If you wan to sell that duckbill spoiler, let me know. It will help with the budget and look fantastic on my car!
If you wan to sell that duckbill spoiler, let me know. It will help with the budget and look fantastic on my car!
Got to take a short trip today and chat with Kevin at Turner Motorsports about shocks. He's takes car of all the Turner Motorsports race cars and was incredibly helpful - plus he saved me money.
Sadly, the race teams were on their way to Sebring, but I did get a tour of the place and one of the Tudor Z4s was there sans front end. Incredible engineering.
They have yet to detect me, though I feel my time here is short.
In reply to Brett_Murphy:
It's not in great condition, but I'll ask the guys if we want to keep it.
Well I had to finally make a decision on which carb I want to run. My Weber 48 IDA or Weber 48 DCOE. I ended up choosing the IDA (because filter sticking through hood?), which meant I needed to get a manifold. Yikes, they sure aren't giving these things away.
Thoughts on brake master cylinder sizes? I need two and have bias control at the pedal.
Glad you went with the IDA's, way cooler imo.
I hope that's not where you're putting your fuel cell lol
That's not the precise location for the cell, but it will be mounted on the firewall and boxed in.
Fire risk? And why not locate it as far back rear/right as possible? Seems like it would be a better weight distribution
No place for it in the back with the radiator and plumbing.
Lots of much-needed stuff delivered today. Time to get my ass in gear.
Now that I have the ignition gear in hand, I'll begin converting my distributor over as a signal generator for the MSD box. The process is laid out here: MSD Box on rotary engine
this build just got serious
DaveEstey wrote:
Test fit.
Also pictured: new fuel injector hole plugs and racingbeat oil sensor stack. Both are very nice quality.
It's got......like.....4 trumpets man......on a 2 barrel! 
Moar trumpets!
I didn't like the idea of having the fuel cell right up front, so I'm messing with some different ways of mounting the radiator to create space for a cell in the back.
This is the winner so far and gives me 31"x17" space for a cell. That's plenty.
So now I'm buying a new cell. Oi.
Looking into brake master cylinders. The stock master was 15/16" with a booster. I have no booster and my Wilwood pedal setup has two masters with a bias adjuster. I'm leaning toward 3/4". Any thoughts out there on this?
Water is heavy stuff, that's a lot of weight at the very rear (Polar moment) and worse, high up. Can't you lay it down again? How big a fuel cell do you need? Could it go in the 'back seat' pan depression on the right hand side to keep your radiator room?
I agree. I'm looking at an 8-gallon cell, which is enough for one day of hillclimbing. The issues with putting it in the "backseat" is it has to be boxed in with a fire wall and it has to be accessible to fill it.
I can drop the radiator down 3-4" and angle it.
Have a cell built that will fit where the rear passenger feet would have gone if such a thing ever existed. Did these have a smugglers compartment like the FB's? You can send the fill through the side of the car right behind the passenger door. I'd be thinking of a smaller cell and more frequent fills. You should be able to fit 4-5 gallons on the floor there.
mazdeuce wrote: Have a cell built that will fit where the rear passenger feet would have gone if such a thing ever existed. Did these have a smugglers compartment like the FB's? You can send the fill through the side of the car right behind the passenger door. I'd be thinking of a smaller cell and more frequent fills. You should be able to fit 4-5 gallons on the floor there.
Most over here had smugglers boxes, mine did. I think I've only ever seen two that had rear seats in this country, but they were standard in JApan.
The smugglers box should make it pretty easy to box in. Getting a cell that fits is slightly more difficult, but should be possible. Passenger side will help balance the driver weight and it's awefulky close to neutral from a polar moment standpoint.
You only need enough fuel for a run and a half. Less weight, less space, easier to locate, more pain in the ass between runs.
Put the cell where the "smugglers box" was and relocate the factory fuel door to be able to fill it from the outside?
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