Ford 9" Rear end, Radiator, and Ignition for Liberty! Can we still make Sick Week?
Summary
TLDRThe video follows a car restoration project on a 1971 Chevelle called Liberty. Work continues as the team upgrades parts like the rear axle, radiator, wiring, and more to triple the horsepower and torque. They run into some challenges fitting new header tubes but make steady progress, getting the ignition system fully functioning. More work lies ahead on the fuel system, suspension, and brakes before the finished Chevelle can make its debut at a 5-day driving event called Sick Week.
Takeaways
- 😀 They are replacing the rear end of their Chevelle project car 'Liberty' with a beefier 9 inch rear
- 🚗 They are also doing major upgrades to cooling, ignition, steering, wiring on Liberty Chevelle
- 🔧 They removed homemade ladder bars and stiffened trailing arms from Liberty Chevelle rear end
- 🚚 They are also working on their other project car 'Independence', stripping rear end and parts to upgrade it
- 🔧 They installed new radiator, fans, and plumbing fittings in Liberty Chevelle engine bay
- ⚡ They wired up new single wire alternator, relay for electric fans in Liberty Chevelle
- 🔥 They installed new MSD ignition box with rev limiter in Liberty Chevelle
- 👷♂️ They have friend helping fabricate full frame reinforcement for Independence project
- 🛢️ Still have major fuel system and brake work left to do on Liberty Chevelle
- 🚗 They plan to drive Liberty Chevelle at an upcoming Sick Week driving event
Q & A
What rear end is being replaced in the Chevelle?
-A 12-bolt rear end is being replaced with a custom 9-inch rear end to handle the increased horsepower and torque of the new engine.
What upgrades are being made to the suspension?
-New adjustable trailing arms, coil over shocks, and other components from TRZ are being installed for better handling and weight transfer.
What is being done to improve the cooling system?
-A new aluminum radiator with dual electric fans and high flow hose fittings is being installed.
What wiring upgrades are being made?
-A new MSD ignition box with rev limiter, 1-wire alternator setup, and relay for the electric fans have been wired up.
What is the line lock wiring for?
-The line lock will allow locking the front brakes only to help with doing burnouts without wearing the rear brakes.
What drivetrain will the Chevelle have?
-It will have a 468 cubic inch big block Chevy motor backed by a 3-speed manual transmission.
What upgrades were made to the spark plug wires?
-Custom fit porcelain spark plug wire sets from MSD are being installed.
What vehicle upgrades will be done to the Independence project?
-It is getting frame reinforcements, a 12-bolt rear end, and engine/transmission upgrades.
What event are they preparing the cars for?
-They will be participating in Sick Week, a 5-day track event held in Florida.
Who will be driving the Chevelle during Sick Week?
-Chad and Haley will be driving the Chevelle for the event.
Outlines
🛠 Removing the 12-bolt and Prepping the New 9-inch Rear End
The old 12-bolt rear axle is removed from the 1971 Chevelle. It served its purpose but needs an upgrade to handle the increased horsepower. The custom 9-inch rear axle with 3.25 gears is prepped to go in, using GM mounting ears for easy installation.
👷 Installing the New 9-inch Rear Axle
The new 9-inch rear axle is installed in the Chevelle, using the stock trailing arms and shock mounts. Adjustments will be made once the adjustable coil over shocks arrive. The 12-bolt will go into another project car.
🛠 Assembling and Installing the New Radiator
A new dual fan radiator from Cold Case Radiators is assembled and installed in the Chevelle engine bay. Adapters are added to accommodate large diameter coolant hoses.
⚡ Wiring Up Engine Sensors and Cooling Fans
Ignition, temperature sensor, and electric fan wiring is routed and connected. The single wire alternator, relay for the fans, and other engine sensors are wired up.
⚡ Continuing Ignition and Interior Wiring Work
More progress is made on ignition and interior wiring. The MSD ignition box, coil, and other components are replaced and connected. The line lock for burnouts is wired up.
