Another upgrade we planned was to fix our mistake of using a stock clutch fork with a blowproof bellhousing. Due to the added size of these bellhousings, a stock fork becomes too short and puts the clutch cable at an angle between the fork and the bellhousing lip. You want the cable to be pulled straight, requiring a longer fork. To fix the problem, we used a Pro Motion Performance extended clutch fork, available through AFM.
When we put the transmission back in the car, we decided to finally wire up our Line-Loc. Form and function take precedence over beauty when it comes to race cars (at least that's what we keep telling Editor Turner), so off came the billet shift knob and in its place went a new Side-winder knob from Hurst. The Sidewinder has a conveniently placed thumb switch that can be used to control a Line-Loc, a two-step, nitrous, or just about any-thing else. We wired our Line-Loc and two-step through this switch and a rocker switch in the AFM ashtray panel. With the rocker switch off, the Sidewinder button is Line-Loc only, while the switch on the Sidewinder button controls the two-step as well.
Another change we wanted to make was to Aeromotive's latest sumped tank redesign. The new tank was in our possession, but we had to order some fittings to get everything set to go. The new sump puts the return line right into the sump, thus we had to install a fitting and an extra length of braided line to route the new return line farther back.
The old return line design had the line entering this billet fitting at the top of the tank. We had Aeromotive send us an O-ring plug for the billet fitting since the fitting will not be used on the new design tank.
Aeromotive also sent us a sump assembly so we could show you the internal design of the sump that's installed. The return line now feeds the sump directly to keep fuel at the pickup during just about any situation. This new design is set to keep the car running at peak performance with only a couple gallons in the tank-say bye-bye to fuel-starvation problems on the street or during your launch.
The only thing left to do before installing the revised tank was to trim the tank cover for the slightly larger sump. As seen here before trimming, the old sump was much smaller, requiring a smaller opening.
With the tank in the car, we topped off the Real Street with VP Racing Fuels' C10 unleaded race gas. We filled the tank, knowing we'd be running the car on the dyno for tuning.