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    So far my body parts(the 818) look pretty good, we'll see for sure when I get a light behind them. The trunk looks good, will the floor be one piece? What's your ideas for the targa bar over the roll bar? I've been going back and forth with ideas for a targa bar. If I could make something that resembles the Ford GT's buttresses and still look good without it being or looking, what's the word I'm looking for... Stupid.

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    Worked on the 10" deep x 46" long trunk today. 0.050 aluminum sheet with a 1/16 x 1 aluminum angle across the top just after end of the engine cover. I have about 1 inch of air space over the heat shield for the cat and 2+ over the muffler. I'll do some test runs and measure the surface temps after I get and install the gold foil radiative heat barrier tape.

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    There seems to be a lot of space in there.
    Where did you attach each ends of the square tube that holds the top of the front of the trunk?
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    It's 1x1 angle Frank, it will be screwed to the edges of the side panels on each end, just clecos for now. The edge by the rear fiberglass sits on a shelf that I bonded on the lip under the lights that runs all the way across the car. The bottom edge in front is attached to the rear wheel wells.

    Just did a temp test this afternoon. worked very well trunk no more than 5 degrees over ambient. 3 inch ss belmouth, CAT, pipe all wrapped with DEI header wrap. 1/2 minimum space to the aluminum heast shield and 1 inch min to the trunk. Gold foil reflective tape not installed yet, just came in today's mail. Also added CF around the rear plate to dress it up.

    Temps: Craig's turbo heat shield (turbo blanket installed too) 200 degrees, heat shield 125 or so, exhaust pipe at exit 175, trunk wall and floor 75 max
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    Nice temps results you got there! You could keep some yogourt and cheese in the trunk for quite some time and still eat them without getting sick.

    I see you are not using washers on the 1/4-20 top body bolts (top of rear fenders), otherwise they would touch the covers. I couldn't make that precise and have to trim out the covers, nice job you did.
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    I could insulate the well in back of the left rear tire for cold wine and cheese storage! I'm actually thinking of stowing a tire repair kit, small compressor and spare tire in a can in that left side area... 1/2 the places that I can go for an awesome cruise are no cell service areas.
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    That is a fairly reflective surface. Did you put your hand on it to see if the IR temperature was close to accurate?

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    yes, surface is cool to the touch, below body temp, within 10-15 degrees of reading
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    All that I need to do now is add the carpet to the trunk, came in yesterday's UPS. The trunk does not heat up at all after adding the gold foil reflective tape to the bottom of the exhaust shield and the bottom of the trunk. I finished the front inner fenders this afternoon, my only question now is if I shark hide or powdercoat either white or black. I also added mud flaps made out of CF beghind the front tires, a tow hook and a panel to close off the splitter.
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    Cool!!! I got 3 questions.

    Where did you get those flaps?

    What did you get and how did you bolt the tow hook?

    I see you are not using weather strips like Wayne (in the back on top of bumper and side sails' tunnels), it's not that much required?
    Frank
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    I just bought doubled sided CF material from EBay for the CF mud flaps

    The tow hook is from EBay as well http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-88-BILLET-...1V26GX&vxp=mtr
    I just drilled a 1/2 inch hole through the radiator support tubing. The fiberglass is clearanced to closer to 5/8 -3/4 for a nice tight fit. From the inside, bolt, washer, tubing, washer, nut, spin on hook assy.

    I'm not happy with black weatherstripping, not sude how I'm going to do it. It's even more important in the trunk area, right now the body funnels water into the trunk
    Dan

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    You might want to be careful with that tow hook. I really don't think it will support the weight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by C.Plavan View Post
    You might want to be careful with that tow hook. I really don't think it will support the weight.
    I'm not sure the radiator frame can support the pull force.
    Speaking of tow hooks, we needed on today at the track.
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    Ooops. That's what I meant- that radiator frame is pretty weak I recall.
    Thanks- Chad
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    I wasn't too keen on it at first either, only installed it after feedback from an R builder that used that location successfully (818 owners on Facebook). I'm my case with a street car it should be fine to pull the car into the trailer or up onto a rollback
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    In looking at the aluminum added to the front wells [#1329] how do you grease the joints underneath?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RM1SepEx View Post
    The tow hook is from EBay as well http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-88-BILLET-...1V26GX&vxp=mtr
    I just drilled a 1/2 inch hole through the radiator support tubing. The fiberglass is clearanced to closer to 5/8 -3/4 for a nice tight fit. From the inside, bolt, washer, tubing, washer, nut, spin on hook assy.
    That is exactly why I asked. I've been looking at those for months but never bought one yet cuz the bolt hole needs to be 15mm and the rad frame tube is 20mm (minus the metal thickness and you're on 15mm), which makes it pretty tight and requires a perfect center hole, assuming it would not rub on the top and bottom metal of the tube while drilling. But you made a 12mm hole and it fit, so if that's true that 0.5in is sufficient, darn I'll order one right now!

