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    Papa's MKIV Roadster Build - #9115 (Post Grad) - One million + views!!!

    I've decided to do a build thread and hope this provides some return to the community on the help that I've already received and know I'll need as my build progresses. My experience with working on cars is pretty limited. I've done normal maintenance and some basic customization and mechanical repairs, but that's about it. So, this build, much like wareaglescott's build, will be from the perspective of the novice builder willing to learn as I go and humbled by the knowledge that is available from the many gracious gurus that are so willing to share their time and experience with us beginners.

    My build will be based on a complete kit, now sitting in my shop along with some Factory Five upgrades and a few modifications to the basic "by the book" build. My car will use a Moser 8.8 3-link rear axle with Wilwood brake upgrade front and back. I plan to use BluePrint Engines for the powertrain, having selected their 347 c.i. with EFI and the Tremec TKO 600 transmission.

    I will be using my roadster exclusively on the street, no racing. I live in Colorado, and can't wait to someday drive the roadster into the Rocky Mountains for a day trip to Breckenridge or Estes Park (Rocky Mountain National Park) with my lovely wife of nearly 32 years by my side.



    Build Thread Table of Contents

    Topic Post Number(s)
    Delivery 1
    Rear Axle 8
    Body & Aluminum Removal 12
    Assembly Begins 13
    Front Suspension & Brakes 23
    Rear Suspension 32
    Firewall 42
    Pedal Box Assembly 42
    Fuel Tank 49
    Passenger Footbox 62
    Passenger Floor 70
    Driver’s Floor & Foot Box 81
    Rear Cockpit Aluminum 85
    Steering 86
    Brake Reservoir 98
    FFMetal Battery Box 98
    Brake Lines 107
    Rolling Chassis 137
    Trunk Aluminum 139
    Wiring Harness Install 140
    Dash Install (Initial) 174
    Engine Uncrate 179
    Foot Operated Headlight Dimmer Mod 196,517
    Electrical Switches 203
    E-Brake Cable Install 207
    E-Brake Handle 216, 226
    Fuel Filter Mount 224
    Fuel Lines 233
    Wiper Motor Install 249
    Engine Install 255
    Heater Bypass 280
    Seat Heaters 297
    Power Steering Lines 306
    Electrical Buss Bar 335
    Boig Cool Tubes 342
    Throttle Cable Mounts 352
    Fan & Horn Wiring 356
    First Start 357
    Drilling Roll Bars 387
    Mounting Dash (Final) 418
    First Go-Kart 430
    Coupler Mod (Retrofit) 454
    Trans Tunnel Cover Upholstery 457
    Breeze Seat Mounts 466, 664
    Body Fit (Rough) 480
    Hood Fit (Rough) 513
    Hood Hinges/Latches 524
    Trunk Lid & Door Fit (Rough) 541
    Le Mans Gas Filler 544
    License Plate Bracket 561
    Tail Light Wiring 582
    Headlights 585
    EFI Swap from FAST XFI Street to Holley Sniper 618
    Side Louvers 639, 687, 731-735
    Trunk Carpet 640, 662
    Trunk Lid Access Cover 649
    12v Power Point 664
    Trunk Lid Wiring 667
    Driveline Safety Hoop 682
    Premium Soft Top 688, 776, 1119
    Carpet 693
    Body Under Coating 702
    Splash Guards 715
    Door Strap & Seatbelt Pad Leather Dye 743
    Breeze Upper Radiator Panel 755
    Door Latches 770
    Gap Filler Panels 784
    Radiator Aluminum 785
    Trunk Gas Struts from Relicaparts (Mike Everson) 796
    SDC Self-Cancelling Turn Signals 807
    Door Sill Aluminum 826
    Gas-N Side Pipes 828
    O-Ring Mod for Wheel Spinners 834
    Getting Ready to Ship To Jeff Kleiner For Paint 846
    At Jeff Kleiner’s For Paint 872, 895, 922, 929, 942, 954, 979, 986
    Headed Home After Paint 1007, 1014
    Final Assembly 1029, 1044, 1056, 1061, 1067, 1075, 1114, 1118
    Getting Legal 1129, 1143, 1183
    Ride Height Adjustment 1131
    Finished! 1170
    Russ Thompson Turn Signal Retrofit 1277
    Radiator Replacement and Addition of Breeze Upper Mount 1361
    EFI Upgrade - Inglese 8-Stack 1371, 1411
    Wheel Spinner Hub Retainers 1394
    Inglese 8-Stack and Terminator X EFI Upgrade 1407
    Fuel System Contamination Cleanup 1423
    Last edited by Papa; 06-03-2022 at 10:13 AM.
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    Woohoo! Lookin forward to following. Congratulations and get to work!
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    The start of my build is still off in the future, so I envy you guys that made the commitment. Hope it turns out to be everything you wanted and more.

