So being poor as always I decided I wanted to move my battery to add more dynamic to the engine bay space. This resulted in a custom battery mount, a custom Intake and a stupid mistake that could have almost cost me my engine.
So I had two choices for the battery. Stick it in the car, dangerous af, or move to somewhere in the engine bay until I get the time and money for a relocation kit. I opted for the latter. I made a custom bracket to hold the battery in place from old radiator support brackets. Ended up working out quite nicely.
The intake was made from some test piping I had left over from my exhaust job. I found the new intake to be restrictive and will be modding my old Spectre intake to fit.
All went well until I went for a test drive...
Gas pedal felt weird and I assumed that was the cable, checked anyway. Cable was fine. Whatever... Went down the road and had complete pedal range of motion but I was in neutral at 5000 rpm. Wtf?!?!! Pulled over real quick, pulled the intake off to check the throttle plate because the motion felt weird on the throttle body.
I found a ball of paper that was stuffed inside the piping that made it's way to the intake. The guy who did my exhaust must have put it in there before he gave it back to me. Me being me, didn't check the piping first because I never do things like that lol.
Also the coolant overflow was relocated but I didn't get a picture
Anyways the moral is always check parts before you put them on your ride. It's worth the second look [emoji29]
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So I had two choices for the battery. Stick it in the car, dangerous af, or move to somewhere in the engine bay until I get the time and money for a relocation kit. I opted for the latter. I made a custom bracket to hold the battery in place from old radiator support brackets. Ended up working out quite nicely.
The intake was made from some test piping I had left over from my exhaust job. I found the new intake to be restrictive and will be modding my old Spectre intake to fit.
All went well until I went for a test drive...
Gas pedal felt weird and I assumed that was the cable, checked anyway. Cable was fine. Whatever... Went down the road and had complete pedal range of motion but I was in neutral at 5000 rpm. Wtf?!?!! Pulled over real quick, pulled the intake off to check the throttle plate because the motion felt weird on the throttle body.
I found a ball of paper that was stuffed inside the piping that made it's way to the intake. The guy who did my exhaust must have put it in there before he gave it back to me. Me being me, didn't check the piping first because I never do things like that lol.
Also the coolant overflow was relocated but I didn't get a picture
Anyways the moral is always check parts before you put them on your ride. It's worth the second look [emoji29]
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