🔥 Installing Heat Protection Ignition Wires
Custom porcelain spark plug ignition wires are made and installed for heat protection during burnouts. The fuel system is next on the list to complete.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Chevel
💡rear end
💡horsepower
💡coil over
💡wiring
💡radiator
💡fuel system
💡sick week
💡Independence
💡burnout
Highlights
Removing the old rear axle to upgrade to a stronger 9 inch axle
Adding a new custom radiator with dual electric fans
Converting the radiator outlets to heavy duty fittings
Wiring the new electric radiator fans
Removing old ignition components and installing a new MSD ignition box
Adding an inline line lock for easier burnouts
Installing new porcelain spark plug wires
The custom radiator and fittings are installed
The wiring for the electric fans and other components is underway
The old rear axle is removed to upgrade to a 9 inch
The car's frame will be reinforced before the build continues
More suspension, brake and fuel system work is still needed
The car will participate in Sick Week driving event
The build project on the car continues with much work remaining
Gearing up for the Sick Week driving event in the finished car
Transcripts
work continues on Liberty our 71 chevel
big project here this 12 bolt is coming
out we've got a custom 9 in going in
we've got radiator ignition steering
wheel wiring whole bunch of stuff let's
dig in there's a lot to
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do
well as you can see Fellers and fets the
12volt is out of the chevel it's laying
on the ground back here now this axle is
good there's nothing wrong with this
it's got a 411 or 456 gear in it I can't
remember it's done great it served its
purpose it went well with the small
block but now we're literally tripling
the horsepower and torque
that is not going to work especially
with the stock trailing arms and the
homemade ladder bars and well I'll show
you the bracketry and stuff this is
going to end up over in Independence so
we'll be doing a 10vt to 12volt upgrade
over there and then this is also going
to be getting an upgrade moving to a
custom 9 in which has GM ears and stuff
on it I'll show you that in a minute as
well but let take a look at what we got
out of the car and what is essentially
going to be going into Independence and
then we'll have to do a gear change so
we can go more than 44 M hour on the
highway that'd be pretty cool so here's
some of that bracketry stuff it's all
pretty much bent Twisted it's got old
Hardware in it we did replace the air
shocks and some other Hardware with
grade 8 stuff as soon as we get these
trailing arms out I'll show you what
those are they ran some pipe in there
and welded it to stiffen it up it's an
old school trick again it worked but not
going to work for what we're doing
here's these ladder bars and I I don't
know if these are homemade or if this is
some sort of kit but they're very very
primitive and the way that they're
colored on well you can actually see
that they were slipping or turning so we
still had axle wrap anyway but you know
allegedly these would help with Tire
Shake Tire bounce and Axle wrap so these
probably will not be going back on
Independence just this nice 12volt here
and uh we'll go ahead and use these arms
they're not bad either I don't think
they're twisted up this one here you can
see the
metal welded in there and what that does
is keep these from twisting back and
forth this way or essentially the axle
doing this so it helps it launch
straight which this car did really
really good Chad and Donnie are here
helping I'm actually working on the
front of the car today they'll be
working back here we'll try to stay out
of each other's way the other thing we
already started on was the fuel system
this tank has got to go um it has a
homemade sump on it it leaks you can't
fill it all the way if you guys remember
that it just pours fuel out so we
dropped this tank out it's going
bye-bye and we'll be putting some other
tank back in at some point
or
another we'll probably even go ahead and
reuse
these and the shocks over on
Independence the spring cups should
still be in that other chel independent
chevel so all of the stuff hopefully we
can repurpose and save and save money
most importantly and not have to buy a
bunch of stuff here and then we're going
to be putting in uh new trailing arms
over here trz stuff it's really really
nice stuff actually it's fully
adjustable so when we get this power
going we can actually get it to the
ground and we can get this car leaving
straight it's going to take a lot of
adjusting however one of the biggest
challenges we're faced with right away
is getting the other axle over here it's
buried behind a bunch of stuff on the
other side we got to get this axle over
there we got to get that axle over
here and then Chad and Donnie are going
to start wrestling that I'll probably go
up front and start on the radiator and
start doing some wiring and ignition
stuff up there so here's that bottom
trailing arm see just welded a pipe in
there kept her from twisting but here is
our new rear end this thing is beautiful
never had a new rear end we were just
talking we don't know what to do with
this I don't know like it's kind of
shiny and nervous to scratch it that's
weird but uh this should to do
everything we wanted to do in more it's
a 4D 9 in so it's got this third member
