Oh hi.
So, i've been accumulating some odds and ends in order to make a few improvements to my car. Also to fill my shed with as much crap as possible.
I've collected the following:
18R-GU which has been in storage since I started this thread. It all looks to be in good shape apart from a few odds and ends which will need to be replaced. That's going to get a rings and bearings rebuild.
W55 which has been sitting in my shed for about 6 months. That's going to get a synchros and bearings rebuild.
And an RT142 EFI fuel tank.
Wait, don't I already have one of those in the car? Well, yes. But this:
Fuel leak. It might actually be a moderately common issue, as my new tank had a very robust looking repair in the exact same spot.
So I decided I might as well do a few upgrades while i'm putting the replacement tank in.
Here's the factory EFI pump.
And here's an Aeromotive stealth 340 E85 capable pump in the factory cradle.
Not the neatest install in the world as I went for an offset inlet pump, which is meant to be a straight drop-in for an AE86 (which uses the same pump as RT142), but the fit is not ideal. If I do this again i'd go for a center inlet pump. Also, i'm not 100% sure that this setup is going to be E85 capable yet. My main concern is that petrol is non-conductive but Ethanol is. So unless that's a sealed connector in the tank (which i'm awaiting a reply on from Aeromotive tech support), it's not getting any ethanol in it due to my fear of things going bang. It doesn't really matter in the short to medium term as i'm currently running the factory ECU, which has less processing power than a gameboy and is definitely not capable of supporting a flex fuel setup (lol). I don't plan on changing management for the freshened up 18R-GU either. ANYWAY.
This is what the old tank looked like before I put it in (circa November 2013)
So I brought the replacement up to standard.
Paint stripper and steel wool.
Rustoleum primer.
Bullshit $4 export gloss black
Forgot to take a picture of it after I put the new foam pads on it. Refer picture of the old tank.
Installation is a piece of cake. Undo the fuel lines, disconnect the level sender and pump plugs, drop the muffler, drop the tank.
Swap the sender, evap outlet and filler neck over. My garage is tiny.
Bam. New tank in.
Test drive shows the new pump is no louder than my tinnitus albeit at a much lower pitch thankfully. I'll be taking it out to TCCAV cars and coffee on sunday, but the next big project either has to be that motor or getting my daily daily-able instead of being a street decoration.
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