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    That drive from Denver to Breckenridge is what roadsters are made for. Welcome and congratulations.
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    Papa,

    Being an Electrical Engineer gives you a huge advantage over a lot of us.
    To give you an example, it took me 40 hours to wire my dash.
    That's why you never give a wrench to a banker.
    Looks Like A Great Combination To Me!

    Steve

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    Quote Originally Posted by GoDadGo View Post
    Papa,

    Being an Electrical Engineer gives you a huge advantage over a lot of us.
    To give you an example, it took me 40 hours to wire my dash.
    That's why you never give a wrench to a banker.
    Looks Like A Great Combination To Me!

    Steve
    Wiring doesn't bother me as long as I have a readable schematic to work from. When I tackled the dash replacement on my 1970 El Camino, I didn't have much to go on, but got it done.
    Last edited by Papa; 07-08-2017 at 09:20 AM.
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    Look forward to following along!
    Wow I am envious of that potential drive in the rockies. Sounds amazing!
    My Grandparents and Aunts/Uncles are from the Westminster and Lakewood areas. Spent a ton of time in Denver growing up. Would be amazing to drive the Cobra up in the mountains.
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    Good Luck! I'm excited to watch your build progress. You'll have a few months head start on me.
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    Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement! So, to catch this new thread up, I received my rear axle and Wilwood brakes a couple of weeks ago. I installed the brakes on the axle and replaced the chrome diff cover with the cast cover.





    I also had my grandson "help" me. He installed a lug nut for me and was so proud of himself!



    Last Saturday, the bulk of the kit arrived and my wife and I spent about six hours doing inventory. I found a few missing items and e-mailed Courtnie. She was right on getting the parts ordered for me. I also have several back ordered parts that should hopefully start arriving soon. Today, I got a shipping notification for two boxes coming from FFR.
    Last edited by Papa; 04-22-2018 at 12:02 PM.
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    May I ask where you purchased the axle from? Thx, BB

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    Quote Originally Posted by BB767 View Post
    May I ask where you purchased the axle from? Thx, BB
    I ordered it with my kit from Factory Five. It was shipped direct from Moser Engineering. I swapped out the stock chrome diff cover for the cast one shown in the pictures.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Papa View Post
    I ordered it with my kit from Factory Five. It was shipped direct from Moser Engineering. I swapped out the stock chrome diff cover for the cast one shown in the pictures.
    Hey Papa,

    Great idea ditching the chrome differential cover and going with the cast piece.
    While things like that may look nice at a car show, oil pans included, we all know that they store heat much like a nice shiny silver teapot.
    None of us need any extra heat if we intend to really drive our cars so Bravo on ditching that particular piece of chrome.

