3 hours.
I finally found a home for the FloScan sensor. It’s now on the firewall, just below the RDAC, fed by the mechanical pump. This arrangement will let me get a hose around to the throttle body fairly easily. I agonized for months over this stupid thing. Originally, i was going to put it in the cabin, under the tunnel cover or near the bulkhead fitting for at the firewall, but allegedly this is not a good place for it as it tends to read high when the boost pump is on. The current arrangement will keep it relatively free of engine vibration, but downstream of the mechanical pump. The best place to put it is inline between the throttle body and the flow divider, but that’s not going to happen.
I’m also faced with the ugly reality of having to get a new exhaust system. The Vetterman crossover pipes fit just fine, but there’s no room for cables or brackets. I think we discussed this once before. Anyway, the issue here is that the butterfly linkage on the AFP throttle body is way too close to the downpipe of the number 1 cylinder, so close I can’t get a finger between the end of the linkage and the pipe. That’s a non starter, especially if I need to get a heat muff on there, which I will. So it looks like I might have to go with the 4-pipe exhaust, which will sound like a couple of straight-pipe Harleys, but will give me all the clearance I need.
If I’m lucky, I can sell the crossover exhaust on VAF. I haven’t drilled any holes in it for temperature sensors and whatnot, so I might get a few bucks for it.
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