here A Center section if we ever wanted
the change gears which we're never going
to get that serious about racing but you
could just Boop Bo that easy it's got a
325 gear in it it's got a
GM dorsal fan up here we've got Bayer
brakes they powder coated them up for us
it's already got the Lions on it and
everything it's pretty much ready to
rock and then you can see it's got the
GM ear so we can just plop this right in
the car and not have to change the frame
or anything like that and then it's got
adjustable shock tab do hippies that we
can hopefully configure our trz stuff to
um had this made a long time ago it's
actually been sitting on a pallet this
was supposed to go in Independence but
then we learned real quick that the
frame was bad and and all that stuff so
it's kind of just been sitting there but
long story short what I'm rambling about
is this was set up for that trz
equipment this whole axle was so now
that we have another trz kit this should
hopefully play very nice and work well
for us now the
325 I kind of guessed on the gear I
wanted something that we could do street
we could do of course burnouts and then
if we wanted to go drag racing this
would be okayish you know 3 350 360 to
390 even would probably be more ideal
for drag
racing uh with a three-speed but it's
going to work from now we'll just we'll
just make do so all this junk goes away
got to figure out how to hang this
thing so here's the old one here's the
guy she said not to worry about it's got
a nice H joint in here fully adjustable
significantly stronger and what we're
doing now is taking measurements these
are 22 in
we're going to set this one up as 22 in
and then we've got the top one this goes
over the ear on the axle this goes into
the frame bucket we'll also adjust these
to what was in there and it'll give us a
good rough start to getting this thing
in correctly and then instead of those
Springs we're going to be doing double
adjustable coil over which I don't think
are here yet they're on the way and uh
that'll be our suspension we could
adjust ride height with that and rebound
and all of the stuff I know nothing
about these guys
are making real quick
work now we just made something to hold
the rear in in place
yeah so now we're over on Independence
and this is a big part of getting this
car back back on the road is getting a
decent rear end it had a 10 bolt in here
with uh like 270 something gears I
believe and a mini spool not ideal for
the highway this 12 Bolt's going to be
beefy and we can put a nice gear in it
something that you know breaks the
mullet off but we could still run 65 70
down the highway First Step however is
going to be getting all this equipment
out of here
and putting all of these stock trailing
arms and everything
in well we got a lot
of lot of work to do I just saw looks
like a NASA bundle of fuel lines and
digital
stuff I
think I think Chad we can unbolt
this uh hitch as well and cut that sway
bar out so I could put a stock tank back
in here yeah d That's why bar if he won
have to come out for that
yeah we might be able to use them QA
On's
for liberty for the time being maybe
waiting on coil springs for that but
it's going to be nice to get this
thing back on the ground on
Wheels so I'm going to dig in on this
while they're back there on rear ends
where we left off was we got you know
the air fuel Cavern in the fuel Mak
Havener lightning wher the motion roller
covers charging wheer WP we got the
shift machine all the lines in the belts
are on all that looks great so I think
we're going to try to get the big items
done first so next would be kind of the
cooling system or at least the Ice Cube
maker and the fans and all that stuff
cuz then we can come back and start
doing all the plumbing and wiring for
the the whole vehicle at once so we're
going to go ahead and use a cold case on
this and dual fans you guys have seen
these before I'm going to go ahead and
rip it out show you what we got in the
box so a lot of you have emailed me and
asked where to find these Brads it's uh
cold caser radiators.com I believe they
got pretty much a little something for
everything okay oh and if you want to
save big money
use code vice grip at checkout and you
get free shipping on this which is a
huge savings that's just for you guys
okay we got
fan
fan this is a wiring kit for the
fans we got the Shroud
box and then the
actual
rator right here they're big old two
Cor whoow
Hefty Moses there we
go so we'll get it fully
assembled and then we'll drop the whole
rig in
as one unit I found that's kind of
easier
okay
boom there we
go
then open this bad boy
up they even have these for LS swaps and
stuff like
that where it has the steam ports and
manual or
automatic okay of course you got to have
stickers that's why we buy everything
it's just for the
sticker wases like
that basically the Shroud you can
self-tap it or you can pop rivet it
either
away get the hard work for
both and then we could just quickly Bolt
the fans on and then we'll be ready to
set this into the
rig after
that yeah
yeah all right now going to run these
through m
mhm yep mhm
sure two up top all right then sure why
not now I just got them out to fence
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up
Independence is a roller
again J Donnie made quick work of that I
these sacked out Springs that came out
of Liberty pretty nice ride height of
course she's she's a nose light without
