Vortech on Stock Block... For now
I got the fuel leak fixed, the sealing washers that were supplied with the kit were pretty crappy so I put some different ones in and coated them with Permatex Permashield, which is a fuel resistant gasket dressing/sealant. It worked perfect, no more leak. I'm still working on street tuning it, although we have had a lot of rain which makes anything over 50% throttle pretty difficult to tune right now!
I wired the gauges to accessory power in the driver side kickpanel fuse box, and grounded them to a factory bolt under the dash that connects to a metal panel. I routed the wideband sensor wires and boost gauge sensor out the hole in the firewall that the factory ECU harness enters the cabin through.
If you are asking how I got the wires down there from the pod, I just cut a hole at the bottom of the factory A-pillar big enough for all the wires to fit through, and ran them straight down the hole that is exposed when you remove the A-pillar. It's pretty easy and straightforward once you just start working on it.
I have some more pictures to upload that I thought I already did, but must have forgotten.
I wired the gauges to accessory power in the driver side kickpanel fuse box, and grounded them to a factory bolt under the dash that connects to a metal panel. I routed the wideband sensor wires and boost gauge sensor out the hole in the firewall that the factory ECU harness enters the cabin through.
If you are asking how I got the wires down there from the pod, I just cut a hole at the bottom of the factory A-pillar big enough for all the wires to fit through, and ran them straight down the hole that is exposed when you remove the A-pillar. It's pretty easy and straightforward once you just start working on it.
I have some more pictures to upload that I thought I already did, but must have forgotten.
Pics would be sweet. I wasnt sure how the routing from the pillar down, for not only threading the cables, but also how you wired them up in the fuse box, to getting the vaccum lines into the battery box. What gagues are you using? I have the AEM Boost and UEGO controller, and the connector for the UEGO is massive, so not sure how that'll fit.
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You can run the power off any fuse that receives power when the key is turned on. There are a few choices, and the ground can be run to any bolt that goes into the metal brackets or body of the car under there, whatever is most convenient. I am running the AEM boost and UEGO gauges as well, in an Autometer full pillar dual gauge pod. As for the UEGO connector, you can either un-pin the wires from the connector, or do what I did and simply cut the wires like 6" from the connector, run the wires to the location of your O2 sensor, then solder the wires back together. The UEGO connector is simply too big to pass through the dash easily. Also, you will realize that the wires for the boost sensor are pretty short when installing the boost gauge. I ended up mounting the sensor under the dash and running a vacuum line to it at that location. You could also extend the wires and position the sensor somewhere in the engine bay like I had originally planned on.
You can run the power off any fuse that receives power when the key is turned on. There are a few choices, and the ground can be run to any bolt that goes into the metal brackets or body of the car under there, whatever is most convenient. I am running the AEM boost and UEGO gauges as well, in an Autometer full pillar dual gauge pod. As for the UEGO connector, you can either un-pin the wires from the connector, or do what I did and simply cut the wires like 6" from the connector, run the wires to the location of your O2 sensor, then solder the wires back together. The UEGO connector is simply too big to pass through the dash easily. Also, you will realize that the wires for the boost sensor are pretty short when installing the boost gauge. I ended up mounting the sensor under the dash and running a vacuum line to it at that location. You could also extend the wires and position the sensor somewhere in the engine bay like I had originally planned on.
I went in reverse for the uego as the back of the gauge connector is Hana over fist easier to run through the dash. And yeah, I noticed boost is too short so I did the same thing as you and kept it under the dash. Ok cool about the wiring. Trying to reveal the fuse box to get into it and it's being stubborn.
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Just a little update (not that anyone cares haha). Car is running great, have put about 200 miles on her since supercharging it. I got the tune dialed in pretty well on the street, but I will eventually take it to the dyno since I know I am probably leaving a little bit of power on the table. She pulls hard to redline, and definately feels like a Z should! I seem to be getting a couple more MPG as well, but we will see once I put some more miles on her! I definitely love the fact that when you are cruising on the highway, you don't even have to downshift to pass, it has instant power when you put the pedal down. I modified the engine cover, to fit as well, it just isn't on in the picture below, and the Front strut bar isn't on in the picture either. I am thinking about getting the CUSCO FUSB, I think it looks a lot nicer.
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