    Steve

    PS: I have a Moser Rear as well (TSD-500) because neither F-5 nor Moser were offering the 8.8 units at the time of my order.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Papa View Post
    I ordered it with my kit from Factory Five. It was shipped direct from Moser Engineering. I swapped out the stock chrome diff cover for the cast one shown in the pictures.
    I have the same Moser diff and installed a similar aluminum cover. Here again, I swopped the black cap screws for stainless. There's just something about rust clashing with aluminum that doesn't do it for me. One other consideration. I found the allen head adjustment bolts for the "bearing backers" would wick gear oil from the diff and look terrible. This was solved by removing the jam nut, cleaning the bolts with solvent, and applying a small amount of silicone sealant to the base of the bolt before replacing the jam nut. Not a drop in the 3 years since.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Papa View Post
    I ordered it with my kit from Factory Five. It was shipped direct from Moser Engineering. I swapped out the stock chrome diff cover for the cast one shown in the pictures.
    Papa
    Back from Post#16, where did you get the cast diff cover? I didn't see it on their website.

    Thanks
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    Quote Originally Posted by Papa View Post
    Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement! So, to catch this new thread up, I received my rear axle and Wilwood brakes a couple of weeks ago. I installed the brakes on the axle and replaced the chrome diff cover with the cast cover.





    I also had my grandson "help" me. He installed a lug nut for me and was so proud of himself!



    Last Saturday, the bulk of the kit arrived and my wife and I spent about six hours doing inventory. I found a few missing items and e-mailed Courtnie. She was right on getting the parts ordered for me. I also have several back ordered parts that should hopefully start arriving soon. Today, I got a shipping notification for two boxes coming from FFR.
    Papa
    In your first post you stated “My car will use a Moser 8.8 3-link rear axle with Wilwood brake upgrade front and back.”
    Did you upgrade the brakes through Factory Five and what did you upgrade them to????
    I purposely delayed my kit order a couple months cause I was undecided on a few things ( this being one).

    Thanks and have a great day
    Jimmy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scubasommer View Post
    Papa
    In your first post you stated “My car will use a Moser 8.8 3-link rear axle with Wilwood brake upgrade front and back.”
    Did you upgrade the brakes through Factory Five and what did you upgrade them to????
    I purposely delayed my kit order a couple months cause I was undecided on a few things ( this being one).

    Thanks and have a great day
    Jimmy
    Jimmy,

    The kit comes with brakes for the front axel, but not the rear. I wanted Wilwood brakes, so the upgrade was for the front (eliminates the standard and delivers the Wilwood), and then a matching set for the rear. I ordered them with my kit from FFR. All you have to do is select the color of caliper you want (red or black) and then pick the type of rear axle you have. If you want black calipers and have a solid rear axle, check the following:



    Note that the Wilwood brakes on the FFR configurator are designed to work with 17" or 18" wheels only. If you plan to run a more vintage 15" wheel and want Wilwood brakes, contact Gordon Levy for options.

    Dave
    Last edited by Papa; 04-22-2018 at 08:01 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Papa View Post
    Jimmy,

    The kit comes with brakes for the front axel, but not the rear. I wanted Wilwood brakes, so the upgrade was for the front (eliminates the standard and delivers the Wilwood), and then a matching set for the rear. I ordered them with my kit from FFR. All you have to do is select the color of caliper you want (red or black) and then pick the type of rear axle you have. If you want black calipers and have a solid rear axle, check the following:



    Note that the Wilwood brakes on the FFR configurator are designed to work with 17" or 18" wheels only. If you plan to run a more vintage 15" wheel and want Wilwood brakes, contact Gordon Levy for options.

    Dave
    Cool Thanks Dave

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    Papa-

    Little man looks pretty pleased with himself! Where did that red hair come from? Handsome fell right there.

    Congrats on starting the build. You are really going to love it. It is both enjoyable and rewarding, and I think you will have a terrific time.

    I look forward to following along with your build thread.

    Regards,

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    Quote Originally Posted by WIS89 View Post
    Papa-

    Little man looks pretty pleased with himself! Where did that red hair come from? Handsome fell right there.

    Congrats on starting the build. You are really going to love it. It is both enjoyable and rewarding, and I think you will have a terrific time.

    I look forward to following along with your build thread.

    Regards,

    Steve
    My mother, wife, and two daughters are all redheads (Lord help me)! Today I will be removing the hood, doors, and trunk and marking the aluminum in preparation to remove the body.
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    Very nice! Ah, your garge is too clean.
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    Lots of progress today! I got the body off the chassis and onto the buck and into the eventual parking space for the finished car.







