That is a shockingly nice maroon interior. Wow.
Thank you, ended up ditching the little ipod mount because it felt out of place.
Have about 200 miles on the car and wanted to share some initial impressions. Definitely will be doing a full exhaust, this setup was temporary but i feel like the car will be much more enjoyable with an exhaust dumping out the back. Heat management will also be a priority as it gets hot in the car (like 105* in 80* ambient) when measuring at the driver footwell carpet after a long highway cruise. I will probably do some lizard skin or something, have not researched any options yet but open to recommendations. I have not tested the car after adding the hood vent but i hope that will help allow the heat to escape and drop cabin temps. As i knew, explorer 8.8 setup will be a top priority. The current 4.11 gearing with the CD009 ratios puts me at 3000RPM when doing about 65. Will be much nicer to cruise at 1500-2K RPM. Have not calculated which gear ratio i will go with but i will try to keep the final drive close to a supra ratio. I knew most of these areas would need attention but i wanted to get the car running and any bugs worked out before focusing on creature comforts.
Regarding the actual car, i did resolve the oil cooler leak after a third attempt at sealing it and coated the threads with RTV and it is leak free. When the car is hot, i have a small drip from the turbo return fitting on the turbo and have a -10 fitting on order to resolve that (current 2 piece fitting is a flange and then an NPT to AN port that threads into the flange). Recently i started running into a fuel pressure issue only when the car has been driven for about 30 minutes/ hot and the fuel level was below 1/2 tank. If i crank up the FPR it will come up to 43PSI again but will then start to drop down to the low 30S after driving for some time. I suspect this is either from the hot return fuel entering the tank right near the pump inlet, the depth that the pump is currently set at being too high, or from a voltage drop between the AEM pumps 14GA wiring and the splice into the OEM 18GA wiring inside the tank. I verified that i am getting 13.5V at the connector ontop of the pump hanger, but did not open the tank yet nor have i thrown an amp clamp on it. Instead of fucking around with the modified stock hanger i ordered a built2apex dual pump hanger and 2 walbro E85 450 pumps. Also got a radium fuel filter setup and their fuel pulse dampener. Hoping that this will suffice for my current goals to max out the ID1000s on E85 in the future. Still have to do front wheel bearings and get the car aligned but so far so good. I was able to get one solid 3rd gear pull at 75% throttle to 5500PRM and it pulled pretty hard on the rough tune currently flashed. After that pull i did a few tiny 50% throttle pulls while taking this iphone video
https://youtu.be/_XAWOe1rMIcStarted getting some nice colors on the manifold
hood cut for the vent
Mounted in final position using rivnuts
Vent openings trimmed roughly and rear cut straight
Templates cut for a better fit. Will be grafting fiberglass pieces in then final prep/ sanding on whole vent before paint.
Chase bays coolant overflow installed
Need to get started on some carbon ducting for the radiator next. Also working with chase bays on a FC-2JZ power steering kit and having some trouble finding the correct fittings so still researching that and exploring options.
