[TitaniumTT]

Wow, over a week since an update... ok, so here it goes in a quickie

Got the fuel cell working tip top. The old cosmo pump that I had actually turned out to be good. Tested right where it should've, 252lph @ 43.5 psi. Cool, so that's in the lift pump position, and the supra is in the surge tank position. So far everything seems to be awesome. I built a bunch of harness adapters and clear tubing to monitor V, A, and flow and it seems to be working as it should. The last little piece that I need to build is an overflow/recirc tank if you will that I plan to mount high where the spare tire once lived. I didn't really take into account thermal expansion when I designed the damn thing. The fuel is coming back hot, expanding in the tank, and puking out the vent. Bad.

The solution is about a gallon tank mounted above the cell itself. In theory the fuel can expand into that before it heads out of the vent. When the level in the tank falls, the fuel will siphon itself back into the cell. Hopefully that will cure the last of the woes with this little project.

Got the 4.3 Torsen swapped in yesterday as well as hauled the engine, cracked the pan off to remove the shims in the bypass valve. Pressure was WAY too high. FD reg + shimmed bypass + ported galleys, + o-ring sealed pump + cold 10w30 = 150psi cold!!! So the shims came out and everything is being buttoned back up. Also pulled the engine to FINALLY install the 6-spd. It'll be alot easier to mount the slave cylinder (that will be a modded S4 TII unit) with the engine/trans out of the car. Then stab it back in and build a mount.

I made a simple jig that fit's between the u-joints and the trans tunnel and the u-joints and the floor to position the trans/engine exactely where it was with the S5TII shit box trans. This way I should be able to get everything exactely where it wants to be.

I should have everything up and running in a few days. I was hoping to get a few hours in on the girl tonight, but the 13.5 hr work day had different plans. Tomorrow is out as well as it will be a 15+hr day.... ugh. maybe Sunday... I'm only expecting about 10 Oh well, what can ya do except continue to bust ass.

If all goes well, Dyno on 8/7 and auto-x on 8/8..... fingers crossed ladies