I just ordered a plenum and fuel rail blanks from Ross Machine. The rails should be easy for my welder to make. The plenum should bolt right onto the lower plenum and place the TB in the front of the motor.

 

something like this

 

Like this:

 

GO shit yeah now that is what i am talking about.... jon do you need anything from japan..get me your list

clutch you need a OS..

 

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John, do me a favor. when you have your IM tig'd up could you get me the tig welder settings and the gas mixture they used or you use please?

just about ready to buy a tig welder but i am VERY rusty on aluminum information and it's not widely used in my area.

thank you in advance.

what info i need:

volt setting
gas mixture
filler rod material
tungsten color code

 

here this is what i use

volt setting about 70~90AMPS
gas mixture argon at a flow of 5
filler rod material: just alum rods Microln
tungsten color code: Red with a #5 cup

i also use the pulse setting to get that cool bead look

 

I got the Magnecor R-100 Race Wires in last night. They were way too big for the stock holders, so I used the cool ziptie method. cool.gif

 

Nice Nice.. stop playing with me Baby...LOL

I had a customer here that got a set of them for his FD3S there were thick as hell.

Jon a few thing i noticed i know your not going to use that shitty black radiator hose..Right.. blue or red silicone hose look good.. also the bolt on you distributer is missing a washer there....what about a new timing belt and jet hot them exhaust manifold's.

 

The timing belt was changed a few hundred miles before the motor was rebuilt.
I took the manifolds off last night to get them ceramic painted. I don't think I'm gonna Jet-Hot them. It costs $225 and I'm not planning on keeping the manifolds very long. So I don't want to invest a lot of money into them. The VHT hot paint works pretty well.

 

The car is running now, with a pretty big vacuum leak at the injector seal. The stock injectors and their seals are pieces of chit. But instead of trying to throw some kind of sealant around them, I decided to continue on my project that will replace them all-together.




Last night, I made my first fuel rail. It was difficult finding the correct drill bit to use. It's not any size you would assume. wink1.gif

Anyways, here it is with Beta injectors for fitment:











And here is how it sits on the lower plenum. It only sits about 1/8 taller than the deck, which is very good thing. It's actually better than what most other people have done. The upper plenum has a 1/2" deck that will raise it much higher than that rail now sits. So there's clearance for that.
But, as you saw in the other mockup pic, I'm not using the stock upper plenum. The half round plenum from Ross will sit directly on top of the lower plenum. There's a phenolic spacer that's 3/8" thick, that I will use. That will help me raise the plenum up and over the fuel rail, with 1/4" to spare.
I can't believe how perfect this is coming out with the measurments.










I almost forgot. I finally purchased the intercooler I will be using. It's a Treadstone 26x12x6, good for over 1000hp of airflow. It has 3" in/outlets, and I'll be using 3" piping throughout.










I also got the FAL fans mounted with the thermostat controller. I also did an alternator upgrade to handle the 20amps that the fans draw. The stock is 70amp, while the Maximas use 90amps. So I purchased that and modified the bracket by grinding it down a bit along one edge. The Maxima alternator is bigger in size and needs more room.