Another V8 Swap

[DustinS]

Originally Posted by ILLSMOQ

Since you can obviously fiberglass, why not skin it in carbon?

I have thought about that. If I go that far though, I think I will try and make a mold of it and make it completely carbon.

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Got word that the engine is finished up and waiting to be shipped out. Depending on when the paperwork gets filled out on their end, I assume it will go out today or tomorrow.

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Engine is still waiting to be shipped...

Got the Expansion tank mounted. I wish the ports were on opposite sides, but I will make them work. I can/will move it up later if need be.





Custom Bracket. Could be a bit cleaner, but oh well. Most likely paint it black.



This will most likely be changed to a -12an fitting. I will run AN lines for the heater lines to make it look nice.



Contemplating removing the cross brace bracket as they don't fit with the LS anyway. I'll make a new bracket when I design new cross braces.

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Got the positive terminal installed and brackets painted. Finished up for now.

[ILLSMOQ]

That looks like it worked out well

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Well I got a tiny bit of work done yesterday. I popped open the fuel tank to see if I could figure out my fueling issue. Runs out of fuel around 1/4 tank. I couldn't find anything. Thought the tank was SUPER full. Seems my car always breaks/gets taken off the road right after filling the tank.



Ground Strap finished up



I am going to make a few of these to ground the engine and alternator to the frame. I also got the AMP power wire removed as I no longer need it to go to the front of the car.

Engine will be here Tuesday. I think we will just try and stab it in tuesday after work as well. Shouldn't be too much longer till it's running. Though I still have a lot parts to order haha.

[BRX]

Originally Posted by DustinS

Well I got a tiny bit of work done yesterday. I popped open the fuel tank to see if I could figure out my fueling issue. Runs out of fuel around 1/4 tank. I couldn't find anything. Thought the tank was SUPER full. Seems my car always breaks/gets taken off the road right after filling the tank.



Ground Strap finished up



I am going to make a few of these to ground the engine and alternator to the frame. I also got the AMP power wire removed as I no longer need it to go to the front of the car.

Engine will be here Tuesday. I think we will just try and stab it in tuesday after work as well. Shouldn't be too much longer till it's running. Though I still have a lot parts to order haha.

I might have missed it but what's your fuel setup? I've probably taken out my fuel pump more times than I should in a lifetime and might be able to help you figure it out.

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[DustinS]

Originally Posted by BRX

I might have missed it but what's your fuel setup? I've probably taken out my fuel pump more times than I should in a lifetime and might be able to help you figure it out.

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DW300c, VitViper FPR Bypass, -6an Feed/Return. Fuel returned into fuel bucket, Looking at getting some submersible fuel line to make sure it's not just the returning fuel causing issues. Car just straight runs out of fuel at 1/4 tank.

[BRX]

Originally Posted by DustinS

DW300c, VitViper FPR Bypass, -6an Feed/Return. Fuel returned into fuel bucket, Looking at getting some submersible fuel line to make sure it's not just the returning fuel causing issues. Car just straight runs out of fuel at 1/4 tank.

That's almost exactly what I'm running but I removed the VitViper FPR. Try going back to the stock FPR and see how it goes. I think the Venturi system doesn't perform as well with a blank FPR.

Other than that I only had the same issue with the FBM walbro kit. It was simply not sealing properly with their adapter no matter what I did, first it would run out of fuel at half, then 1/3 and the best I could do was 1/4 before I went back to the DW300c.

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[DustinS]

Originally Posted by BRX

That's almost exactly what I'm running but I removed the VitViper FPR. Try going back to the stock FPR and see how it goes. I think the Venturi system doesn't perform as well with a blank FPR.

Other than that I only had the same issue with the FBM walbro kit. It was simply not sealing properly with their adapter no matter what I did, first it would run out of fuel at half, then 1/3 and the best I could do was 1/4 before I went back to the DW300c.

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What are you doing for fuel pressure?

[BRX]

Originally Posted by DustinS

What are you doing for fuel pressure?

I have another OEM regulator on the fuel rails. Does its job even with the other regulator in the tank.

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Battery Relocation pretty much finished up.

Carefully drilled out some rivnuts as mounts for the battery ties. Still need a main fuse on this side of the positive wire. Using the old battery tray holder as the Battery bracket as it will keep the trunk mat thing from falling on the battery.

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Woo! Ready to get this in.

I am going to see about getting the oil pan modified today before dropping it in. This would get rid of the oil bypass valve for the DOD and allow me to run the front sway bar.