| RE:The First C4 Guru Project Car |
Subject: RE:The First C4 Guru Project Car by bogus on 2007/11/26 3:59:08 This has been a rather productive weekend. Yesterday, we found that there is one of the last remaining Earls Performance Shops just a few miles away! Earls is now owned by Holley and is known for the hosing and accessories they sell. I was able to get the bits needed to lengthen the fuel lines (they are a little short for the L98, compared with the LT1, the LT1 lines won't reach the fuel rail. I made up some steel braided high-pressure rubber line for the AT cooling lines. They are in and attached to the transmission, I need to get the radiator installed, but that's a bit down the road. I need to swap radiator supports so I can install the fans... but I am still playing with ideas on that one. I also need to get down to the opti so I can be sure the vent lines are properly attached. Before I wrapped up, I simple greened the engine... it was all dusty ashy (remember, we had some big fires out this way last month). It looked horrible. An interesting side note: I asked my neighbour, who is a pro-level desert racer and mechanical engineer (he is also a Cop, he does that as a career for the consistant work, health ins and pension!), about gas aging. I have always been told that when gas goes bad, it smells like terpentine. When I started removing the fuel lines, some spilled on my hand, and it smelled like gas! So I had to wonder, what condition is the fuel really in. You see, it's been in for 2 years... and moisture is the biggest killer. Cuisinartvette left the gas in his ZR1 for nearly a year with no problems, and my neighbour left some in his racing shifter carts for 5 years with no ill effects (beyond the obvious clogged jets). Down here in LA, we don't have the moisture issues... so a fresh sock and a new fuel filter should about do it. So what if it's a little weak on octane, I can add a bottle of octane booster. If nothing else, it will save me the angst of disposing, legally, all that gas. I refuse to pour gas down the storm drain. It's ethically beyond me. |