the biger blocks on the shift machine
but back on all Paw once
again now we're going to roll this
outside and get it on a trailer and and
going to be sending this up to volunteer
Muffler and performance because the guys
are going to make a frame stiffening kit
for it well it's not a kit they're
making it
themselves and they're doing the same on
Moni Barrow
basically it's looks like a jungle gem
underneath but nice and you can't climb
it really unless you're skting on your
back anyway it ties everything together
and it keeps this thing from twisting
and jaming the door shut and will
basically act as our frame because we
don't really have one so if we're going
to send that up have them do that tie
everything in it also has drive shaft
hoops and kind of a crossmember doesn't
it in a sense yeah so that'll be all
done then it'll come back and then we
could start working on a power plant
transmission we'll probably go through
and build something for both we got the
rear in it so this summer we should be
cruising once again in
inance
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got the winch hook on no brakes that's
weird oh they're back again
okay so independants will sit outside
here chocked up with The Rock and uh
they'll swing back with the trailer and
grab it they're going to do that while
I'm traveling and on the road filming
something else anyway so we're not
wasting any time we're getting right to
it and then we got to address all this
plumbing and wiring and brakes again and
you know we got like a vacuum pump and a
power steering reservoir that's not
needed anymore it is going to be a huge
undertaking basically we're going to
have to rebuild the car once again but
I'm ready for it I want to see this
thing on the road again well the
radiator is all put together and looking
mighty fine
oh lied to you hold
on
aha well help me
understand let's
see now R jator all
together okay so before I throw this in
the car my b is in a real bad way right
now so I'm going to try to limit how
much I'm cranked over that thing I'm
going to put the adapters on this to get
us to dash 80 million or whatever this
is so we can
run these honken
fitttings which will then run to this
fire hose you know for the coolant
transfer situation and this is really
cool so I kind of wanted to show you
this I honestly didn't even know this
existed and until my buddy mentioned it
when I was ordering up the other stuff
so the kit comes with these clamp
lators the clamp and then there's this
nut
thing the tighten
stuff the actual you know fitting part
and then it's got an O-ring and the
hardware and a baggie here so how this
works in
theory I'm going to do it without the
O-ring because I don't want to Gar all
that up but essentially end of day the
construct of the unit is this is going
to be fixed onto there with an O-ring
and now we have gone from this standard
outlet to this and then we'll have the
fitting and the clamp here clamps that
piece on and one side is higher than the
other and what that's doing is grabbing
that lip or that
Ridge clamping on there
and it's going to be holding this
nut go ahead and just throw it together
quick like
this on here so this can't go anywhere
now
right so when this gets screwed into
this and this is tightened this bottom
nut we're going to hold this part
stationary what happens is it gets drawn
into this lip here and the pressure from
that then seals the rubber o-ring to
that boom like this squishes it
together it's pretty cool actually so
had I known this existed we would have
been doing this on Independence and
Charlotte and all sorts of stuff because
these don't cavitate they don't squish
shut they don't
flex I has one ever blown I don't know
these are the questions we need to ask
you know what I mean but it seems like a
gooder thing to do right
now so I'm going to go ahead and put
this together there's a couple
things it says in here one of the
primary things that looks important is
you can't just ram rod these clamps on
here cuz if you look at this it's kind
of an egg
shape so if I were to just ram rod this
all the way in with an impact
whoops it's going to deform the shape of
our Outlet so we got to be very careful
there to tighten this snugly and evenly
got it check I'm telling myself this
because you know me everything is 900
foot-pounds and it also says potentially
maybe sometimes this could back off a
little bit from vibration and the
vehicle twisting and things that nature
so I'm going to go ahead right now
knowing the abuse that this thing is
going to go through and use some light
thread Locker not only for lubrication
assembling it but also it'll keep it
together as your for
gooder yes and then if we ever need to
pull the rad to do work or anything like
that it's just unscrew a fitting unscrew
a fitting these fittings here giant aend
things and boom it's out nice and easy
okay so let's get this
done first step it says is a fix this
into here it's not in the constructions
but I am going to put two tiny little
drops of R of in
here because that's going to hold
this in place the O-ring because I don't
want to you know guess and make sure
that it's not bound up or crooked or
anything like
that okay and then it says run this into
this couple turns whoop
whoop got
it then it
says put that on okay I can do that and
then we're going to tighten this clamp
and it says once everything is lightly
assembled fully and evenly tighten the
