Tuesday, December 9, 2014

12-8-14 Progress Update

Over the past number of weeks there has been a fair amount of progress on the re-builds :

2012 Car
  • Jimmy and Ian spent a solid day working on the wiring harness
  • Ian finalized a number of items on the oil, water and fuel plumbing
  • John fabricated an oil separator replaced loose lug studs
  • Fixed leaking LR wheel and replaced wheel center 
  • Matt & I started on plug for new nose mold using a little bit of the 2005 car


2006 Car
  • Preparing the engine for installation
    • Added oil fitting for Accusump, very tight quarters due to exhaust manifold
    • Fabricated baffle for oil pan
    • Machined new spacers for engine mounts
    • Purchased and installed new drive sprocket
    • Installed port for new water temperature gauge sender 
    • Modified stock crank trigger wheel so tooth #1 is at TDC of cylinder #1.
  • Fabricated new swirl pot and simplified radiator plumbing
  • Replaced missing brake fluid reservoir and added spacers to adjust pedal position on cluster
  • Fabricated mounts for damper reservoirs  
  • Repaired mounting tabs on fuel tank
  • Purchased new fuel pump, filter, plumbing and fabricated new mount
  • Fabricated new clutch cable mount on engine for better clearance to frame and water lines