Turns out that the reason the surge valves I’ve tried never worked is that the vacuum tee I was using to connect them was totally defective. The “tee” portion was completely unconnected to the rest of the adapter, so I had a coupler with a spare hose holder attached. I drilled it out and suddenly I have a surge valve operational.
In other news, I’ve mounted the boost, oil pressure, and EGO gauges in the radio surround using an old triple gauge holder that Tim had laying about. I zip tied it to a bit of metal strapping that I trimmed to fit between two of the mounting clips on the radio surround. I drilled a couple holes in the top and put in some old wood screws to keep it from rattling itself apart and so far so good. I haven’t hooked the gauges up yet (except for the EGO), but I will.
I also ran a hose from the PVC towards the headlight area to see if the oil dripping/spraying pattern changes at all. After a drive to work this morning, it looks like the oil drippage has changed a bit, but I’ll need to dig in and take a look later tonight.
The MSD coil is attached to the car now, as well, and it seems to work without issue. Hard to tell if it makes a difference, but at least it looks all pretty up there on top of the valve cover.
Dad’s working on finding me some scrap bits of Formica that I can use to fabricate some door panels. I’m also going to work on building my coilovers this weekend.