April 1st, 2010
So yesterday and today I got a pretty good amount done, I'll let most of the pictures do the talking and explain a little here and there.
I got my Jay Racing order in finally.
Cat Treats and Bosch 040 intank pump.
Damn, I'm cross eyed
Jay Racing alternator relocation kit!
Bobby and I noticed the baffle of my valve cover was filled with gunk, build up from over the years so bobby drilled the rivots out and dropped the baffle to clean it up
I'm undecided yet if I'm going to have John weld the baffle back in, or just leave it out and run a good catch can system.
After all this I installed the Jay Racing Alternator Relocation Kit.
This only added to the "Murphy's Law" theory that goes with the car.
1. I had to inlarge the bore of the alternator bolt hole for the alternator mounting bracket, my bolt was either slightly bent, or aftermarket, not sure.
2. This kit works for the 4g61, but it's designed around the 4g63, which has a slightly taller deck height. I need a shorter belt then what is included with the kit. The kit included a 42" 4 rib belt. I maxed out the tensioner all the way and it bottomed out on the alternator anyways. The belt still had a lot of slack. So I went to autozone and purchased a 41" 4 rib belt which was just too short even with the tension brought all the way in. I'm still trying to locate a 41.5" belt Sigh.
After all that jazz I installed the arp headstuds, fun stuff.
All torqued down
I dropped the oilpan, checked the rod bearings for slop, cleaned up the surface ect ect.
I reinstalled the oilpan using allen head bolts, looks really good IMO. I didn't get pictures of this I will tomorrow or something.
After that, I dropped the gas tank. Luckily for my the previous owner replaced the original gas tank with a brand new unit, and I'm assuming sending unit as well by the condition it was in.
That's about all I had time for today. I'll be back at it on saturday, going to install the Bosch, and mount the tank back up. One step closer!
Thanks for looking.