10-29-2007
I started working out the throttle body respacing tonight and it seems pretty straight forward with 1 small exception. The fuel rail has a 0.178” ID, which seems absolutely tiny to me. I normally use ½” ID fuel rail on everything I do. In a quick search I didn’t turn up anything about the bikes running crazy fuel pressure, but I did find a bunch of larger aftermarket fuel rail kits. So I’ll make up the TB spacers like I was planning, but I’m going to make new larger fuel rails so I know I won’t have any problem. I’m going to try to get everything ordered for it tomorrow.
I’ve also decided to go ahead and fab the intake instead of casting…I just don’t see how I’d ever justify the mold cost. So I’m going to get that material on order too. I’m going to try to get the TBs and manifold knocked-out before the engine gets here.
Michael out at
http://www.ferrariservice.com where i bought the engine (and also the TR heads) has been pretty busy I guess, but says the engine will go this week for sure, so 1 more week before the real fun begins.