Well, friends, the “Green Machine” is moving again.
As most know, I offered the Vortex for sale several weeks ago and a fellow in NY won the auction. He’ll be here tomorrow to pick it up.
He seems like the kind of guy that will finish the work I started and get the car back on the road. I know he wants to join the Yahoo discussion group and I’ll talk with him about this blog and see if he’d like to pick it up at this point.
So keep checking here and at the Yahoo group. I hope there will be more to follow.
Alex
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Life get’s in the way, sometimes but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Finally got back to the Vortex this weekend and got the exhaust system worked out.
And the chain tensioner installed. 
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I also turned the inlet pipes inward to reduce the number of fittings needed to finish the plumbing. 
I have the fuel pump and the pressure regulator so fuel system is next.
Stay tuned, everybody.
I know it’s been a while but I’ve finally cut the holes for the rads and reinforced them with fiberglass.
Now to attach the rads and the fans and do some plumbing.
I suppose I’ll put the fans on the “downstream” side of the rads. Pull the air through rather than push it through from the inside of the opening. You’re thoughts?
Here’s a shot of my version (after various other efforts) of an electric reverse. This starter motor combined with the multiple reductions should do the job.
Once that was done, I pushed the engine and cradle into position,
And re-attached the swing arm and rear wheel.
The engine darn near disappeared even though there is plenty of room between the headers and the firewall. Notice that there’s also lots of room above the intake box now also.
The air box is done and installed. Now to get the motor installed and hooked up.
I used to just remove the entire engine cradle to get at the motor but this new engine is so wide, I had to remove the top cradle mounts to get the assembly in. Guess I’ll just pull the motor mount bolts from now on and hoist the engine out of the cradle.
After tinkering around I found a profile I liked and thought would work.
I still need to figure out where to put the filter (and what it will look like) and i had to make some tubes (not shown) to connect the PAIR valve and PCV hoses but I think this is going to work.
Need to make sure I have everything in there before I TIG it all together. I can make cut-outs for the filters(s) after its welded.
The really good news is that this WILL fit under the rear deck without alteration!!
So I took that plenham apart and started looking at how I could make a new one that would hold what needed to be held and would be smaller than the OEM atrocity.
The plastic funnels were part of the OEM assembly. They look cool, probably improve air flow but, at 2 plus inches tall —————–???
Now that’s more like it!!
With a box built around that and a filer on each end of that box I can get everything in (sensors, PAIR and CCV hoses and, of course, the injectors) and it will be only slightly taller than the engine. In other words, it should fit UNDER the rear deck.
Guess I know what I’m doing THIS weekend!
For those who believe this darn thing should be cut down and rearranged, here’s a look at the cross section. Notice the secondary fuel injectors on the top pointing down to to throttle bodies. Argh!
After looking through the manual, I noticed that the air cleaner housing was mounted ON TOP of the engine so I decided to stick it on there and measure.
It adds 10″ to the height which blocks half of the rear window (if I didn’t build up any body work to enclose it) and 3/4 of the width of the window.
Guess I’ll need a rear view camera.
Dang! every time I turn around, another complication!!
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