    After marking and documenting the aluminum panels, I removed everything down to the bare chassis.



    Finally, I drilled the F-Panels and cleco'd them into position. Now I need to decide how I want to finish them before permanently riveting them and starting on the front suspension.

    Last edited by Papa; 04-22-2018 at 12:07 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Papa View Post
    Lots of progress today! I got the body off the chassis and onto the buck and into the eventual parking space for the finished car.

    Quote Originally Posted by Papa View Post
    Thanks Paul. I'll have to see what makes sense and I may have to create my own access panel as I don't believe I saw anything like that when disassembling the car.
    The DS footbox access panel hole is visible in this picture you posted previously of your delivery. Just under the rear left corner of the hood opening. The actual cover is somewhere in your box of loose aluminum panels. This is a standard feature FF has had on the Roadster for several years now. That delivery picture also shows how the footbox top panel is nearly covered by the body.
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    Quote Originally Posted by edwardb View Post
    The DS footbox access panel hole is visible in this picture you posted previously of your delivery. Just under the rear left corner of the hood opening. The actual cover is somewhere in your box of loose aluminum panels. This is a standard feature FF has had on the Roadster for several years now. That delivery picture also shows how the footbox top panel is nearly covered by the body.
    Thanks Paul. That helps a lot. I'll plan to rivnut that panel in place when the time comes, but as you said, not much room even with that opening.
    Last edited by Papa; 07-15-2017 at 06:29 PM.
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    I found your build thread and hope to learn a lot from it. Looks like your doing great. I'm about to make the plunge in to building one myself. Did you build the buck yourself? Did FF provide you plans for it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Welch View Post
    I found your build thread and hope to learn a lot from it. Looks like your doing great. I'm about to make the plunge in to building one myself. Did you build the buck yourself? Did FF provide you plans for it?
    Tom,

    Thanks! The FFR manual includes plans for building the buck. You can order an electronic version of the manual from FFR for $10. It's worth having even with the printed manual as you can search it!

    http://www.factoryfiveparts.com/1507...ital-copy-pdf/

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    Congrats! Welcome to the madness

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    I'm thinking the reason the F-panel riveting shows up very early in the manual has to do with lack of familiarity. It's much more likely a foreign process to most that tackle the assembly. As to permanent or not the picture shows some mounting slots that might not be so easily accessible after the rivets are in, so I say no rush.

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    Looking good. You're off to a great start. One suggestion: For the upper control arms, I'd recommend flipping those attachment bolts. Wherever possible, it's good build practice to always put the head of the bolt on top and the nut on the bottom. In the unlikely event that a nut were to work loose and fall off, the bolt is more likely to stay in the hole and help limit potential damage.

    Hopefully also you used Loctite in those upper ball joints. They look pretty clean so thought I would ask. Some have had trouble with them backing out once driving. In addition to Loctite, good practice to put some paint marks on the ball joint side and upper control arm so you can visually monitor if they've moved or not as part of ongoing maintenance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by edwardb View Post
    Looking good. You're off to a great start. One suggestion: For the upper control arms, I'd recommend flipping those attachment bolts. Wherever possible, it's good build practice to always put the head of the bolt on top and the nut on the bottom. In the unlikely event that a nut were to work loose and fall off, the bolt is more likely to stay in the hole and help limit potential damage.

    Hopefully also you used Loctite in those upper ball joints. They look pretty clean so thought I would ask. Some have had trouble with them backing out once driving. In addition to Loctite, good practice to put some paint marks on the ball joint side and upper control arm so you can visually monitor if they've moved or not as part of ongoing maintenance.

