Almost there — just about ready to go. I’ve gathered all the missing parts. A local machinist came to the rescue and turned a custom adapter fitting, modeled after a T-joint, to make everything connect neatly. He’s an old-school kind of a guy — the type who can tell you the thread pitch in turns per inch without putting on his glasses and we mostly use metrics here.

The T-joint:

For a moment, it looked like this:

But I got it under control fairly quickly.

I get to go to the UK every now and then for work. Last week was one of those trips — a bit of office work and the company’s Christmas party. The UK is great for JDM parts because of the left-hand drive cars, and I took advantage of that. On the flight back, I brought this with me — a 12-liter worth of “this”:

Spec-C, brand new intercooler water tank with all the attachments and water pump.

For now, just a trial fit, but I’ve found myself a new wee project.