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> My 72 3.0 progress thread: Project F-914, Adding transmission cooler.
Krieger
post Sep 24 2010, 08:48 PM
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So I have been working like a dog at work, on the house, with my kids, wife and not in this order. The last 20 months have been when the majority of the work has been done. I do enjoy the post here and try to contibute, but I just haven't had the time to make a progress thread. What may or may not be seen in the pics: chasis stiffening kit, engman kit and suspension console reinforcement of my own design. This console reinforcing was detailed on the club site and is in the classics. This car is being built for mostly track use, but I intend for now to keep it street legal...or at least appear like it is. The car started life as a 1972 1.7 I bought for $300 complete with 86k total miles. I got it to run with the replacement of one seal and a used head sensor. I bought it for my ding dong brother who later said he didn't want it. It made sense for me to convert this car for track use rather than butcher up my very nice 75. As luck would have it, about 6 months later I purchased a very wrecked original 70 six with a 3.0L in it........


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post Sep 24 2010, 08:52 PM
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The body on this car is very straight, just uglier than crap. Hood was rusty and dinged up, but it mostly worked out. I made steel panels and welded them in place of the headlights. I intend to put some HID bulbs in the turn buckets


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post Sep 24 2010, 08:53 PM
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I have an RX-7 cooler with a shroud that I built to vent up through the hood. I will get to these pics prolly another day.


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post Sep 24 2010, 08:57 PM
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The cage is from Tangerine racing with some other bits I added tying into the front and the rear suspension.


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post Sep 24 2010, 08:59 PM
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The engine compartment, with bracing and angle iron added to shock tower/long area. And my home depot battery tray for a smaller odessey battery. Link for my console reinforcing: My Webpage


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post Sep 24 2010, 09:07 PM
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I did some bracing in the rear trunk as well. I copied a lot of ideas from Jim Patrick's web site. I studied those cages a lot, Oh and I LOVED the way someone on our site did their rear lid. It folds back out of the way for some mad access to the engine compartment. It involves the front trunk mechanism from an 89 Buick Le Sabre. It was pretty easy to get bolted to the body and the welded to the trunk. The square tubing on the top of the lid keeps the front of the lid from lifting up.


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post Sep 24 2010, 09:08 PM
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post Sep 24 2010, 09:12 PM
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I also did away with the front trunk springs and made a simple prop rod out of one of the rear trunk torsion bars, cut down and bent. A part from a 96 pontiac fits the od of this rod and hold it securely in place!


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post Sep 24 2010, 09:13 PM
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$2.00 Pontiac part and reinforcing for front trunk.


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post Sep 24 2010, 09:21 PM
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Other bits not seen but on:
Rennmetal flat-tow bracket, reinforcing for body near sway bar.
Tangerine Racing raised spindles.
Elephant poly-bronze bushings.
Factory 6 engine mount.

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And YES riveted on fiberglass fenders!
Lots of holes drilled in parts like doors, lids and brackets. Not because its really that much lighter but because I had hole saws and it looks way cool! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) and goes with the aviation theme/scheme i've got going on.
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post Sep 25 2010, 09:30 PM
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This is a cool looking build! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)

Lets see some more and larger pictures. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

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post Sep 26 2010, 10:49 AM
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I have some more time to post pictures correctly. The car was painted last month a matte metalic silver. This paint is a polyurethane and looks awsome in the sun. In the garage it looks a little dull. Basically it looks like glass beaded aluminum! The paint is from TCP Global in San Diego. Hot Rod Flats is the color line.


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post Sep 26 2010, 10:52 AM
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I thought the big rivets, silver paint, and the holes I drilled in the car lent itself nicely to an aviation theme so I'm running with it.


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post Sep 26 2010, 10:54 AM
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A dozen spray cans of olive drab was easy to do in the front/rear trunks, inside the doors.


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post Sep 26 2010, 10:56 AM
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It looks so freakin cool (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


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post Sep 26 2010, 10:58 AM
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Here is the front trunk with my "deluxe" home made shroud. This was fun to do.


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post Sep 26 2010, 11:06 AM
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looking nice Andy, and some excellent "outside the box" touches.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I also see your Rennenmetal super beetle tow bar bracket!
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post Sep 26 2010, 11:06 AM
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I owe some credit to Sir Andy for the how I cut the front lid for the exit. He posted a drawing how he was going to cut and bend the front of the hole up and the rear down for venting out his hood. The exit area is more than twice the intake area. I placed the exit towards the front of the lid after studying the aerodynamics project that was going on at San Diego State? that shows a lower pressure area on the front portion of our trunks ahead of the turn buckets. Will it work.......well see.


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post Sep 26 2010, 11:09 AM
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QUOTE(DanT @ Sep 26 2010, 10:06 AM) *

looking nice Andy, and some excellent "outside the box" touches.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I also see your Rennenmetal super beetle tow bar bracket!



Ha Ha thats funny Dan! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Sep 26 2010, 11:11 AM
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Another rear trunk done!


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