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z :: veteran's day

Here's a picture that I didn't get to post last time of my fuel pressure regulator, mounted to it's aluminum bracket. I love teh look of steel braided line and AN fittings.


Woohoo! For a savings of 70 dollars, I picked up the 150 dollar "Street Fire" MSD ignition over the more popular but more pricy 6AL. I didn't want to have to buy this, but I couldn't find a wiring diagram that had the right wire colors for my "stock" ignition box, which was probably an aftermarket piece.


I spliced together two flexible radiator hoses to fashion the lower hose, which had some crazy bends to it. It's very interesting - the flexible hoses maintain their diameter with the help of a visible coil inside the hose. It looks like spring was shoved into the hose. As you may be able to see, I zip tied the hose to the sway bar to prevent it from bouncing into the drive belt setup. There's a fair amount of tension in the hose, I hope it doesn't cause the plastic radiator end-tank to crack over time.

Also picked up a shorter fuel filter. This inexpensive piece saved me the 75 dollars it would have cost to buy a ford motorsport right angle adapter.

Obligatory "old and busted, new hotness" shot.
Here you see the wires "test routed" to the various engine components. I want to try to start the car first, then splice the wires to length, in case there's any issues.
And a post-cleanup shot of Yvonne hanging out with Jeff's beautiful bikes!

I feel like I'm within spitting distance of test-starting the engine now. It's very exciting!