{"id":196,"date":"2006-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:56:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:56:46","slug":"bel-air\/hey-looks-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=196","title":{"rendered":"Hey, that looks like a Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was on my own this weekend from Friday onwards, so I made the most of it and got some serious car time in. I started off with re-tuning the engine for the new injectors. I’d guessed the numbers based on some numbers I’d found on the net, but it fired up and idled straight away. It’s pretty close, but still rich. I’m not too bothered about that as I’ll be needing it rich once the blower is on. With that done I got the rest of the relay board wired up and roughly cut to length ready to fit. I needed to fit the front end to finish the wiring and run the lines for the trans cooler and stuff, so I got it all down from the roof. A few hours later and it was all on roughly and suddenly looked like a car. Apart from chipping the door edge by opening it without thinking to get my phone from in the car it all went well. I ended up re-hanging the drivers door to sort it out. <\/p>\n

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I glued the seals on the back of the parking lights and sealed them up and called it quits for the night. Next morning I fitted them, and got the old headlamps out to fit the new ones. They have two bulb holders for the parking lights, so needed re-shaping to get them in, and the backs of the buckets needed cutting off as well. I wired them all together and tested them on a battery before putting them all back in, and they are extremely bright when your looking straight at them. They have “halo” rings round the outside for a side light, which I love the look of. I put white and orange LED panels in the original parking lights, which I didn’t like when I tried them with the halos. I may just disconnect the white LED’s. I needed a few more plugs to finish off the wiring, so left it for now. I moved on to the procharger bracket next, and marked and drilled holes for the coil pack. I temporarily fitted the procharger too, it’s getting tight in there. I also cut the front filler panel centre support bracket to fit the big intercooler that I have. It will sit at about 20 degrees or so from vertical when it’s in place but it sits higher than the chassi low points so shouldn’t get eaten by speed bumps. Need to work out some brackets for it next, the less visible the better. <\/p>\n

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I was on my own this weekend from Friday onwards, so I made the most of it and got some serious car time in. I started off with re-tuning the engine for the new injectors. I’d guessed the numbers based on some numbers I’d found on the net, but it fired up and idled straight away. It’s pretty close, but still rich. I’m not too bothered about that as I’ll be needing it rich once the blower is on. With that done I got the rest of the relay board wired up and roughly cut to length ready to fit. I needed to fit the front end to finish the wiring and run the lines for the trans cooler and stuff, so I got it all down from the roof. A few hours later and it was all on roughly and suddenly looked like a car. Apart from chipping the door edge by opening it without thinking to get my phone from in the car it all went well. I ended up re-hanging the drivers door to sort it out. <\/p>\n

\"Front-End-Together.jpg\"<\/p>\n

I glued the seals on the back of the parking lights and sealed them up and called it quits for the night. Next morning I fitted them, and got the old headlamps out to fit the new ones. They have two bulb holders for the parking lights, so needed re-shaping to get them in, and the backs of the buckets needed cutting off as well. I wired them all together and tested them on a battery before putting them all back in, and they are extremely bright when your looking straight at them. They have “halo” rings round the outside for a side light, which I love the look of. I put white and orange LED panels in the original parking lights, which I didn’t like when I tried them with the halos. I may just disconnect the white LED’s. I needed a few more plugs to finish off the wiring, so left it for now. I moved on to the procharger bracket next, and marked and drilled holes for the coil pack. I temporarily fitted the procharger too, it’s getting tight in there. I also cut the front filler panel centre support bracket to fit the big intercooler that I have. It will sit at about 20 degrees or so from vertical when it’s in place but it sits higher than the chassi low points so shouldn’t get eaten by speed bumps. Need to work out some brackets for it next, the less visible the better. <\/p>\n

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