Never before has so little power been made from so much displacement! (Page 26 of 57)

I just made it possible. Only catch is that you have to be at a race where it is. NJMP or Summit are your options at the moment.

Add a petty bar to the cage, the rear stays are too low on the main hoop to pass...

-John

Counting the minutes till I see this car in person.

the good news is the car is definately done enough that it's getting shoved on a trailer and brought up there to show. but if anythimg major goes wrong at this point, it's gonna be a show stopper.

anyways, onto tonight's progress...

1) hooked up the shifter... those cheap push pull cables from mcmaster car are simply atrocious. they have more slop than the travel to select gears. it isn't anywhere near right, but it can be shifted in every gear except overdrive so it's getting called "good enough for now"

2) i plumbed up the oil tank up front. waiting for the brackets to show up to mount the tank.

3) added the extra throttle return spring to make everything feel right.

4) mounted cht probe. the 18mm plug CHT sensors were too expensive so i placed it around a head/jug bolt. it should be right at the hottest part of the head there anyways so the reading will be "good enough"

my list is down to the following:

1) megasquirt
   a) wire in O2 sensor
   b) tune it some more (though i have most of the smoke gone now, i need to make a new video)

2) brakes, i need to make a 2nd vac manifold to power the brakes and for the fuel tank evap lines

3) cooling fan mount/ main prop nut locking aparatus. i think i can make both of these functions as a single part.

4) mount tach, fuel and head temp guages

5) safety
   a) wire up brake lights
   b) get a fire extinguisher
   c) install 5-pt harness
   d) rear view mirror   

6) add steering wheel/brackets

7) make CV shaft spacers. it looks like i may have made my shafts a bit short but a small spacer will make it work just fine.

8) deal with the damn clutch
   a)it looks like the throwout still isn't right.
   b)get a hydraulic line made

9) order tires

10) replace windshield (spider cracked it while installing the cage... damnit)

11) add in extra engine supports for front mount to prevent flywheel from touching crossmember. perhaps add shims between crossmember and body to help there also.

i think that is it for now

we'd be talking about 4000miles of driving to get there/back. the tow rig gets about 17mpg while towing.  heck, we'd be talking over $1000 of fuel alone to get there and back.

as much as i'd love to, i somehow do not see taking this car to CA in it's future.

weirder things have happened. maybe someone on here can get me a great deal on automotive shipping and i can just fly out. i'm sure i could scare up someone with tools local in CA for use at the track.

a plane ticket isn't that expensive to get there if i could get the car there.

but anyways. for now i just need to worry about this next race

Two words... Sunscreen!
Wait, that's one word.

...anyway, a good sunblock will block flash burns too.

There aren't enough ah's in awesome to describe this project.

btw, here's the solution to your starter concern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5LBUVS1T8
(~25 seconds in...)

i'm working with John over e-mail on this one. i don't have it on the list because I'm not sure what the ultimate solution here is.

i did not post it here because I've found the judges only read this thread intermittently and it's way better to have any discussion directly with them.

yeah, I know about sunblock for welding but i hate the stuff. really i should just wear a long sleve shirt.

oh, as you can notice in the video. the motor isn't that loud now that i have the baffles in place but there's a ton of whiring noise from all the strait cut spur gears and the chains. the alternator drive might be noisier than the main drive but it's hard to tell.

damn marc. so much awesome. It's actually just a bit sad that it got quieter, but oh well, them's the rules!

it may be quieter, but it's still the same note. just less sound pressure. i'm very happy to report that it did not ruin the airplane sound