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post Sep 3 2009, 08:58 AM
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I've been thinking about the cooling tin.

If we mock the tin out of some of the cardboard around my shop, we can then make templates to be cut out of 24g sheet steel.

Its not structural, so using thin metal will allow us to make whatever bends need to be made. We can make a brake using my vise and some of the spare stock we have on hand.

I don't think this is going to be a big deal. At all.

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post Sep 3 2009, 09:01 AM
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QUOTE(type11969 @ Sep 3 2009, 06:41 AM) *

Looks awesome, estimate until you fire her off? I hope there will be video documentation!



Make it this weekend....! I will drive up to see! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/birthday3.gif)
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post Sep 3 2009, 09:01 AM
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QUOTE(type11969 @ Sep 3 2009, 09:41 AM) *

Looks awesome, estimate until you fire her off? I hope there will be video documentation!


As long as I am there, there will be. If he fires it while I am in class, he is on his own.

We need to get the carb and induction in place, and tin made. Attach a battery, and ignition bits. Then start it and run in the cam.

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post Sep 3 2009, 09:03 AM
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QUOTE(degreeoff @ Sep 3 2009, 10:01 AM) *

QUOTE(type11969 @ Sep 3 2009, 06:41 AM) *

Looks awesome, estimate until you fire her off? I hope there will be video documentation!



Make it this weekend....! I will drive up to see! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/birthday3.gif)

But... I'll be away. You can't have a party at my house if I'm not there. That just wouldn't be fair!

(if you do it, get my 914 perfect while you are there... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) )

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post Sep 3 2009, 09:41 AM
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I dont have an estimate of when the quickening will occur. I am currently applying to residencies, starting 2 more MPH classes, and getting ready for my national tour so time is tight. We shall see....

Zach, for the tin I think that the stock corvair tin will fit in the bay as it is flat and small. Then we just need to start cutting the stock bus tin until we get it to match. Then, weld the two together. If I can make it down today I will get started on that...I need to get more cutting disks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Do you know where we can get some stock bent pipe to just make different length runners for the carb???
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post Sep 3 2009, 04:29 PM
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So today I managed to start another part of the program, the instrument panel. I wanted a tach because the blank spot in the stock panel drives me nuts. So, I have make the 914 stuff fit. The speedo is for mock up only. I will be sourcing a 120mph silver buttoned one for the final set.


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post Sep 3 2009, 04:35 PM
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This is what we did in the ThunderBus.

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post Sep 3 2009, 04:37 PM
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Ya, I saw the thunderbus one and thought I could do it differently (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Sep 24 2009, 01:22 AM
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Since I am up here and my bus is an hour away in at a place that it would be unkind to work at odd hours, I decided to finish my gauge cluster (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

First I gutted a 911 tach and carved up the case to fit into the stock cluster. It fits PERFECT! Crazy how lucky that was.
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I repainted the inside of the housing.
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Then I painted the tach and speedo needles.
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Notice the extra light bung I added in the tach housing in the 12 o'clock position (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Sep 24 2009, 01:27 AM
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Here are the needles post paint.
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Here is the tach seated in the assembly.
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An extra wire to keep it in place, though it is not needed.
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For the speedo I just needed to remove the metal lip on the side.
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The speedo glass fit perfectly in the empty spot on the cluster.
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Here is the speedo seated and wired in place, with the rest of the cluster. The wide electrical tape is only necessary to hold the speedo steady. The whole assembly is stout.
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Here are the cluster pics. I blacked out the head light and turn signal indicators inthe left cluster gauge since I will use the ones on the tach.
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And here are the painted needles of the oil T and P gauges. I dont like red needles, obviously. The blue LEDs work better with the white.
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post Sep 24 2009, 02:13 AM
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Doc, you missed it... I passed a split window single cab on the Interstate on the way to class today.
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post Sep 24 2009, 05:58 AM
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Nice mods. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

You should have painted the inside fluorescent orange, though. Nothing cooler than red instrument lighting.
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No red (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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Red instruments look great in a 2006 Acura. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Also in classic Trans Ams. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Sep 25 2009, 07:55 PM
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QUOTE(zymurgist @ Sep 25 2009, 03:43 AM) *

Red instruments look great in a 2006 Acura. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Also in classic Trans Ams. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)


but not on necks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Sep 29 2009, 08:13 PM
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Hey Scotty, dunno what yer boys down south were doing with all those busted windshields. But us northern boys got it in the first time w/o busting it up in the process.

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Also, we moved the bus into my project bay of the garage tonight. My home has just been *slightly* de-redneckified. I'm down to only 1 non-operational vehicle up on blocks in my driveway! YAY!!!

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Head hung in shame....or maybe it was the different seal........ (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
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Yup, after the first two attempts it went in the first time without any issue (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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