Day Ten

Got the driver side header on, followed by the transmission mount, exhaust, and skid plate, in that order. Then, added some hoses, plumbing for the fuel injection pump, and mounted the Holley Mighty Mite electric fuel ‘lift’ pump that supplies the fuel injection system’s high pressure pump. Went to put on the upper radiator hose and noticed the cool bracket I’d made for the coil was right in the way. After a bit of head scratching, came up with a new solution that I’ll work on later, but it’s just hanging there for now so we can get it running tomorrow. I also nailed down the old valve covers (for now) since the new ones didn’t come with gaskets (thanks, Edelbrock) and started down the rabbit hole of the Accel Cut-To-Fit wires, but discovered that’s going to be an all-day sucker project, so we’ll toss on some pre-made wires just to hear it run tomorrow. I’m SO glad Dave’s here – I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere close to this point on my own.