TPI into an 84 SE (Page 3/4)
rubyredfiero JUN 22, 01:24 PM
Some of the preparations I had to do before the drive train was installed, the stock fuel lines were cut and AN to hard line fittings installed. I kept the stock TBI fuel pump and added an external Walbro in-line electric pump. KEY WORD is only 25,000 miles on the car. Since any external pump needs to be below the tank to avoid cavitation, the TBI pump will provide a max of 14 PSI to feed the external pump. The external pump is regulated to provide 50 PSI and the TPI regulator provides 42-43 PSI to the injectors. Both regulator's return lines (red) are teed to the original return line going back to the tank. The external pump has it's own relay and is spliced with the stock relay so as both have the 2 second key-on run. It works great.
The stock 3/8" line goes to a Russel 40 micron filter (blue), to the Walbro pump, to the regulator, through a steel braided line (somewhat hidden), through the stock type filter 10 micron and through the blue hose (300PSI burst) to the fuel rail.

[This message has been edited by rubyredfiero (edited 06-22-2020).]

rubyredfiero JUN 22, 01:49 PM
It's very hard to see the C500 just behind the red/blue fuel lines. I moved the C500 over to the driver's side about 9" without any modifications to the original wires. You can see the tail lights harness plug resting on the AC pipes which were left in the stock location.


This next pic shows the fuel hoses and the heater hoses are wrapped in heat socks to prevent excessive heat generated by the headers. The heater hoses were moved over towards the pass side about 4" to clear the header collector. Also the coolant cross over pipe from the thermostat housing to the driver's side is sitting on the ledge and bolted down. Made from bends and straights, tig welded and painted. Deck lid torque springs were removed and pass side hinge cut down.
rubyredfiero JUN 22, 01:57 PM
I was able to use the stock 4 cylinder gas pedal cable by moving the stock TPI cable bracket over to the next hole. Except there is no 4th hole to use, so I made a flat plate and welded the TPI bracket to it and drill 3 holes in the late. I think it ended up being 1.25" over. Works great and get full travel at the pedal.
Dennis LaGrua JUN 22, 06:14 PM
Nice job and a pretty fancy exhaust system. I would just not drive it hard as the transmission was designed for 200 ft lbs of torque.

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rubyredfiero JUN 22, 08:24 PM
Dennis - Thanks for the compliment. Yeah, I'm aware of the weak point. My aggressive days are behind me. At 72 I'm just happy I can still work on cars. It's my daily cruiser and have a 1936 Chev hot rod for car shows.
rubyredfiero JUN 23, 01:24 PM
The stock location of the TPS was obstructed by the strut tower. A notch was relieved and welded shut to clear.
rubyredfiero JUN 23, 01:38 PM
After I installed the filler neck from the thermostat housing to the coolant cross over pipe, I was not happy with the looks of the hoses.


The hoses, short as they were, were under stress. I put a piece of cardboard under the hoses for clarity. You can really see the bulges in the connections.


So I modified a 4 cyl. filler neck by cutting the bottom part, welded it shut and added a tube connection.


This is what it looks like installed.


The best part is the stock RC40 can be used instead of the small filler neck cap which only had a 7/8" opening to pour the coolant.
rubyredfiero JUN 23, 02:03 PM
With everything in place the engine just clears the vents. Notice the cone filter sits just under the grill and will get soaked when it rains or I wash the car. If you look in the previous pic, you will see I made a shield that wraps the top half of the filter.


Remember the car is an 84. In order to use the original deck lid with the solid side covers and the wide center grille, too much cutting was required. I used an 85 and up deck lid, donated by my good friend from London, Ont, Arns85GT. The pic shows the section removed and reinforced with 1.25" square tubing welded to 0.5" x 1.25" bar as far as I can swing into place.


A gas strut shock holds the deck lid open on the driver's side.
rubyredfiero JUN 23, 02:10 PM
I also dropped the car 2" and the final result.
mafv8 JUN 23, 06:00 PM
Looks great, how does it drive?

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