Lately I've been working on the passenger side firewall area. Things are getting crowded.
- Ran new rubber hoses to the heater core and installed the heater valve. The original heater valve cable was too short, so I used a generic choke cable from the parts store. Not real happy with this solution, because it's ugly, and doesn't seem to be strong enough to fully close the valve. I may need to tweak this a bit, unless someone has a better option.
- I purchased a throttle cable bracket from JSmall. It's a great solution that fits really well. I may have to take some material off the bottom, because it's making contact with the heater coolant tubes. I just set the upper intake on top of the lower without the gasket, so maybe it will clear once everything is assembled properly.
*EDIT* The bracket cleared everything just fine once I had the manifold secured properly.
- There's a tube that's now on top of the throttle body. I believe this connects to the oil fill tube on the passenger side valve cover to act as an intake for the PCV circuit(?). Curious if there's a way to rotate it 180 degrees to make it easier to route the tube and provide some extra clearance for the transmission dipstick.
Here are a couple more pics of how things are shaping-up in this area:
