One Step Forward, Two Steps Back…

The car was very close to being tested again. But now it won’t run at all. I took the intake manifold off!

The first BOV that I was looking for didn’t pan out, however, I did manage to find one on eBay for the same price. It should be shipped out any day now and that will solve that part of the problem. I also have a set of stock SRT-4 springs that I’m watching. We’ll see how those turn out, but it should give me a 1″ lift, if the .org can be trusted.

In order to ensure that I am getting a good MAP signal, I decided to put a dedicated vacuum line in. That’s why the manifold is off the car right now. I bought a 1/4″ NPT hose barb, an NPT tap, and a bunch of O-rings at O’Riley today. I pulled the intake off the car, removed all the injectors and sensors, and separated the upper & lower intakes as well as the throttle body. I drilled and tapped a hole for the hose barb and I’m trying to decide how much I’m going to do to the intake before putting it back on the car. At a bare minimum, I’m going to run it through the parts washer to clean it up and make sure there are no rouge aluminum shards running around.