The best part is we were just talking about this new built engine and 1700cc injector setup going in soon

 

Finally installed the Injector Dynamics ID1700s. The injector buckets for the 1700s were too big to fit in the manifold adapters for the 1000s so instead of adapters on adapters on adapters I made 1 piece adapter buckets. Took all the relevant measurements off each part and made it fit. im no machinist but i got all the sealing surfaces within .001". the depths are a bit looser cause i dont have a dial indicator that has more than 10mm of travel so i coudnt be super precise but they are within .020"

 

With all the one-off parts and custom work done to this thing it's easy to forget the basics when trouble shooting. It's been cutting out under boost once in a while and only little bits at a time. Some pulls would be flawless. Sent data logs to @vladituned and he pointed out I had a sync loss with my cam sensor and a really nosey TPS signal. I replaced the CAS cause the one that was in there is coming up on its 30th birthday. Would still break up but had no more camshaft sync errors. I swapped the TPS and the signal is now where it should be. All spark plugs looked fine. Smoke checked in intake and the manifold had a massive leak at the flange Turned out to be the liquid gasket that I used for my intake manifold gasket gets dissolved by E85 and the unevenness in the flange blew it out. Manifold is now nice and flat and going back together.

 

Looks pretty light and balanced

 

With the weather so nice and car shows back in action I'm getting motivated to finish this terd. Built some new exhaust after work today, it eliminated almost all of my droning noise by putting it out the back of the truck. i even picked up a few inches of ground clearance. Welded the left bed panel back in for filler neck clearance. Still need to build my axle hump to seal it in. Picked up some Audi R8 coils for all the spark. those will be going in sometime this week.

 

Installed the R8 coils. Definitely should have done more research first. I was unaware that it required an additional circuit be added to my MS3X to run them at full potential. Huge thanks to you guys on here for coming through with all the info I need to get these going.

 

Updated the MS3X internal wiring with FET drivers for R8 coil hottness. Huge thanks to everyone on the FlowForce R8 coil thread for coming through with the wiring and setting info. And even bigger thanks to 18psi for a perfect 20psi tune. So far 6 back to back 2nd to 3rd gear pulls with zero breakup and 11.8 afr all the way to redline.

cant wait for the MAP Daddy to get here and my engine to be finally finished so I can see what a built FE3N is capable of.

 

 

Mapdaddy 4bar sensor installed. machined out the "kia motors" from the valve cover and am having interchangeable stainless steel inserts made.

 

After watching people immediately lose interest with my motor after seeing "Kia Motors" on my valve cover I decided to shave it off of a spare one I have laying around and have laser cut interchangeable plates made. TheGreatMetalShop on Etsy did such an awesome job on my keychain and I cant wait for these to come in. Now I need to figure out what color I want to paint my valve cover.

 

The weather is getting hotter so I'm back to thinking about how to make my air conditioning work as best as I can. It's been suggested to me to make an under body panel between the radiator and the cross member to prevent a high pressure area from the back of the radiator. So far it's looking promising. A/C on full blast, 90*F out and engine temps below 198*F at 70mph @ 3000rpm

 

As I expected TheGreatMetalShop on Etsy came though with perfect laser cuts.

 

reworked the a/c inlet to pull cold air from the front of the truck. hopefully the colder air in the colder my a/c will get. then the truck rewarded all my hard work by snapping the throttle on my way home. pretty sure the truck hates me at this point.





in non truck related news i fit some exhaust to my buddy's 700whp mustang. got rid of those restrictive press bends and put actual mufflers on. super sleeper status.

 

I always love your updates, great work as usual! And nice work on Vlad's stanger, that thing looks like it must be a handful.

 

He's a freaking wizard with fabricating stuff. Thanks again, the mustang is so quiet now and proper twin 3" like a boss

 

Race truck got some carpet and heat/sound insulation padding. the floor around the pedals is noticeably cooler after idling 30 min with the ac on in the garage.

 

Getting more work done and spending more money on parts. RohdeFab made me some pretty bad *** door panels and door pulls for a really reasonable price.


Added more vents for even better cooling and cooler A/C operation. I hate the way they look but engine temps are down 15*F. I also added sound/heat barrier to the whole HVAC intake to cut down on inlet temps.






Trying to get the A/C to work better and found out I'm set the system up wrong. I put my low side cycling switch on the receiver dryer which is on the high side because I was thinking I plumbed it as a low side accumulator. Compressor was just staying on and freezing the expansion valve. Installed an inline port on the low side but ran into some Megasquirt control issues. I'll sort those out and get the A/C dialed in when I get back from vacation.

 

I finally got my hands on a 1973 Mazda B1600. I like the look of the front end more than the ford version and I picked this thing up on my way back from a vacation in Oregon. The whole truck was way cheaper than I can get the lights and trim for. The Benz tows great on the freeway but only gets 11.2mpg with the truck on the trailer.



A/C update: using low side switching with out an accumulator was a pain in the *** and very inconsistent. I'm using an R12 filter dryer as a small accumulator. It helped a little but was still spiking the low side too quickly and causing erratic compressor operation. I ended up taking the seal out of the schrader valve and using it like a tiny orifice tube. it dampened the compressor cycles just enough to get the a/c to stay cold.

 

Installed Hyperco take up springs, I was sick of having to set the rear springs every time I lifted the truck. The springs were almost the same price as getting longer coils but I'm not 100% sure what the spring rate is so I went this route. I could only find plastic centering rings so i made my own aluminum ones.

 

Loving the updates, this build is so great I always click for updates - you have fab skills that I dream of. If you were local I'd pay you a lot of money to do some cool stuff.

I never knew that Mazda, all the way back in the 70's, had a ford counterpart.

I find it interesting because I have a '93 b2600i, and this was during the era that Mazda made their own trucks (in '94 due to the chicken tax Mazda stopped importing their own trucks and instead rebranded a ranger to sell as a Mazda). I assumed anything older than that Mazda didn't partner with Ford.

Did the REPU have a ford counterpart? Kinda looks like a courier now that I think about it.