    The rad tube is not the ideal location, true, but if it's just to pull it say on a tow truck or something, it's sufficient. I had mine pull many times so far and all the times was with the tow truck's hook on the rad tube.

    Yeah I thought of water in your trunk, let's see what you come up with in the future.
    Frank
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    Quote Originally Posted by UnhipPopano View Post
    In looking at the aluminum added to the front wells [#1329] how do you grease the joints underneath?
    my fittings point down ;-) these inner fenders are screwed on, only takes 2 minutes to remove them
    Dan

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    Can you fit golf clubs in your trunk?

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    Dan, you did such nice work on the front wheel well covers that I might copy them.
    Last edited by AZPete; 10-31-2016 at 09:03 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AZPete View Post
    Dan, you did such nice work on the front wheel well covers that I might copy them.
    I sent the patterns to Craig!
    Dan

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    Quote Originally Posted by RM1SepEx View Post
    I sent the patterns to Craig!


    I'm trying. I got them traced out. I've done about zero car or garage work since 10/13/16. Even my time at work is so busy these days I often don't get a stop for lunch. At home, my older daughter is now resisting going to bed so story time at 7:30 might mean she finally goes to sleep at 10, that is if I don't fall asleep reading stories to her first.
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    Two kids, wife, work, 2 FMods, 818s, can't keep up? What a surprise... Isn't it amazing how life gets in the way Craig? I can't wait to see those Zero DB front, rear and side scoop grills too... I hope to have them powder coated and installed for the Open house next year. Oh yeah, I also sent him the trunk patterns...
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    Quote Originally Posted by RM1SepEx View Post
    One kid, 2 wives
    Yeah life does get in the way.

    Front grill? Where's the advertisement on that? I guess I missed it.
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    Craig, stop reading her stories she likes! Once they get to that age you gotta go boring. Start in with the US Tax Code, and if she's still awake in ten minutes hit her up with some safety regulations or crashworthiness directives. You'll be back out in the garage in no time. ��

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    LOL! Winner, winner for the best reply of 2016!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank818 View Post
    Yeah life does get in the way.

    Front grill? Where's the advertisement on that? I guess I missed it.
    Frank, Craig and I collaborate all the time the grill, front inner fenders, trunk, side scoop and rear grills, all are request based, templates made but not actual products.

    I want better cooling and air flow for my side mount AAIC, so I made templates for the side scoops and asked Craig to do his CAD and aluminum magic thinking it would be a great zero DB product. I also thought my inner fenders and trunk would be marketable so I gave him templates.

    Remember when the larger louvers showed up cut into my hood in Orange before they were available? I requested the larger, longer louvers too, needed more under hood flow through the radiator
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    Keep on going Dan, we need those stuff.

    No picture of templates, CADs or something?
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    Craig does CAD, I do napkins, paperboard, kraft paper, sketches of concept that I take photos of on the floor and send to him. I did the original geometry for Craig's hood hinges too. Once he saw how I approached it he did those AWESOME parts. I removed my band saw and drill press pieces and installed his!

    When I worked as an engineer in the early 80's I installed and developed processes for semiconductor mfg. I worked with the design and machine shop groups to implement changes. Working with Craig brings back great memories.

    I pulled together 4 builds off the forum to come up with solutions for the MR2 shifter and rearward cables. We all ended up with different solutions (Craig's is the prettiest) Me, Craig, Bob in Cincy, AZPete (moral support) and Andrew & Tamra. The emails, sketches, supplier info, really flew around for a couple weeks!
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    You guys do a great service for the community! A great example of American ingenuity

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    Quote Originally Posted by flynntuna View Post
    You guys do a great service for the community! A great example of American ingenuity
    Definately! Much better than Trump. Ooops...

    You are absolutely right Dan, moral support from AZP is a must.
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    Yep, Dan and I have worked together behind the scenes for about as long as we've had the kit. He came up with the basic hood hinge layout, I took it and figured out how to make it cost effective and fancy. We've done several other parts and I've done a few one-off's for him as well. We even managed to meet in person once. His son was graduating from my alma mater and I happened to be home visiting. I've also worked with Bob n Cincy on the clocked AWIC kit and have met him a couple of times in person too.
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    And one of my autocross friends in Maine relocated from Indy and was friends with Craig... what a small world. Working out this stuff is what makes life interesting.
    Dan

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    Plz keep us posted on the front grill (and other parts) once there is progress.
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    Installed Craig's trunk Louvers in between my humps in the engine cover to improve cooling. Left the last louver flat as a mounting flange and "glued" them in place with silicone. I finished the cut edge with white vinyl edging.

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    Pretty nice! Probably a better place there.

    May not look cool if you install a 2nd one on the rear cover though.

    I like your stickers.
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    Nicely done, Dan, as usual. Your gel coat polished up well. Is that "BUILT" decal from FFR?
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    Frank, I have a real trunk, no vent to feed water into my carpeted trunk!

    Pete, I bought the sticker on Ebay and was able to match my vinyl and powder coating
    Dan

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