Big thanks to Sean from Silly Rabbit Motorsports for getting my rails out to me. We had them come in today (Saturday). Fedex came through and delivered them on the weekend. They are absolutely beautiful rails. I did have one issue though. They are made for stock "clip style" injectors. The injectors included from Switzer are pressure fit and sit slightly taller. Because of the extra height in the injector, I had to dremel out the mounting flange about 1/4" on each side. After that, they fit perfectly. I tested them before cutting with my stock injectors and they were a perfect fit. FYI, for anyone who grabs the rails, you'll need longer bolts as the mounting flange is MUCH thicker (1/2"?) than stock and the stock short bolts won't reach.

Sean is about to release his 997 in tank fuel assembly similar to his 996 assembly. As soon as it's released, I will upgrade my surge tank and lid to his billet pieces.

 

Great work. Your new stuff looks 100 times better quality than the other stuff!

 

Awesome work dude.

 

More work....

 

more work 2....

 

Very nice

 

Great work man.

 

Great progress! More pics please. Congrats on your build!

 

nice work

 

I had a great weekend working on the car. The engine is back in!!! Everything is bolted back up and all vacuum lines connected. I have to finish the fuel system from the transmission to the tank (and in tank). I also have to weld the wastegates up when they arrive. That should be later this week. I'm planning on exhausting them back into the decat pipes behind the exhaust wastegates. Under 27psi the system will be run completely through the muffler and over 27psi all exhaust is going to atmosphere.

I test fit one of the intercoolers last night to see how it mated up. Looks like I'm going to have to roll or cut out the holes where the intercooler pipes come into the engine bay. The rear bolts off by about 3/4". I think if Switzer would have extended the pipe elbow 1" it would have been centered correctly in the existing hole.

 

fuel tank mods started..... VERY happy with the outcome of taking the fuel basket apart. This is how you want to replace your pumps. Small zip cut wheel over each glued area, 2 part epoxy to fix up small cuts after re-assembly.

 

good work man. that basket is a pita. i think looking back at it that cutting the pumps out from the top is the best way rather than hacking he basket up. be careful not to mix up the pump wiring and the jets they feed unless you are planning to change that around too.

 

Gettting parts is always exciting. New wastegates arrived today. The pic below is how I'm planning on mount them.

I've spent a lot of time trying to plan the inside of the fuel tank lines out. It's been extremely difficult to find ANY in-tank submersible fuel line. I've managed to find 3 sources. Napa and Gates offer Rubber SAE30 R10 fuel line by the foot, and a company in Canada Racetronix has the stock like 8 mm (5/16") hose in lengths from 5-17". I ended up grabbing 7 pieces from Racetronix. I'm going to run both jet pumps from pump #1. I want to reduce the line of pump #1 down from 8 mm (the factory jet pump line is 'about' 1/4"). I've searched everywhere for 1/4" submersible line. Napa has it, but only in the USA and I'm not a big fan of putting rubber hose in the tank. My current plan is to take a billet piece of aluminum and tap 1/4" NPT in each side leaving 1/4" solid in the center and then drilling the center out to 3/16 to reduce the fuel flow to the jet pumps. Using this block, I can keep the obtainable 5/16" fuel line all through the tank while getting the flow reduction I'm looking for. My question for the smart guys out there..... Is there much difference in having a 3/16" hole in a reduction block vs. running a 3/16" hose say 6" in length? I believe once the fuel slows down for the 3/16" hole, the following 3/16" length will have minimal if any impact on further fuel constriction..... thoughts?

 

Why do you need the restrictor?

 

I have a 450lph pump feeding the jet pumps. I don't want 225lph going to the jet pumps to fill the surge tank. (Jacuzzi tub?) By reducing the size of the hose it will send "less" gas to the jet pumps.