Over the weekend I started building the framing for the I/C diverter and decided to do an open top, just because of the space issue. Also aligned the hood a bit better, but now I have to practice touching up the paint! had a bit of an accident with the hood and gouged the hell out of the cowl! It is a pretty good scratch, but I can blend it in. Also decided on making the air box out of clear acrylic (LEXAN) that will be coming soon.... Lots of parts on order too so I can get the engine in.
Here's the street-legal sprint car, powered by what appeared to be a small GM V6. And yes, the windshield is zip-tied into place.
I thought a scratch and a misaligned hood would add to the look you're going for. Get it in!! I seriously want to drive up just to see this thing...
Well the passenger side rear corner of the new2me hood I salvaged sat about 1/4" low, and I wasnt OK with it being that far off... So I had to pull the hinge on that side and cut the mounting holes for the hinge a bit lower in order to raise that corner. When I was reinstalling the hood it slid across the bulge in the cowl... Now it has a 1/8" wide by 2"+ long gouge thats down to the steel... Also not fine by me! So I am going to have to try to match the rust color, fill it with the paint, blend it with a little candy pearl, and re clear that side of the cowl. Hopefully I can make it barely noticeable, but if it doesn't totally match I am ok with it. I still haven't heard back from Jan on all the gaskets and stuff I need, and I need them like yesterday! So looks like if I still don't hear from him tomorrow, I will be searching through eMINIparts to get everything ordered. Any time you want to come up to Thornton, just send me a PM, its not very often that I am away from the house in order to save some more money for the project.
Haha. That's a little more like it. XD Aye, fair enough. When's it going in? I go up to Denver once a week to see the girlfriend, so in the next month or so (And after I get the MINI), I'll come up to say hello. Hopefully you'll have an engine in, and we could go for a quick spin around town.
Once the engine goes in, I wont even be able to start it until I get a ViPEC ECU... My original has been BricKtroniK'ed.
Ok so here is the scratch that I need to fix... :cryin: And now I am drilling all the holes in the intake manifold for the sensors and boost taps... only got the one done tonight, its getting dark too early! Showing the actual temperature sensor probe, and the cleanly tapped hole... Sensor in place, yes it is on the bottom of the manifold between the back of the S/C and the water pump... You will never see it when everything is put together! Lastly, the probe in the hole, right in the path of the intake charge... That's all I have for now.
Dear me, that scratch is a bit deeper than I first expected. Way to keep on keepin' on with this car! I like it more and more with each post.
Told you I dropped the corner of the hood on it, and it slid down the cowl... It will blend back in, its just getting the right amount of flattener in the clear to seal it.
Actually, the gouge doesn't look like it hit bare metal...looks like your "rat-rust" is all the way down to the bare metal, or are my old eyes playing tricks on me yet again?