Sunday 27th January
Well its been a few days again since i managed to get a decent update posted, but i have been busy doing bits and bobs
Firstly heres a bit of Group N for your eyes. Many thanks for KamRacing
If anyone has/or knows of a fitting guide for where the metal bits are going then please let me know, there was a mention of welding?
Catch tank arrived
As did the silicone hoses courtesy of SFS, extremely pleased with the quality and accuracy of these
Then ive cracked on with the engine a little bit, first job that i needed to do was fit the larger injectors supplied by GMC
Thinking that this would be a piece of cake i set to work, i very shortly found out that they are literally a fair bit bigger rather than just the bits to squirt the fuel in
To get these to fit in the injector rail properly i had to use a file to grind a larger bore out of the securing clips as they wouldnt fit round properly
Thinking then that was problem solved i set about putting the rail back into the inlet manifold and putting it back together
easy? nope!
As the plugs on the injectors sat further out the top of the inlet manifold would not reattach as the hollow rail where the throttle cable goes was fouling on the top of the injector loom plugs (ARSE!!!!!)
After the customary cursing that happens i realised that if i rotated the injectors so that the plugs faced downwards then there might be enough room to get the top of the inlet manifold back on.
To do this i had to adapt the clips again as they wouldnt fit with the injector the other way round
Managed this without too much problem. Next problem was connecting the injector loom again, with the plugs twisting there wasnt enough room to stretch the wires as they are all wrapped tightly.
I had to undo all the black tape and take off the plastic insulation which had been restricting things and then rewrap it myself afterwards
After some more tinkering everything fitted and attached together fine.
Normal way up
Upside down with loom now hidden and rewrapped
Finally i got round to degreasing and spraying the ECU mounts
Heres the bottom bit, forgot to get a pic of the bottom bit before reassembling
ECU mount fully assembled and on the car
My task for this afternoon is to get the loom out, clean all the oil and grease off it and check over all the plugs and fittings
Then tomorrow/tuesday i need to trial fit the loom back together and label where everything goes. I did this initially but some parts weren't plugged in before so some were missed out