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Originally posted by hasa View Post
When you have already proven to be very skilled welder... this riveting looks little bit odd solution. But if it works technically... why not.
even if I did low amp tig which would actually be pretty freaking cool now that I think about it, burn through would be a concern and the prep work would be a pain because having any significant gaps and your joints gonna keyhole. using small stick electrodes would be the other alternative and with that burn through would be even more of a concern but more so than that it would take a fair amount of time to clean up and make it look nice unless I did a super good job.
now that you have me thinking about it I may give welding a try in some parts of the drivers side firewall if I feel like itd be a good idea over rivets due to the curves and space restrictions
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He can always weld it too when he is done if he felt like it.How to remove, install or convert to pop out windows
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=297611
Could be better, could be worse.
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went to the metal store and the driveshaft shop and got the driveshaft balanced. they were kind enough to paint it too
as you guys know by now; im a fan of rivets
double checked the angle of the diff and we are in business. about 2 deg so powertrain placement is finalized. motor mounts coming soon.
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doing some lathework to make an adapter that will allow me to put a cone filter on my air inlet pipe because the airbox I got with the control pack will not fit at all. ive got to use this IAT sensor so that's why im making the adaptor with this bung for the IAT sensor. not at all looking forward to welding aluminum TBH.
other than that not too much progress to show but I did bend the fuel cell hangars as well. but heres a interior pic to show from when i was checking out pedal location. by sheer luck the transmission and the shifter ended up in a good spot and the shift lever seems to be in a good spot aswell.
may end up switching to a straight shift lever from this angled one depending on how everything works out but for now it seems really nice and its kinda trippy to sit in a seat with the steering wheel and shifter. makes me feel like things are moving along and they are but im hoping wiring wont be too difficult, well see. suspension and running the brake lines and all that should be pretty easy
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pic of the radiator support all mounted up
made the intercooler mounting brackets, intercooler sits on the original radiator support.
trimmed the radiator shroud a bit more and riveted the bottom of it to the bottom of the radiator. then riveted the top of the radiator shroud to the car and it really tucks the radiator and its shroud in nice and tight
so with that all this stuff up front is pretty much taken care of, done with that on to the next one.Last edited by hkv; 09-12-2019, 12:47 AM.
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Originally posted by moatilliatta View PostHow’s the seating position with the shifter that for back?
Did you have to move the pedals?
what im not going to be able to get in an ideal position is the pedals because unfortunately in this context I am pretty tall. I am using a wildwood pedal box because I have previous experience with them and I know they work good for applications like these. because the engine intrudes so deeply into the cabin I am only barely able to get the throttle in an acceptable location and the throttle really determines the location of the clutch and the brake pedal because they cant be in wildly different positions; I want to atleast somewhat be able to heel and toe. so this is what the situation is looking like right now.
throttle just barely clears the intake manifold, bellhousing, tunnel ect... this is about as good as the position gets unless i were going to move everything to the left side of the foot well which would have its own issues
this is pretty much what im looking at, my legs are gonna be a little bent up but ive tested it, it will be acceptable. unfortunately I cant mount the brake forward of the throttle to facilitate heel and toeing because my legs already have to bend pretty good to reach the throttle.
obviously the final location of the pedals will be a little bit higher than they are in the pic but this what were looking at and it will work just not ideal for a guy my height because I don't want my arms too extended to reach the steering wheel. obviously once the car is driving I can look into a steering wheel that comes out farther and then adjust the pedals out more to better match the throttle but that's something to worry about once everything's put together
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Originally posted by roguetoaster View PostMaybe left offset the pedals or consider moving the seat and pedals aft.
im gonna look into moving everything left and forward and see if I can tuck it into the left side of the foot well. that way I will have more room to extend my leg, my legs will be angled left rather than straight forward but that's not a big deal
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