z :: wires, couplers, and solder oh my!

After a few days of drinking and enjoying my week-long Fall Break, I finally got two solid days of wrenching done. I'm going to let the pics tell most of the story:


Got the JTR radiator mounted up. The Taurus fan fits the brackets perfectly and looks super clean. The whole engine bay is starting to look great.


Phong overlooking our "handiwork."


Yvonne is a classy girl and deserves nothing but the best.


I'm almost done sorting out the fuel system. The bracket that you see pictured here must be made out of diamonds; none of my diamond dremel bits or tool steel drill bits will get through that galvanized steel bracket. I am still working on a mounting solution that doesn't require me to buy a frickin plasma cutter or something.

The next few pictures are of the heater hose trim piece. It looked pretty grody so I pulled it off and cleaned it up for the engine bay:

Before:

During (after gasket prep disk, before paint)

After: (forgot to take a pic before we screwed it back on)

This is one of those "little" things that goes a looong way towards making the final product a good one.


Bought this overpriced Flex-a-lite thermostatic switch. It comes on when the temperature probe reaches a set temperature. I'm not so sure about the build quality of this little guy, and I hope it holds up to the "high speed" amp draw of this fan.


Phong recommended I mount it lower so the fan shroud would stay clean...an awesome suggestion.


Jen Chien came over and helped me install the plug wires yesterday. Take note also of the air filter, which goes a long way towards making the car feel like it's getting closer.

Other things completed: trimmed the oil pressure switch adaptor to fit and extended the stock wiring so that it would reach the new mounting location.