clamps onto the inlet and Outlet I think
I can do
that so we'll throw this on
here throw this on
here
okay and
basically because we're we're limited by
the amount of threads that are shown we
don't want this to be super high writing
at the very top because this will bottom
out before it
actually you know
mates the
surfaces okay good so I'm going to go
down here
here just off my
weld we don't want to be digging into
that
Weld and we'll tighten this
up
whoa see I got to be careful here she's
already oh I
see there we go she was bound oh no
never see that again found it I'm seeing
it
again so just go in here make sure these
are
even right above that Weld and it said
just take the slop out of
the the the what are what are these
clamps yeah it says tighten until the
wobble on the clamps is taken
out I think we're there I mean it's snug
I don't have to like you know really
ranch dressing on it gaps are even
should this should still
Waller
yep okay use the crescent wrenches and
channel locks I'm your huckleberry you
know what I mean and then we're going
to hold this one stationary cuz we don't
want it to be spinning and ruin
that uh gasket
seal
device forgot to put my thread sealer on
here so I was just showing you what it
would look like you know what I mean so
now here's the question can oh we can
I'm doing this wrong so stop following
my instruction at this point and we'll
put a little bit of this on
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here the blue and the aluminium looks
nice throw this back on we're back to
where we were essentially okay settle
down
now hold this
still tighten
it now we have converted it that is
sweet this fitting will probably look
like this cuz we're going to be coming
over to the this is the top this is the
bottom we're going to be coming over to
the
wp
boom pretty
slick just got to do the other side and
then we'll be ready
to into the car over there so cold in
here I can't even
whistle
yeah time to light a fire in here
somewhere trash can fires are
effective so now that I got the aend
fittings on the rad already I need to do
this one I'm also do it now and
hindsight being by focals you know a guy
probably should have done this uh before
we put the wp on but is what it is I
guess in some cases if you're switch
into this a lot of you would be doing it
this way anyway so same exact process
we're going to we're going to slide this
over
that and we're going to just Buckle this
over the water pump here see it's got
that same lip spin this around so you
can see
it see there once this is tight it's not
going to want to come off this
lip so let me uh throw that on quick
getting her tightened up I may even take
this belt off quick cuz all I got to do
is just run this turnbuckle down and
then I can get my ranches just a
swanging in here I was able to sneak
that one in there actually wasn't too
bad with the belt on had the rotz it we
got about a 16th of an inch off of the
oversized and then you know quarter inch
here on
the so I think it should be pretty good
so double check we got the rubber
thingy things in there so I think we're
ready to go ahead and set that Radiator
in here see that fits I got some of
these out just in case for the top part
not sure if they'll fit all the way only
got one left original
one for the uh upper holder Downer thing
those are important we don't want to
water holes in a radiator big fan of
yard sticks but I found these things
apparently they roll up in
here and uh it's got numbers so I'm
going to
measure my rubber bushing grommet
thingies call it 28 and A2 28 28
58 and just make
sure these two are going to communicate
ooh 29 29 on the
welds can we make an adjustment down
here that probably work we'll pretend we
didn't do that okay here we go here we
go now
yep
yep beep beep beep
beep all that worry and for
nothing here's the factory
indentations this thing is right on the
money just feeling the grommets on the
bottom make sure it sits in the saddle I
just don't want metal on
metal cuz we're planning on putting some
miles down on this
puppy isn't it funny how the sharpest
thing on earth even more so than razors
and knives is radiator
fins how does that even
happen like if I go in for surgery and
the guy pulls out
rad I'm not even mad he knows what he's
doing them puppies is sharp you know Bo
Duke was it bodke John
Snider before he was a good old
boy he actually had a music career
you're welcome look it
up okay so these are uh dormant part
number 926
276 it's kind of a
GM rad grommet thing we're going to put
these in here same story as below
deck we just don't want any metal on
metal
okay and I should try to find it was
years
ago when I had the one made for
Independence but they make
a I keep to say
shawl scarf
hoodie they make a thing that goes on
here not only does it look nice to take
up this big open spot but
also it uh keeps the air flow going
straight this way and doesn't make it
want to divert and come on top of this
up again the hood it kind of Scoops it
it's a scoop Scoops it down there only
had three of these body bolts
GM shaped them like that so they're
easier to put in but lo and behold it
over there in the tool chest I found
this random
bag that has four of them and they're
the right size so we're going to go
ahead and just cross thread those in to
hold this piece into place if I end up
making a new thing here then we might go
ahead and put the right Hardware in but
