my2002tii
04-17-2005, 12:05 PM
Worked on Stella all day on the car Friday and Saturday.
We are shooting to have the engine ready to install and fire up by early May. There are a few last minute parts that had to be gone over, ordered, cleaned up, plated or powder coated that I didn't get done earlier.
Here is some shots of the intake manifold. It has 4 new injectors and new throttle body. The intake runners and stub manifold have been ported for better air flow and the outside of all the intake has been powder coated. Some of the casting marks have been smoothed on the exterior also.
http://www.my2002tii.com/view/intake1.jpg
http://www.my2002tii.com/view/intake2.jpg
I have the entire fuel system hooked up from tank to the firewall. Many of you will know that I have a TII fuel pump conversion for a five series on my web site. I was going to run that pump on the car here since it's practically new. However I was lucky enough to come across a rebuilt oem pump with a parts car and decided to go original... I'll have the 5 pump in my box as a spare for sure in the future.
http://www.my2002tii.com/view/pumpsetup1.jpg
The fuel canister has been treated on the outside with Plasti-Dip, that stuff you put on tool handles to repel the elements. It's resistant to fuel and to acids, so I expect it to hold up better than the original one did. They will probably be extinct the next time.
http://www.my2002tii.com/view/pumpsetup2.jpg
I know it doesn't look like it, but it's not easy hooking all that stuff up, getting the hoses to the right length, and putting the pump in the car where the lines don't run the risk of coming in contact with the half shafts and spewing. That's happened to me before and it ain't no fun laying on your back in parking lot with a jack trying to run fuel hose down there.
I used Wurth stainless hose clamps to keep the lines in check. The original points on the body that hold the lines up are usually sharp metal and they don't make the rubber gaskets any more you put there, so I remembered to remove most of them before we repainted the underside of the car.
Hope to see some of you all in Eureka Springs this weekend.
We are shooting to have the engine ready to install and fire up by early May. There are a few last minute parts that had to be gone over, ordered, cleaned up, plated or powder coated that I didn't get done earlier.
Here is some shots of the intake manifold. It has 4 new injectors and new throttle body. The intake runners and stub manifold have been ported for better air flow and the outside of all the intake has been powder coated. Some of the casting marks have been smoothed on the exterior also.
http://www.my2002tii.com/view/intake1.jpg
http://www.my2002tii.com/view/intake2.jpg
I have the entire fuel system hooked up from tank to the firewall. Many of you will know that I have a TII fuel pump conversion for a five series on my web site. I was going to run that pump on the car here since it's practically new. However I was lucky enough to come across a rebuilt oem pump with a parts car and decided to go original... I'll have the 5 pump in my box as a spare for sure in the future.
http://www.my2002tii.com/view/pumpsetup1.jpg
The fuel canister has been treated on the outside with Plasti-Dip, that stuff you put on tool handles to repel the elements. It's resistant to fuel and to acids, so I expect it to hold up better than the original one did. They will probably be extinct the next time.
http://www.my2002tii.com/view/pumpsetup2.jpg
I know it doesn't look like it, but it's not easy hooking all that stuff up, getting the hoses to the right length, and putting the pump in the car where the lines don't run the risk of coming in contact with the half shafts and spewing. That's happened to me before and it ain't no fun laying on your back in parking lot with a jack trying to run fuel hose down there.
I used Wurth stainless hose clamps to keep the lines in check. The original points on the body that hold the lines up are usually sharp metal and they don't make the rubber gaskets any more you put there, so I remembered to remove most of them before we repainted the underside of the car.
Hope to see some of you all in Eureka Springs this weekend.