Well, I guess its update time!
When we last left off, the car was in a mess of removed parts and mild fabrication work needed. So I did some mild changes.
Had both valve covers removed, inspected the heads, noticed the drivers side is much dirtier than the passenger side, came to the decision that the PVC valve may be clogged / not working effectively. What better time than to delete it? Plugged the hole on the upper plenum and routed some hosing over to the catch can instead. Downside now i need to modify the catch can to have a vent added to it. Should be easy enough, it was a cheap eBay purchase so I'm okay with a little modification.
Speaking of modification, I needed to make a bit more space for the air filter...
There, that should suffice I hope! Plan is to angle the air filter into this pocket of the bumper / battery box area to give space for the intercooler piping. Should still get ample air fed to it from the giant hole in the bumper from were the factory fog light was.
Also I plan to degrease and thoroughly clean the bottom tray area. This was from gravel roads and having a leaking oil dipstick tube.
But what of the removed valve covers?? Surely they were cleaned up before re-installation, right? Right??
But of course ;)
With a little help to make the rest of the bay look absolutely terrible!!
I think they look really really good! Very eye catching, but...
Pretty much hidden when the upper plenum is replaced... May need to do something about that in the future ;)
I do have a fair amount of wiring work to do this winter yet (extending some wires, removing a few other dead connections, relocating some sensors) and general cleaning to do as well to make the rest of the bay look respectable as a street car, while also being functional for some track days. I do hope to make it to Castrol raceway in Edmonton at least once this year and possibly looking to make it to the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in July as well as attending some of the driver training more locally.
Thanks for tuning in!! Comments and ideas welcome as always!