for now that'll
work never see that again I guess we're
back to three so that's pretty good we
uh back to where we started at least
it's not backwards you know what I
mean shiny bolt over
budget oh yeah I dropped one I'll never
find again found it here it
is
I feel pretty good about that ain't
going to
lie
snug well the guy's been playing around
with these big aend fittings trying to
figure out the best combination and look
here I've got a couple
90s whatever these
are and then one moreish and then a
straight and this is kind of the
combination I came up with you can see
here
you know the goal is to get these
fittings facing each other as best as
possible that'll be a nice short little
cut there that should be fine this one
if I had another one like that I could
send
off more at this angle where it would
come kind of like this but it'd be
really close to the valve cover I don't
mind this I have kind of a hose like
this because remember
eventually we're going to have that
ProCharger back in here hopefully
someday so I think this is kind of what
it's going to look like I'll snug these
up get them facing the way I want them
to face and then we'll run some
measurements cut that
line and make up these
gigantic hoses which will be our rad
hoses that one should be super
short but man this is going to give it a
whole another look this thing is sweeter
than two bowls of honey and I ain't
kidding you Daryl stopped by to
help we've been having to keep him out
of here a little bit cuz of the new
kitty got to get him acclimated huh
bud so we think we got under supervision
here this is probably our length give or
take a couple cat hairs we're going to
go snip it off in the vice and then
we'll start putting these fittings on
you're getting big
buddy getting pretty
big kind of like how I've been grinding
next to these gas tanks here got to get
this ready for
surgery there we go get the PPE on never
be too
safe get a nice fresh
cut
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boom y walk it off you'll be
fine we'll take some breake
juice clean it up a little bit where did
my trash can go where did my oil pans
go tell you what guy is not used to
these fancy fan dangled fittings it's
eating a guy's breakfast I didn't have
you know what I mean we're getting there
though this side got a little Frid had
to put
some I don't know Suzie Q tape or
whatever this is hide this stuff too
spendy to start over so we ain't doing
that good enough for who it's for
welcome back to how bad did Derek mess
it up on today's episode we're going to
see how short Derek got the
hose this might take a
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while
think I got
it we got a snug Li on
them just a little
bit I don't think I let me check I might
have an A an wrench for that well I'll
be dipped and pig
slap had one
oh we don't want this to
move we got a 14 wrench operation going
on here that don't fit on
that so let's hold
this and then
just that's it that's all we need we
don't want to bind them up
well come
on took longer to put two fittings on
than put the whole rad together
yep that'll probably leak
perfect well other than where I
destroyed the hose and I'm too cheap to
you know fix that that looks pretty good
we got the
nice angl
swoop going
on should last lifetime now get to do
that all over again down there yes 94
years later got it going to throw pull
this in quick rad hoses
done okay radiator is in that's looking
good this little one was kind of a fight
you had to get that length just perfect
for those two fittings to come in there
this is the solid motor mount doesn't
have like a polyurethane bushing so this
engine's not going to be rocking back
and forth at all if it's rocking at all
it's pulling the frame with it so don't
have to worry about too much slack in
here but you can see there is there is a
little kink in there for a little bit of
movement now I think I'm going to move
on to a little bit of wiring or at least
start planning all of this out because I
need to get these digital fans wired up
my
favorite nope and then we might as well
wire
this and then we've got uh we're going
to need temperature sensor for the gauge
that's in there we're going to need a
sending
unit essentially for the fan relay as
well and then we need to eliminate the
these two wires which go to a voltage
regulator on the firewall on the inside
because this is internally regulated so
there's a regulator built in here so
it's a single wire or one wire
alternator so this will go on here and
charge our system these two go away we
got to add fan
wires and we need to
add that so once we get all that laid in
then I think we can try to put this in a
loom or at least wrap it in tape or
something like like that and maybe we'll
just stay on the trend of wiring for a
little while we got to get uh I got to
drill a hole big enough to get this
Buckle in for the lightning whirler we
got to put lightning hoses on there's
just a lot of wiring to do but that
would be a start anyway so let's dig in
let's get this stripped out get that
blue and white snipped off start pulling
some
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wire
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yep I got updates come on in here and
take a look a guy actually just got
quite a bit done but it doesn't look
like it and that's you know wiring it's
a bunch of time consuming stuff and you
