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Continuing to plug away at it. Welded the paddles for the blower restraints to the header flanges and painted the headers. They will likely never look this good again. Trying to show the panhard bar that I made for the front axle. Assembled the front and rear suspension bits. Changed out all the fasteners for Grade 8 fine thread and lock nuts. Don't want anything breaking or coming loose at an inopportune time.The fitting on the front crossmember will be for the vent line from the fuel tank. This puts the vent well below the tank and fuel pump and will also serve as a rollover safety.Finally, the racing associations mandate a switch that can be activated from the rear of the car to shut it off in the event of an emergency. But I didn't want to spend the huge money that they want for them so I made my own. The activation rod comes out the back of the turtle deck. Push it in to shut off the engine and all other systems. Made up a little bracket and put it on the handle of a locally sourced switch, threaded a piece of 1/4" rod, added a swivel that I had laying around and there it is. Saved myself about $150 and it works every bit as good as the fancy kits. I bent up some brake lines and I'm just waiting for the flex lines to show up and then I can finish the brakes. The trans cooler is on order and will be added as soon as it shows up. All the safety shields, seat belts, etc. have been ordered. Still have to pick up fittings for the fuel system and the relays for the electrical. Install these items and wire the car and its time to fire it up. Getting pretty excited!!!
Continuing to plug away at it. Welded the paddles for the blower restraints to the header flanges and painted the headers. They will likely never look this good again.
Trying to show the panhard bar that I made for the front axle. Assembled the front and rear suspension bits. Changed out all the fasteners for Grade 8 fine thread and lock nuts. Don't want anything breaking or coming loose at an inopportune time.
The fitting on the front crossmember will be for the vent line from the fuel tank. This puts the vent well below the tank and fuel pump and will also serve as a rollover safety.
Finally, the racing associations mandate a switch that can be activated from the rear of the car to shut it off in the event of an emergency. But I didn't want to spend the huge money that they want for them so I made my own. The activation rod comes out the back of the turtle deck. Push it in to shut off the engine and all other systems. Made up a little bracket and put it on the handle of a locally sourced switch, threaded a piece of 1/4" rod, added a swivel that I had laying around and there it is. Saved myself about $150 and it works every bit as good as the fancy kits.
I bent up some brake lines and I'm just waiting for the flex lines to show up and then I can finish the brakes. The trans cooler is on order and will be added as soon as it shows up. All the safety shields, seat belts, etc. have been ordered. Still have to pick up fittings for the fuel system and the relays for the electrical. Install these items and wire the car and its time to fire it up. Getting pretty excited!!!
