Trinten's SBC/F23 build - The work has begun! (Page 18/76)
Trinten SEP 25, 09:36 PM
Wow! That's crazy all that you had to do for just that one part.

Too bad there's no simple way of flipping the whole throttle body upside down. :/

Sorry you're getting stuck with all these little mods!
fieroguru SEP 26, 06:30 AM

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Originally posted by Trinten:

Wow! That's crazy all that you had to do for just that one part.

Too bad there's no simple way of flipping the whole throttle body upside down. :/

Sorry you're getting stuck with all these little mods!



I am a little weird in that I really like/enjoy these challenging fitment issues. Just bolting parts together gets boring, fitment issues like this keep things interesting. Plus, these are the items that will keep your swap unique! I like this IAC solution much better than some of the other ones we had discussed as its quite simple and keeps things hidden without having to add additional plumbing that could have been a distraction.
Trinten SEP 26, 08:00 AM
Okay, I'm glad you're not finding them tiresome or a nuisance!

Thank you again for all this awesome work!
CowsPatoot SEP 26, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by Trinten:
Okay, I'm glad you're not finding them tiresome or a nuisance!



Those are the details that makes this a "Fieroguru Special"...and the reason he has the car rather than someone else.

Personally, the details of this build mean a lot more to me than the other threads Fieroguru has done. Sure, there is good automotive p0rn in all of them....but so much more fun watching the p0rn when the star is a chick you went to school with (or maybe I am just sick and twisted...your call on that one).

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diabloroadster SEP 26, 05:10 PM
This thread should be in the "Technical Discussion" or atleast in the "Construction" section, there is nothing "General" about this project....
Great work Guru!
TXOPIE SEP 26, 05:36 PM
^ I would have to 2nd that!
Trinten SEP 26, 11:52 PM

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Originally posted by CowsPatoot:


Those are the details that makes this a "Fieroguru Special"...and the reason he has the car rather than someone else.

Personally, the details of this build mean a lot more to me than the other threads Fieroguru has done. Sure, there is good automotive p0rn in all of them....but so much more fun watching the p0rn when the star is a chick you went to school with (or maybe I am just sick and twisted...your call on that one).




... what did I just read? I don't even... lol


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Originally posted by TXOPIE:

^ I would have to 2nd that!



Thanks, I think waaay back when this started with the first set of guys, I didn't pay enough attention to put it in the builds section - or it was one of those things that had to be declared worthy enough to be put there. As for the Technical section, again at the time, I didn't feel there was enough to merit it being in the technical section, it was pretty straight forward.

Now that Guru has it, it's a different story, but I'm not going to bug Cliff to move it, he probably gets enough crazy requests - plus he was already kind enough to change the title of the thread for me.
Raydar SEP 28, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by Trinten:
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Now that Guru has it, it's a different story, but I'm not going to bug Cliff to move it, he probably gets enough crazy requests - plus he was already kind enough to change the title of the thread for me.



From:
The Construction Zone
"There are so many great build threads and other write-ups out there, it warrants its own section!
You can't start threads here, but if your thread is worthy enough, it will eventually end up here."

It'll get there. I think Cliff goes through the threads from time to time.

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fieroguru SEP 28, 01:32 PM
The IAC modifications are now done!

Drilled/tapped the corner hole in the area that wasn't originally part of the IAC housing (and an as cast surface). Sorry, no good picture at the moment.

Milled the IAC housing slightly more than 1/8" to gain more clearance to the connector and also 1/8" off the side to allow it to slide closer to the fuel rail for additional clearance to the connector and to a bolt hole:



Marked and drilled the port holes in the plate:




Milled the slots deeper in the 3/8" plate and milled a notch for the IAC motor to clear the plate (needed since I milled the IAC housing):



Couple of installed pictures:



I am just waiting for the stainless steel M4 - .70 x 10mm socket head bolts to arrive to seal it up for the last time.

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fieroguru SEP 28, 08:42 PM
The throttle body surface had a few unused holes, so I found the right size set screws and applied some RTV to the threads to help seal them up:



Also put chrome caps in all the unused vacuum ports on the upper plenum as well:



Also cut the notches for the injector wires so the wires for the outer 4 injectors can be routed to the center:



Rotated the engine to start work on the coolant crossover:


Fabbed up some brackets for the crossover tube:


Welded the AN nipple to the pipe and mocked things up:

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