can't even tell perfect so we went ahead
and ran a pipe plug in here it's the
same as these two and the water pump
they came in the intake kit Mila use
them free check got it this is the
temperature switch this is a switch
that's normally open so the contact is
open and that runs to a relay that we're
going to be setting up inside normally I
hang those out here but we're going to
do it differently and that's the fan
control so when that reaches a certain
temperature the open switch closes and
this is actually the ground wire so if I
were to disconnect this when everything
else is wired and just touch it to the
engine block the fans would kick
on so that's what that's going to do ran
that this is the old temperature sending
unit for the gauge in here I went over
and tore that out of the 400 put it in
here it worked nothing wrong with it
nothing wrong with the wire nothing
wrong with the gauge we're going to use
all that ran this wire down here ran
Loom over all of this and this cuz this
is bright yellow it's the only color I
got so everything's going to be yellow
that's fine did some old school
soldering here we got a wi
off that goes to each fan then we've got
connectors here plugs we can unplug it
there or we also have these plugs here
there's one for each fan one there and
one there so if we ever have to service
a fan or say one dies for some reason I
could just undo the hardware unplug it
slide the fan out Slide the next one in
I don't have to pull the whole Rad or do
anything else should make that really
nice grounded it up right here just went
right to the frame cleaned that up ran a
washer both are grounded right there
this frame rail is actually grounded
directly to the battery in the back on
the rollar so it's that's a really good
ground for this vehicle I should run
another one from here in fact I'll
probably do that if I can find well I
guess we'll probably run Yeller you know
keep up with the with the code here but
I need need to run another ground from
here to the engine I got to get us maybe
I'll go to town tomorrow and get a
actual ground strap and do that that
would be good as well so now we've got
to start chasing things on the inside
I've got to drill this hole here I'll
probably do it from the inside this way
I don't want to ball up any wiring these
two self tappers are actually a voltage
regulator which we're going to be
eliminating because again this is an
internally Reg related charging wher and
then we've got to hang the relay for the
fans we've got to take Bast resistors
out and then we've got to put in our new
ignition box and clean up some of that
wiring because well if you
forgot this thing looks like a spaceship
control board in
here yeah so that's kind of the next
phase probably really looking forward to
it so most of this fun is just going to
be deciphering ing the
code and
understanding what in the world there's
two Ballance resistors in
here I cobbled this in to get home so we
have a
charger
so
yeah
sweet this is the voltage regulator
that's got to come out I could start
there I could start tracing some of this
wiring one's going to be 12 volts switch
one's going to
be power so that's probably switched
based on all the logs this was the field
so then this
one yeah that comes down to here so I
can start taking some of the stuff apart
get the bance resistors out of here and
then I was thinking about putting the
fan relay right in that
provision or we can even put it up here
I guess since we're going to have a big
gaping hole in the firewall we can re
plug now way you got to replace it it's
easy to get
to and maybe think about replacing this
ignition box that's just taped
in stuff like that wed
up this one's good we'll keep it with
the coil and the other lightning wheer
but we want the one with the rev
limiter let me get some tools and uh
it's going to be really fun laying up
against this the whole time
see if we can start tearing into
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this well I think a GU pretty well got
this button up for now I still need to
replace the ignition coil wire to the
lightning can here but otherwise it's
good enough for now uh we got the New
MSD which has a rev limiter here got the
new coil in of course that's all been
wired in we got Tac wire that one's not
used fan relay is done we got the big
negative that runs to the battery uh
soldered that in actually because
there's there's no fitting to go from
those two sizes
and the positive cable of the battery
comes up here and I added a fuse in that
and went ahead and put the USBs back in
and the lighter there so we could charge
devices on the road pretty well good
enough for now now they make boxes like
leash Electronics makes a box that'll
run blinkers and emergency flashers and
all this stuff someday that might be a
to-do it's probably about the the size
of the MSD
box and controls everything so we just
have that over here and all this stuff
would go away now wiring on the inside
of the car I've got trans brake left
which we'll wait till we get the car up
on the rack probably and the we have a
line lock for doing our burnouts going
to go ahead and wire that in that's
those two wires over there so taking a
look at the line lock here it's in line
for the front brakes so basically what
you do is you
pump up your brakes hold them firm hit
the button it activates the solenoid and
then when you let go of the brakes it's
