SPF 2734 Update --TEST FLIGHT -OK!!!

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SPF 2734 updated 11-2-2008!

Saturday after alices I went to work making some final adjustments and ironing out a few bugs.

at about 2PM it was able to be driven and I warmed it up and took it for a shake down around the block (street to street, san tomas expressway ) a few times all went well!!! (with my temp tag in the front window)

Speedo and oil pressure guages still dont work but I know I am getting good oil pressure and I put the tach in temporarily to see what is up.
Update: all gauges now work, replaced AMP with Autometer Volt gauge.

Brakes now work, basically spent 2 hours bleeding bubbles ( yes...don ho' lyrics apply here)

with BOSS 302 B&S'd to *327ci* 5.3L ,fuel injection tuned , 93 cobra intake manifold, 1995 65mm throttle body and world products windsor jr. heads this thing JAMS, zips like a squirt gun.
Update : fuel injection has caught a cold and is acting funny, thinking it is a grounding issue.

Bugs still to be nailed out;

1. need new belt, as I chewed 1 rib out of 6 adjusting it, but the other 5 still work.
Update: done. 37" 6 RIB Serpentine belt installed. -works great. 130AMP 3rd Gen ford ALT installed.
Not to worry, I replaced the AMP gauge with a VOLT gauge and added a sub harness for the Alt. (removed orig reg and orig alt connection.)

2. need to rig a line from the oil pressure gauge to the block , factory one wont work / was perforated.
Update: Done, AN#3 line. (thank you royal brass guys in downtown SJ)

3. speedo cable turns correctly but spedo wont, havent really looked at this yet.
Update: I am a doof, with a 3550 tremec you pull the 90 degree reverse drive box -- duh. (35miles on car so far)

4. fan relay from EFI to 'activate fans upon a specific temp does not er...activate... so manual fans for now, got to go play with that....
Update:11-2; works great, Car runs at 148.5 degrees with the fans on manually at extended idle. when I turn the fans off and go to automatic fans, the fans kick on at 182 degrees and off at 170. ---I can tell it to turn on wherever I want with the computer and rigged an override switch for manual ON.

5. fuel return line to tank has leaked before so we are keeping an eye on it.
Update : ripping out engine bay fuel lines and moving fuel regulator , as I think I am fighting vapor lock with the EFI as well
Update 11-12; Moved fuel regulator and re-did hoses and wrapped them in space blanket. seems to work ok.

Update 11-2; Wrapped the headers the first 10"/12" from the heads flange down the pipes--and dropped engine bay temps SIGNIFICANTLY.
Fuel Injection seems to be acting OK, and i have to make a heat sink for the ICM module as the metal back gets way too hot.

More news as it happens.