Work has been keeping me very busy, but I have been able to make progress. The cylinder heads have been updated with Inconel exhaust valves, Brian Tooley Racing valve springs, and titanium retainers. The camshaft is a BTR LS3 supercharger cam (231/248 .618/.596). While I was at it, I installed ARP head studs...just to be sure.
A problem that I ran into was the power steering reservoir relocation. The factory location would be right in the way of the throttle body and I needed to come up with a solution. I went to Bad Iron Machine and used their mill to mill out the top of the accessory bracket and a die grinder to smooth out some of the rough spots.
This enabled me to run the return line through the top of the bracket. I decided to run steel braided hose throughout for this so I needed to put a fitting on the pump. The inlet is 5/8" and I was able to find a #10 to 5/8 compression fitting and installed that.
In an earlier post, I showed a very long power steering high pressure line. It had an unnatural bend in it and it just didn't look right. I took this opportunity to make it shorter
The bad news is that I forgot that I am running a hydroboost system and the hose will actually be about 2 feet longer and run to the input of the hyrdoboost module. Another lesson learned.
I have everything mocked up and it appears to fit just right.
Here is a shot of the front of the engine. I have tons of hose remaining to cut. Bonus shot of the fuel regulator included.
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