40) Air filter bracket

Here's the template and the initial fabricated bracket that will hold the air filter to the firewall.


Here I've ground down the welds, and cut a super lightweight "Racing" hole :)


I'm welding in some studs to the firewall so this can bolt up easy. The attachment to the MAF tube is where it all connects up. I actually can't decide between welding in studs or nuts. Any recommendations?


Here's what it looks like all bolted up. The air filter and MAF will stay solid to the car and with the help of the bubble connection (not showing here) in the middle, the rest of it will move with the motor.

39) Air intake fittings

Since I ditched the stock air intake and assembled a custom one using aluminum piping, I needed a way to connect all the tubing that goes between the air intake and various parts of the motor.

I decided I would try out some quality Home Depot engineering :) Not sure if these will work or not, but it was easy enough to do and didn't take too much time (Aside from the hours strolling through HD looking for bits and pieces!)



First comes drilling the holes. Have I mentioned how much I love these stepper bits?



Next I stuck a end cap through the hole.



After boring a hole through the end cap, I made a grommet out of a section of rubber hose. I shaped the rubber so it would fit the curve of the intake tube, and left the top flat.



Then I tightly screwed on the barbed fitting.



Here is the forward most section with a couple more fittings.



Here is the rear section test fitted to the IAC (Idle Air Controller)



Another shot of the forward section all plumbed up to the valve covers & crank case breather.

38) Room to bleed (breath?)

I thought it would be a good idea to add a breather to the top of my coolant manifold so that bleeding the system would be easier. Coolant will be raising up to the manifold via pipes that will be running low in the chassis (More on this later) I will screw in a valve here to open as I add coolant to the system.


This is the tap I used (1/8"-28 NPT)


This is the valve I'm going to put in there.

37) Cleaning up engine parts

Took some time to clean up some rusty engine parts. I know I'm missing some stuff in here, which I'll get with another batch some other day :)


Sand blasted!


All painted!