Never before has so little power been made from so much displacement! (Page 18 of 57)

How about some cut to length bicyle shift/brake cable?
They have adjustable ends.
I would think it would fit into lemony budget.

Manny.
Elmo's revenge.

Only if you have a radar jammer so they can't write you a speeding ticket

alright, we can stop discussing throttle linkage. i figured out a way to stop the throttle bodies from rotating so my initial idea works great.

here is what the brackets started as:

and here are all the linkages before being installed on the motor:

I had a hard time taking pictures that made sense so instead you get a crappy youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIEIXHGhG2s

yeah, i noticed that after i picked them up from the water jet shop. the holes are just cut lines so they can be folded semi-precisely before being welded into the right shape. this so the linkage misses the rubber boot on the upper throttle bodies.

I got the missing pieces and finished attaching the two remaining throttle bodies to the linkage.

here it is:

the pedal pressure is a bit light but there's a good positive return. i think i'll add an extra return spring on the #1 cylinder since if i disconnect the control rod, the weight of the long control rod is just enough to open the throttle to about 20% this will also improve the pedal feel.

the extra tab that isn't welded or connected to anything is to add an extra return spring on the rod if necessary this will only be for pedal feel the extra spring on #1 will result in as much safety as is needed.

this means officially all three pedals are hooked up again (though I need the clutch installed to test the feel/travel on that). I just need the shifter and all driver controls will be attached.

I'm off to go figure out the shifter linkage.

Agree, there's a whole lot of complicated win happening here.

This gets better every time I look at it.

Have you finalized cooling yet?  5 radiator fans and a 5 KW generator?

yeah, i know what you're saying but i was waiting on a critical part to be finished from the CNC machine shop so i could put together the gearbox that transfers the power. without that gearbox i cannot start the engine.

the good news is, i *JUST* got a message from the machine shop saying they finished my parts a few minutes ago. so hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll be able to crank the motor and start on the megasquirt wiring.

Marc,

Since Speedycop just found out that he is no longer a Lemons Legend, check this link: http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewt … p?id=9004, you have for sure reached Legend status without even having the engine fire. If only I could have half your fabrication skills. Truly legnedary!!

You may not have achieved the status yet, but you proved to me at Autobahn that you are one heck of a stand up guy, and a real class act! Any overskilled yahoo can whip up a radial-powered MR2 with a whole ton of money and a measly 500 hours labor, but not any would bend over backwards to help total strangers on an unfinished Lemons build at the track!

sorry about the lack of pictures. it's killing me also since there is so much stuff to show, but the guy that owns the web server says it will be back up tomorrow.

so skipping all the neat internals pictures, here's a video of today's progress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE2kCBd0ejA

as you can see, the angry hamster box is now mounted. I'm off to go make the sprocket mount for the prop flange now. maybe i'll have the motor cranking by tonight.

ENJOY!

yeah, that chain has me worried also.

west coast? i'm in fort wayne, IN