Troy, curious on using the ms3 and getting gauges to work successfully and integrating to all the other things (e.g. steering column for turn signals etc) Are you still going to use the InfinityBox stuff (rebrand isis)? really curious how you will approach the electronics.
That is an interesting question as I had two wiring failures on my race car and ripped every wire out and started from scratch with everything new and with what I learned I feel very comfortable making a high end motorsports complete car harness. I have not used the ISIS system, but in theory it should work just fine. I guess when I get close to that I will open that box and see if I use it or not.
I know at first I will just have a battery and have the MS3 pro wired up at a temporary system I will wire in later and will do this to tune it and get it all up and going.
Tonight I am working on designing a new intake manifold. I was going to go with stock, but the design is so terrible, runners so long and bad shapes, so restrictive, very tall, TB barley fits under the engine cover. It is also just not pretty.
The new intake will be sheet metal alum TIG welded with short straight runners and velocity stacks. I will use a single 92mm LS TB that includes the IAC. I will face this towards the transaxle as it makes intercooler plumbing much easier.
I also just got the coolant pipe bead maker from DOC and will be routing all the hoses here very soon. I got a bunch of 1.5" SS mandrels to weld up and also got of a bunch of 1.5" hoses from PEPboys with different sizes and shapes to make it all work.
I also got an inline 1.5" with rad cap on it and that is the high point of the system and will keep it simple. Then I can just get a $10 overfill container from PEPboys and will work just fine. I wonder if the radiator has something on the top of it as an air bleeder? If not I will need to add one, or just a small hole with a screw in to bleed the air. This way it is the same as the MR2 I am used to.
I will take some pictures of the intake once I get a mock up. I am making it out of carboard at first, hehe, to see how it all fits and will work before I jump into all the work with the alum.