going to hold the front brake for you
but release the rear so without holding
any pedals you can do a burnout and
you're not wasting your rear brake shoes
I guess is the idea and it's easier to
do a burnout especially for clutch now I
just got to thinking I got to do brakes
on this at some point so so I may wait
cuz I may not Plum this
in
well I probably
should I'll go ahead and wire this up I
got electrical tape in here we'll get
this wired in and then when we replace
the master cylinder at
least this should be the same I might
run a manual again so I don't know if
we're going to be using that
distribution block or not well
cross that stream when the bridge
arrives so on the inside here we've got
two buttons on the shifter so again one
would be for burnouts one would be for
staging so that'd be the transmission so
you hold that button down you don't have
to hold the brake and you can rev the
engine up to where you want and when you
let go of this button boom you
launch so I got to figure out
unfortunately none of this is labeled so
we're going to have to M these out to
figure out which
button is what bundle I got to start
there and then label these and I may
just put a plug on the ends and label
them up so when we get to doing stuff
and things boom all that's labeled up
here's all the stuff I trimmed out or
pulled out or
replaced out of that side it still looks
busy under there but there was a lot
more junk in there I'll tell you that
well that was a lot easier than I
thought it would be completely
gassed and got it first shot so just
swung it over to Horseshoe
mode touch two wires
together with the meter hit the button
at the same time which was fun and boom
we got resistance so that's going to be
the bottom button that's going to be the
top button you're going to go get some
tape and Mark those up and I have
decided to wait to wire this up until I
figure out what in the world
I'm going to do
with
this
situation sorry about that whooing noise
got a leg burner ripping right behind
you well below zero
outside trying to keep it you know above
death and here the boys are actually on
the other side mopping and cleaning for
pops so this is the ignition coil wire
and unfortunately it's too short this is
a new set I've got I think I got to run
that that yellow one it should hopefully
work
but we're going to be running a set of
porcelain acels up here time to get the
lightning hoses in now we learned on
Charlotte doing all those burnouts these
saved us we used to burn through wires
relentlessly on that thing no matter
what we tried and switched to a set of
these and it seemed to resolve the issue
so that's what we're going to be doing
on the chavel here and the these are all
custom fit trim and assemble kind of
deals my favorite but we're just going
to hunker down try to blast these
lightning hoses on then the ignition
system will be 100% complete all we got
to do is get the fuel system done well
all we got to do it's going to be a
project but then this thing should light
off so I'm going to dig right
in
what is this I don't
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know y well guys got this side all done
oh probably make some zip
tie uh wire holders or something back
one runs down and around this side ran
into a little bit of a problem I didn't
even think about it when I ordered these
the header tubes are different from the
Sanderson to these I think these are
hookers but this angle is nowhere near
close fitting here or here and I'm a
little bit nervous even on a porcelain
90 if I'm going to be able to slip it
over though
but nonetheless I'm going to see if I
can find a couple '90s in porcelain for
those two otherwise we'll have to go I
guess standard boot with Kevlar and hope
that we don't have the burning issue and
I think those were the two that were the
most common well these three really I
think but that's pretty much as far as I
can get on the ignition side until I get
those two in but man we're making
progress we're getting down to uh fuel
fuel tank stuff like that a guy would
just be pulling on your leg if I didn't
say I'm getting a little tired Brian
from motion raceworks is showing up
tomorrow morning to pick up the motion
truck that's in storage on the other
side over there I got to go through that
thing Bumper to Bumper quick get a
battery charger on it move some stuff
around so we can get that loaded in the
morning so I think I am going to call it
tonight for Liberty but stay tuned
because we obviously have have a ton of
work to do fuel tank fuel pump fuel
lines fuel regulator got to Plum in the
fuel make it happer we've got tons of
suspension and brake stuff to do so
there's plenty more to come before sick
week and again just a reminder my
friends Chad and Haley will be driving
Liberty here fingers crossed if I can
get it done Jessica and I are going to
be driving the motion raceworks truck
through sick week that starts out in
Florida I believe ends in Florida if you
can make it out come on out it'll be fun
if not we got you covered we'll
obviously uh take you guys along for the
ride it's going to be a lot of fun five
tracks five days it's going to be a
blast especially in that truck if we can
run low nines going to be awesome thanks
guys for watching appreciate you very
much we'll see you
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soon
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