Got the new plenum and throttle body installed.  You know it should flow a lot when I can put my arm down the intake hose to help position it on the MAF sensor, sorry no pictures of of that act, my hands were busy!  It is a really tight fit in that section of the engine bay. 


I topped off the fluids, put the rear wheels back on and took it for a test drive.  Very aggressive exhaust, but should meet the 100db limit - all bets are off once the headers get installed though.  The sachs sport clutch and flywheel combo work great, quick, but with stock manners.  The Guard differential is quiet and unobtrusive, I did not think about it until after the first drive, so that is a good sign. 


After Su test drove it, I loaded a Softronics flash appropriate for the mods.  That really cleaned up the throttle response, and just overall smoothness in power delivery, the cars should come stock this way. Overall a great start to the engine phase.  


I need to assemble the front wheels tonight, and hope tires come in tomorrow to work on fender clearance this weekend.

Almost done in the engine bay

I bolted up the driveshafts last night then repaired a sheared off  exhaust stud. I removed the header to make it easier, a surprisingly easy job while the underbody braces and pans are out.

This morning all the body braces went in, along with some fabspeed tow hooks (generic photo, much cleaner than mine!)

Tonight the new cat back exhaust from fabspeed, saves about 20lbs, half the weight of the stock pipes.

Tomorrow we tackle the IPD plenum and new throttle body, and crank it up!