Last night, I got all the various bits re-attached to the car:
– With 2 feet of 1/4″ fuel hose, I covered the new barb on the intake manny
– Throttle body is re-attached
– Fuel rail is re-attached, however, it may not be totally sealed up
– Injector plugs are wired down
– I used some zipties to tidy up the sensor wiring that ran along the fuel rail
– All of the intake piping is re-attached
– The stock SRT-4 BOV is installed on the turbo
The vacuum system and the PCV/catch-can system both need to be worked on, though. Basically, I need to re-check the wastegate vacuum system (should go from the turbo scroll to the boot controller back to the wastegate), fix the brake booster (there is an open vacuum port on the booster that I need to figure out), and get the MAP sensor & BOV lines connected to the new intake vacuum bung. That last step should involve getting a 1/4″ to (whatever the MAP hose size is) barb adapter and then adding a tee for the BOV connection off the of the MAP hose.
The crankcase ventilation system is also crap right now. I’ve spent some time educating myself and I’m getting closer to knowing what to do. There are two ports on the valve cover: One has the PCV and the other used to go to the stock airbox. The PCV port needs to go from the VC to a catch can that I need to build and then from the catch can to the PCV and from the PCV to the low-pressure intake after the filter. I’m still researching the other port, though, to see if I should cap it or run it back to the intake.
I also cleared all the junk off the top of the car, and just for fun, put the hood back on. It’s really dusty, but at least when you open the garage door, it looks like there’s a car in there instead of a pile of garbage. It may not technically help, but it sure does give me a lot of motivation.