I outlined the wiring diet on my thread and Craig (Mechie3) has a great thread on it in the wiring section. Was a lot easier than it looks!
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I outlined the wiring diet on my thread and Craig (Mechie3) has a great thread on it in the wiring section. Was a lot easier than it looks!
Dan
818S #17 Picked up 8/1/13 First start 11/1/13 Go Kart 3/28/14
More slow progress. Still waiting on parts. :-/
Got the rear firewall temp installed just to make sure everything fits well. I used rivet nuts to make the upper panel removable.
This is the area between the tank and the firewall. I should have plenty of room to make the wiring and ECU pretty tidy. I believe I'll also route the passenger rear brake line through here to keep it away from the engine/exhaust heat.
All of these rivet nuts would suck with a standard rivet nut/gun tool. Good thing I have some great neighbors that'll let me borrow their cool tools. This one is a hydraulic rivet nut gun. Makes things sooooooo much easier.
Nasty sticky car wiring on the living room carpet. Guessing either you're not married or she was out of town.
My wife was home when I did it. She's used to it by now after I put engine heads in the oven to dry after washing. I did put down cardboard for the wiring though.
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I started making a rear firewall to place between the hot exhaust manifolds and the fuel tank. I've placed a layer of the EZ Cool material (can be seen on the inner firewall in the picture) on the backside of the fuel tank. This firewall panel will have another layer of the EZ Cool on the back side and gold foil on the exposed side. I'm also making an upper panel, that will cover all but the outside triangular area behind the driver (this is where the wiring harness, etc. will be ran.
Fitting:
Final product:
Cusco engine and transmission mounts. :-D **Note to self: the bottom bracket pictured is on BACKWARDS!! This made for a short, irritating delay in sitting the motor/trans in place...**
Heart transplant complete (well, complete enough for now):
Today's objective? Finish the clutch hard line and rear brake hard lines.
I terminated the clutch soft line at the driver's rear of the car, instead of the FFR recommended place in the front of the engine. I modified and used the OEM bracket. You can also see the driver side rear brake hard line. There's plenty of clearance around both lines.
Since I had plenty of room in front of the fuel tank, I decided to route the passenger rear brake line through there. This will keep it out of the engine bay and minimize heat transfer from the exhaust/engine.
And finally the passenger side.
Great work.
Thanks- Chad
818R-SOLD!!!- Go Karted 7/20/14/ Officially raced NASA ST2- 2/28/15
2016 Elan NP01 Prototype Racecar Chassis #20
1969 Porsche 911ST Vintage Race Car
1972 Porsche 911T (#'s matching undergoing nut & bolt resto in my garage)
Where did you get that golf doil? Sorry, I mean gold foil?
Frank
818 chassis #181 powered by a '93 VW VR6 Turbo GT3582R
Go-karted Aug 5, 2016 - Then May 19+21, 2017
Tracked May 27/July 26, 2017
Build time before being driveable on Sep 27, 2019: over 6000h
Build Completed Winter 2021
The gold foil type heat wrap is all over the internet, I am doing a similar thing in that area.
But is it really efficient or the quality is average to keep prices low?
Frank
818 chassis #181 powered by a '93 VW VR6 Turbo GT3582R
Go-karted Aug 5, 2016 - Then May 19+21, 2017
Tracked May 27/July 26, 2017
Build time before being driveable on Sep 27, 2019: over 6000h
Build Completed Winter 2021
Really nice work! Very tidy.
FFR 5369 Pin Drive, IRS, Trigos, Torsen, Wilwoods, FMS BOSS 302 "B" cam , Mass-flo. CA SB100 (SPCN) Registered
Delivered 4/23/06. "Finished" 4/2012 (still not done!)
Honestly, I'm not sure. I think the stuff I used is from DEI? Their info states 80% reflective. I've seen some stuff commercially available that claims 95% reflective. But, I'm not too concerned about it, since I have three layers of various products between the exhaust and the tank.
Here's a link to the 95% reflective stuff.
http://www.hrpworld.com/store/defaul...ve+Film+Silver
DEI usually makes nice stuff, no? My doubts about DEI would be less than some Chinese import.
I too plan on having multiple layers of everything I can find that reflects heat. lolll
Frank
818 chassis #181 powered by a '93 VW VR6 Turbo GT3582R
Go-karted Aug 5, 2016 - Then May 19+21, 2017
Tracked May 27/July 26, 2017
Build time before being driveable on Sep 27, 2019: over 6000h
Build Completed Winter 2021
Fuel system is plumbed.
Also, I finally received (on Tuesday) my coilover collars and threaded bodies. I now have a roller, sans brakes. All brake lines are ran, I'm just waiting to get a remote reservoir kit. This thing is super low to the ground and feels tiny! Haha *Still waiting on my wheels, too**
Now I'm starting on the craziness that is my wiring harness......
Nice!!
I like your front rad inlet (or is it the outlet over there). Seems to save space at the top.
Frank
818 chassis #181 powered by a '93 VW VR6 Turbo GT3582R
Go-karted Aug 5, 2016 - Then May 19+21, 2017
Tracked May 27/July 26, 2017
Build time before being driveable on Sep 27, 2019: over 6000h
Build Completed Winter 2021
Somewhere in here? http://www.rondavisradiators.com/Welcome.htm
They show Subaru at the end of the page, but no link to it. Is there a web page I can see one?
Or a price, at the minimum, so I can potentially budget one.
Frank
818 chassis #181 powered by a '93 VW VR6 Turbo GT3582R
Go-karted Aug 5, 2016 - Then May 19+21, 2017
Tracked May 27/July 26, 2017
Build time before being driveable on Sep 27, 2019: over 6000h
Build Completed Winter 2021
Ok great, tnx!
Frank
818 chassis #181 powered by a '93 VW VR6 Turbo GT3582R
Go-karted Aug 5, 2016 - Then May 19+21, 2017
Tracked May 27/July 26, 2017
Build time before being driveable on Sep 27, 2019: over 6000h
Build Completed Winter 2021
Brand: El Cheapo de Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-lb-me...ler-67617.html
Coupled with walnut shell.
Not much going on lately... Still waiting on coolant adapters so I can go-kart...
Well, at least I know that I didn't COMPLETELY ruin my harness when I removed 16 lbs of it!
http://s157.photobucket.com/user/Jer...i7ekj.mp4.html
VCP I can see, looking good!
I like those tires!
Congratulations. Did you get the radiator hose adapter set from Factory Five or come up with a different alternative? I'm still waiting for mine as well as the push pull cable.