i highly recommend the clamp deal that goes into your vice for those lines! $20 well spent!!!!!

wait till you do -6...seems like the most pain in the ass...i always use oil...i like the vice clamp cause it frees up a hand...

Wheres the fuel pressure gauge?

i stuck it on after the pic.  hit the ignition switch and the fuel pump hit 8psi and no leaks.  so far so good.

off tomorrow morning to earls in torrance and picking up the following:

8x       1/2 to -1an 90*          15..63/ea
1x         10an T fitting        17.59
2x   3/4 to 10an 90*      17.92

another $200 in fittings.  i cant wait to start installing this stuff, exciting stuff.

earls is a rip off, i only go there in a pinch. try sweet performance in placentia, tell him you are from scjb.com its been a long time since i have been there but he was the best price wise and a boat enthusiest as well

aaaand im back.



for some reason my cat wont stop licking them...

not originally what i had planned, but i guess it works for now.  i just want to get it wet at this point.

picked up exhaust and ordered transom rings

i thought the expedition got stolen. you got it back 

600 bucks to get it back??    that sucks you have to pay to get your own shit back cause some low life stole it.

You keep your boat in a parking garage? What does that cost?

yeah it was spotted that morning by street sweeping with a stolen plate so they called it in for towing, but by the time the tow truck showed up it was gone.  then they found the guy like 4 days later driving it around.  nothing stolen, nothing damaged.  kinda weird.  he did burn up 3/4 tank of gas and it cost like $600 to get it back after multiple trips to dmv/theft yard.  s

You can write that stuff off on your taxes. Loss due to Crime!  Every Penny the government doesnt get is more you can spend on toys!

Elbow grease!

got a few things done hose wise for an hour today...

my ghetto vise



intake to exhuast hoses cut and hooked up.



pump to gate to T to exhaust manifolds...





as i went along i learned a few things.  a) these things dont bend easy.  b) take the amount of space the fitting threads onto the elbows into consideration when cutting.  if u dont, thats like 1/2" extra on each side and your hoses arent going to fit, hell sometimes i couldnt even get them to thread on because they were 1" too long at first. c) dont use painters tape or anything on the fittings.  it just gives the wrench space to move around and scratch up the anodizing. 

still need my water inlets tapped to 1/2" and i gotta find some plugs or maybe have a plate made to block off the thermostat housing that im not using anymore.