Project Lil Blue Coupe

[Shaunp]

Check if the oil gallery plug behind the dissy in the front of the engine has been drilled.

[Dwayne]

No hole drilled in the plug.

[Shaunp]

is it a screw in plug?

[Dwayne]

No, just the standard push in one.

[Shaunp]

No, just the standard push in one.

ok Ive got some screw in ones you can drill if you want, then just need to tap the hole. you can drill the push in one but I worry about getting the swarf out of the gallery

[Dwayne]

I originally bought my edelbrock pro-flo injection system chipped for a XE266HR cam on a 302 so I'm a bit worried that the injectors won't be big enough for the bigger capacity, heads and cam.

Luckily, it has the bigger Magneti Marelli / Weber PICO fuel injectors - IWP162 with white band flowing 377cc/min. This is slightly higher than the recommended edelbrock #3636 upgrade injectors I found on the support forum.

Apart from max flow, what do I need to check to make sure they'll support 400-450hp range? I'm assuming I'll also need to investigate duty cycles etc too?

[hybrid]

You can keep an eye on duty cycle once it's running. Reality is, you will rarely be making full power anyway.
And if it's not too far out, you can up the fuel pressure a bit too.

[Dwayne]

Thanks Jeff

[hybrid]

Forgot we have an injector size calculator too in the automotive calculators section.

https://www.mustangtech.com.au/Calculators.html

I'm running green giants (42lb/440cc) in mine at about 50psi.

[Dwayne]

That's a great calculator.

[Dwayne]

Boof's heads made it back to SA, so started mocking up the top end so the headers can somehow squeeze in there.

Had a very quick try and I think I'll need some adjustable mounts to make the patriot middies fit between the towers, borgeson and starter motor. It's going to be very tight I think.

Next up is to get Hybrid's old AOD box in there so the motor is angled right.

[Dwayne]

[nassi]

Looks purdy.

[Dwayne]

Hybrid's old AOD box is now bolted in. In case you're wondering, it probably would have been a lot easier to do it with a hoist, or a helper.

With the 66 mounts, I've only got about 5mm tower clearance to the Patriot ceramic middies. Is this enough clearance??????

I will need to dent one of the tubes to clear the borgeson steering box.

[Ausjacko]

coming along nicely, good work.