2004 Pontiac GTO!

[Indy]

Nice build, looks like it should be a beast on the track!!!!

[wrp]

We intend to finish the battery wiring tomorrow, mount all the fittings for the water pump, and the coolant reservoior in the trunk. Wednesday we will hook up the hosing and have the final meeting with the machinist who is designing and building the tension pulley bracket. Hope to be tuning in a week or two. Really quality welding getting the PS reservoir bracket set up and notching the valve covers/welding in tabs so they won't slide and welding in the 90 degree fittings for the evac system.

[wrp]

Quite a bit done today. Finalized the electrical system setup with the rear moutned battery. We should have that in in a couple of weeks. The welder finished most of the valve covers and the evac system. Also got the water pump bracket roughed in. Going to mount it along the passenger side frame rail where the battery came out using battery tray holes. Running the outlet down through the frame and bending it 90 degrees into the engine compartment.

[wrp]

Fabulous day today. Got the bulk of the remote water pump fittings mounted. All that is left now is to resolve the heater issue and string the hose. I think the pump mount was pretty cool, drilled a hole in the frame and fed the -12AN swivel fitting through the frame. This way if the wheels somehow get up and we bounce hard, the water pump will have a backup brace to hold it and keep the unit out of the belts and hoses.








Bruce began the remote battery mounting. He has studied it for a while and decided to mount a Ford solenoid in the back instead of using the OEM solenoid with the starter. This will keep the wire to the starter from being hot all the time. It will only be hot when the ignitioin switch is turned on to start the car. He's going with breakers instead of fuses and got the rear grounding hooked up.

[BurnTire]

That is coming along nicely.

[wrp]

Thanks, I am very pleased. We should have the tensioner done soon. I thought the Ford Solenoid was a nice touch

[wrp]

Bruce finished wiring the battery, at least on the trunk side, connecting the Ford solenoid, the breaker switch, cutoff switch, grounding, and alternator wire. He ran the cabling to the front of the car through conduit.









We had to weld tabs on the bottom of the valve covers to prevent them from slipping off under pressure. Other than that they bolted right up after fabricating them to fit beneath the vacum on the driver's side

[wrp]

I am looking for an electric twin fan with a very low profile, preferrably less than 2.5". Without that we may have to modify the radiator mount and or build a new radiator. Any ideas would be appreciated.

[wrp]

Pretty good day today. Bruce finished the trunk and back side wiring then moved to the forward engine compartment. He completed most of the cable wiring from front to back as well. In the engine compartment he linked everything to the distribution box and fed from there to relays for the accessories, fans, pumps, etc.

Trunk


Cable Routing










Wiring in Front

[BurnTire]

lookin good.