    Thank you for the tips. I did use blue thread locker on the upper ball joints. I ran three or four beads on each before threading them in. I will definitely flip the pivot bolts over as you suggest. I hadn't thought about it, but it makes a lot of sense. They are all still just finger tight right now until I get the spindles mounted. I'll also make sure to put some paint marks in the ball joints to keep track of any movement down the road.
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    Today I received a good number of backordered and missing parts. So far, I'm very impressed with the responsiveness from FFR. Courtnie has been great to work with through the entire process.
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    Completed the front suspension and brakes today!



    Used the two 35mm bolts supplied by FFR to mount the caliper brackets to the spindles. The Wilwood supplied bolts are 40mm.





    Next I'll begin working on the rear suspension.
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    Looking Good!
    Here are some of the assembly videos in case you haven't seen them.

    https://youtu.be/oBJ5dKLrhoU
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    It's all pretty straight forward stuff so Wrench On Papa, Wrench On!

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    [QUOTE=Papa;285442]Completed the front suspension and brakes today!

    Used the two 35mm bolts supplied by FFR to mount the caliper brackets to the spindles. The Wilwood supplied bolts are 40mm.



    Dave

    I am knee deep in my build and I purchased the Wilwood brakes all around that you were digging ( same gig but red calipers)
    In your post you used the 35mm bolts supplied by FF instead on the 40mm from Wilwood, What made you decide to do this? And did you put a washer on the back of the FF 35mm boots like Wilwood said to do with their 40’s or just run them in straight....?

    Thanks Brother your build is looking AWESOME by the way!
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    [QUOTE=Scubasommer;355162]
    Quote Originally Posted by Papa View Post
    Completed the front suspension and brakes today!

    Used the two 35mm bolts supplied by FFR to mount the caliper brackets to the spindles. The Wilwood supplied bolts are 40mm.



    Dave

    I am knee deep in my build and I purchased the Wilwood brakes all around that you were digging ( same gig but red calipers)
    In your post you used the 35mm bolts supplied by FF instead on the 40mm from Wilwood, What made you decide to do this? And did you put a washer on the back of the FF 35mm boots like Wilwood said to do with their 40’s or just run them in straight....?

    Thanks Brother your build is looking AWESOME by the way!
    Jimmy
    Jimmy,

    It's been quite some time since I installed those. I don't recall what drove me to use the FFR provided bolts over the longer ones from Wilwood. The 5mm difference is less than 3/16". I don't recall if I used a washer, but can take a look when I get home this evening. I believe those bolts also got some red thread lock on them, but can't remember for sure.

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    Hey Papa. Good luck with the build. My 2012 build was similar to yours except I used a Coyote power plant. I used to live in the Canadian Rockies and my experience with the Coyote at elevations from sea level to above the tree line has bee fantastic. 87 octane pump gas and ran like a top.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Howard View Post
    Hey Papa. Good luck with the build. My 2012 build was similar to yours except I used a Coyote power plant. I used to live in the Canadian Rockies and my experience with the Coyote at elevations from sea level to above the tree line has bee fantastic. 87 octane pump gas and ran like a top.
    Yep -- EFI is a must-have at altitude! My home is at 6,100 feet and we get up over 11,000 feet going to Breckenridge.
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    More progress today on the rear suspension. With a few extra hands, I got the rear end in place and then completed the shock install and track bar install.





    After adjusting the top link to get the rear shocks connected on the lower end, it seems that the clearance for the coil-over springs is going to be very close when it comes time to get the pinion angle adjusted. Has anyone had issues with this?

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    I don't know if they changed anything since my kit was shipped (2015) but I think you've got your rear shocks upside down.

    Also, I've got the Moser TSD-500 rear and I had to clearance the brackets a bit, but that is because my pinion angle is different because of how my engine sits.

    Hope this helps.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GoDadGo View Post
    I don't know if they changed anything since my kit was shipped (2015) but I think you've got your rear shocks upside down.

    Also, I've got the Moser TSD-500 rear and I had to clearance the brackets a bit, but that is because my pinion angle is different because of how my engine sits.

    Hope this helps.
    Steve,

    The manual specifically states that the shock body goes up unless using the double-adjustable shocks. I will wait and see what it does when it's on the ground with some weight on the rear.

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