CSVT#49
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jaged
Veteran CEG'er
no, just a standard thread
The pipe cap from home depot/etc works but I have never felt confident about it. I am pretty positive the EGR port is a metric thread, yes it threads on but I don't think its really creating a perfect seal, at least until it fills up with carbon....I have always feared the cap not sealing and messing with the AFR's. I meant to weld it shut last time I had the engine out but I forgot.
I would cut the threads off, tap out some sort of spacer for 1/8npt and weld that into he old EGR port.
I would cut the threads off, tap out some sort of spacer for 1/8npt and weld that into he old EGR port.
CSVT#49
Addicted CEG'er
I just ended up taking the OEM EGR tube I had and cut the swivel nut off of it. Then silver soldered the pyrometer thermocouple fitting to it. Just not sold on how it will function with the header since the EGR port is not straight on. I might have to try and bend the thermocouple probe to sit further in the runner.
CSVT#49
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gauge pod cleaned up and test fitted. Now to put on some glazing putty and lay it up with some MNB vinyl and a aluminum faceplate..
Mike; would it be possible to make a gauge pod that sits further back near the windshield and goes right across.. echoing the stock instrument cluster ?
Not a big fan of that lump on the dash .... sorry to be blunt, but your superb standard of work just makes my expectations of you, that much higher ....G.
Not a big fan of that lump on the dash .... sorry to be blunt, but your superb standard of work just makes my expectations of you, that much higher ....G.
CSVT#49
Addicted CEG'er
G I hear ya. However I value function over looks for something like this. I need to access the display/control panel for the EVC, so I wanted it with in arms reach without having to go around the steering wheel.
Beans
Addicted CEG'er
Sorry. That looks dreadful. You'll move it out of pure annoyance, center console or mold gauge surround.
To bad the heater vents are there. It would be a nice installation location would almost look factory.
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CSVT#49
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We'll see when everything's back together. It won't look bad/dreadful when its finished.
The layout is based off of a couple other designs I've seen. It'll work just fine for now.
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The layout is based off of a couple other designs I've seen. It'll work just fine for now.
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elraido
I kant speel
To bad the heater vents are there. It would be a nice installation location would almost look factory.
You mean like this
Yeah I figured you'd want to eliminate the heater vents.
BAD SVT
Addicted CEG'er
You mean he wouldn't...
CSVT#49
Addicted CEG'er
I went and test fitted my racing seat the other day and visiblity is perfect with that gauge pod installed. I have no plans on changing it.
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Sounds like a plan.
CSVT#49
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The throne has been set in place. Time to paint the brackets I made to finish it off.
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Quicksight
CEG'er
I doubt that lol
KAOS_3.0
Hard-core CEG'er
I believe, due to the mass of the higgs boson, that the vacuum of space time will destabilize and the universe will cease to exist before we see this car finished...
CSVT#49
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I believe, due to the stupidity of that post, that I could care less about your future posts
