ktrevor
Your fuel pump hanger came out clean man! Always love seeing people building their own cars. Keep it up.
Originally Posted by LankorDie
Love the fuse panel, that looks clean and easy to work on.
Originally Posted by 93grayeg
Nice work so far
Thank you guys for the kind words. For the fuse panel / distribution block I'm going to cut the glove box so it fits over everything. The hinges on my glovebox were broken so I jb welded them and am currently waiting on a new glove box latch because that was also broken. The fuel pump hanger took a little bit to figure out but was definitely worth it.
Originally Posted by K7-1Ktrevor
Interested to hear your feedback on the action twin disc. I ordered a comp twin for mine since I've driven a few of my customers cars with the comp but I've always liked action single disc clutches over comp clutches.
I'll be sure to report back once it's running. I had an action 2ms (single disc sprung 6 puck 'stage 6') in my old setup and loved it so figured I'd give the twin disc a shot.
Picked up the head from the machine shop, got a 3 angle valve job & head was decked .004"
Made a bracket to move the proportioning valve to the firewall
Primer
Paint
While making more fuel line ended up snapping this fitting, currently waiting on another one
This is the section I was tightening, it was the adapter from one of the fuel pump outlets to -10 an
Making a mount for the coil
My brother is a welder, he wasn't home so I used his mig. It's pretty obvious I have no idea what I'm doing haha
After Grinder
Primer
Paint
All bolted & wired up. I tried using the top left stud for the ecu but ended up just making a hole where that stud was and using a bolt & nut. You can't see it but the ground for the coil is directly under it which just grounds the coil to the bracket/body
Drilled out the rivets for the valve cover baffling
Used a m6x1 tap so I can use bolts to put it back together. I'll be using red loctite
Used a carbide bit to grind down two bolt holes on the front of the valve cover. I forgot to take a finished picture
Before
During
After
I'll get some better pictures but I ended up using an aluminum 3/4" tube for making the holes
Next on my list is getting this valve cover welded up, finish some wiring and then messing with the engine
Forgot to get a picture before the jb weld but just used this to make it look a lot better
One down, one to go. Used a file and then 150 grit to clean it up. Still has a little bit to go before it's ready for paint
I bought this for $5, intended on putting this on top of the steering column piece as that's where I want the gauges
After some trimming, it was clear that it was still going to block way too much of the center of the gauge cluster. This is an issue because I'm ultimately going to place the tunerview display here
It also looks like this gauge pod would have a similar issue albeit not as bad
I ended up going this route, notched out the upper corners and then jb welded the gauges to the top steering column piece
For the time being, I'm temporarily mounting the tunerview where the radio was. Here's making the plastic cover for it
I think it turned out alright
Finished cleaning up the wiring to the battery and front of the bay. Still need to make or purchase a battery mount, going with a pc680 style battery
Just received this from tristate
Current wiring situation
Almost finished, I still need to wire up my oil pressure sensor, fuel pressure sensor and flex fuel sensor. Sent my cams out for the delta 272 regrind and ordered stuff to degree the cams, once all of that arrives I can start measuring clearances and putting the head together
The brand wastegates & bov I bought (wyntonm speed) have a pretty good reputation, especially in the v8 world. They're copies of tial designs so I'm not too worried but we'll see how they do
Painted the bay this past weekend
Scuffed everything with a scotch brite pad. I didn't go too crazy trying to make it perfect as someday I'll probably shave the bay, just wanted to clean it up for now
Two coats of rustoleum primer
First two coats of rustoleum gloss white
This is after the third coat but I ended up doing four in total
I ordered some spraymax 2k clear so this weekend I can finish it up
Made a cardboard template for the catch can, it'll go where the windshield washer reservoir was
The side against the car has this notch in order to sit flat
Got some kirkeys, still waiting on the seat covers
Awsome build! Dont see too many high hp rexes anymore. You are inspiring me to swap mine. lol
Thank you for the kind words
Not much progress lately with Christmas & New Years but here's some pics anyways
Seat covers came in the mail
Installed a gates 170 degree thermostat
My front rims came in the mail, 15x10 with 5.5" backspacing. I need to clean up some of the weld splatter on them before getting them powdercoated
Finally got around to clear coating the bay
Came out pretty good, far from perfect but I'm happy with it
GM flex fuel sensor with 8 an fittings
Here's the ground for the flex fuel sensor and oil pressure gauge
This is my 12v source at ignition on and run for the boost controller and oil pressure gauge
Removing more dynamat
Didn't get a picture after it was removed from the door panel but you get the idea. If I get bored I'll end up doing the passenger's side door as well
Finished welding the an fittings on the valve cover. They were welded on both the outside and inside to make sure they're solid
I originally wanted to use m6x1 10mm bolts to bolt down the baffle but it didn't end up working as well as I anticipated. Ultimately I ended up using 3/16" x 1/4" aluminum rivets, I was a little skeptical at first but it ended up being really solid. Hondabond was used in between the baffle and the valve cover. You can see some of the holes are missing rivets, this is due to those holes being too shallow for the rivets (wasn't enough material to drill the holes any deeper)
Here's the valve cover as of now, I'm going to use some normal jb weld epoxy to fill in the small pits that I currently have. I used the jb weld 'steelstik' which is basically a 2 part putty for everything so far. I've seen mixed things about powder coating over jb weld so I'll see if my powder coater is comfortable with it or not. If not I'll probably just spray paint it
Small areas of JB weld should be alright. As long as the powder sticks. I had some spots fixed up on a valve cover once that were JB'd and it powder coated just fine. Worst case scenario, your tech can't guarantee it'll take or it may flake after x amount of time. **shrug**
If you spray paint the valve cover, you can use the VHT wrinkle paint and it will hide small imperfections. I have also successfully used a high temp engine paint over the top of black VHT wrinkle paint if you want a color other than red or black. If you do go with a wrinkle paint, spray it and don't touch it for 1-2 days. It takes a long time to fully dry, and you'll think it's dry, but you'll ruin it. Ask me how I know.
If you spray paint the valve cover, you can use the VHT wrinkle paint and it will hide small imperfections. I have also successfully used a high temp engine paint over the top of black VHT wrinkle paint if you want a color other than red or black. If you do go with a wrinkle paint, spray it and don't touch it for 1-2 days. It takes a long time to fully dry, and you'll think it's dry, but you'll ruin it. Ask me how I know.
I've always baked mine to get the texture to really come out. Also +1 on the rest of the post
10-25-2018, 11:09 AM
Ohisofly’s 91 Si project – 700hp or bust
