I’ve now pulled the fuel tank out.
ive noticed that the st170 has a returnless fuel system. Which is no good to me what so ever, so looks like I’ll have to retrofit one as it’ll make life a lot more simple later on when it comes to mapping in a turbo on a standalone ecu.
Good news is that the pump cover has a return line blanked off, just nothing to connect it to inside.
Shouldnt be a problem though as I’ll just connect a pipe to the under side of the cover and dangle it down in the tank
after looking under the car I think it’s about time I started some of this surface rust off.
ive made a bit of a start. Lots of wire brush on a 4” grinder work, all good fun though
puffed a bit of zinc primer on the patches I’ve done. Once I’ve done the whole rear end I’ll go round it with some seamsealer.
one other thing I’ve noticed is at some point someone has got a bit happy with a cutting disc, most likely to cut a joiner or something in the exhaust and didn’t realise they was also cutting into the space saver well. Not that it’s hard to repair but it really is making me think I might flat floor the boot.
im also having second thoughts about the use of the car once she’s up and running again.
I don’t really need a daily as I have a work van and the Mrs has her own car. So maybe a more track orientated car would fit the bill a bit more. Dunno yet have to think some and way it up in my head