)The car is finished apart from a bit of wiring in the footwell and making a new intake manifold
. The old intake manifold flexed so much it was scary, I half expected it to implode every time it returned to idle so that wouldn't do. I've decided to go with a (heavily) modified stock manifold and I'm using 3mm sheet ally instead of the 2mm of the other one I made.Unfortunately I think I got some bad welding gas from the supplier because no matter what I do there are heaps of issues welding, where it was working perfectly before I exchanged for a new bottle. I've checked for leaks in the gas hose and at all fittings and it's tight as a drum. As soon as I get a new bottle I'll be able to weld this up and then off to get it engineered during the holidays.
Here's how the engine bay looks at the moment. I put the stock covers back on because they're required for engineering.
I bought this manifold from pick n payless for about $30. I hacked up my original destroyed one first to work out what it was like internally before I touched the good one.
My idea for joining the 1-3-5 runners to the plenum. This will at least make all runners equal length as well as allowing access to the spark plugs.
^ You can see how the welds look with the bad gas, not quite right.
I also fitted a new clutch slave cylinder and had some new hardlines made up. Total cost was $30 for the flares and I bent it myself. I reused the original flare nuts. It's now much easier to bleed the clutch and it leaves a lot more room for the intake.
My last exam is on the 23rd so after that it shouldn't take long (fingers crossed) before I'm driving to get a pink slip and a UVP to go do all those tests that it needs before rego (just emissions and weighing AFAIK)
Both good ideas, though I'd lean toward the supercharger since I already have one and it might actually make this swap worth while, power wise anyway 
