April 19, 2021
| I hate making fuel and brake lines, have I said that already? Man, I hope these don't leak! | |
| The headers are back and look great. The clutch slave bracket has been powder coated to match the bellhousing. The engine is ready to go in, but I recognized that the fuel and brake lines would only be harder later... |  |
| Here's the fuel pump mount. It sits on rubber feet in the spare tire well, and will mount the pre-pump filter and the pump itself. These pumps are purported to be noisy, so I'm looking for some isolation here, bue we'll see if this makes it better or worse. All that is left to do here is to attach the hoses. The second line from underneath is the fuel return from the EFI setup.. |  |
| I'm semi-pleased with how this turned out. The after-pump filter occupies the bracket that held the stock fuel pump. The smaller stainless lines go to the rear brake proportioning valve, which will be accessible from above using the old fuel pump door.. |  |
| Routing the rear brake line was a pain, I prototyped the line in welding wire, but ended up making it multiple times. It is probably also about 9' long, and it has to be partially bent in place. Since I am using a dual master cylinder and a pedal mounted brake light switch, there is no need for the line to run over to the passenger side of the engine compartment, as it did originally. Still, getting out of the engine compartment while staying clear of the headers is not easy. Here I have run the line down the transmission tunnel, and through the hole in the X-member where the Alpine exhaust pipe ran (and is not used on a Tiger).. |  |
| The line for the front brakes is as easy as the rear is complicated. It will come straight down from the empty fitting on the master cylinder, where it will connect to a T on the front cross member. That brake line is probably less than 12" in length.. |  |