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Old Feb 25, 2013 | 10:11 AM
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I haven't posted for a while! Been too busy with life, work, and the car. The chassis is a few weeks away from being painted. The last finishing touches are getting done such as mounted doors, cleaning welds and so on. I have attached a few pictures from the last month of work.

After seeing BigAl's car done, pretty excited to get mine done too!











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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 12:04 PM
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I mounted the dry-break connector yesterday and put the body panels back on. Now the work on the body panels starts! As well going to start the plumbing and wiring so I can start it and run it and make sure no welding or brackets are needed before the chassis gets painted! See the light at the end of the tunnel!











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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 06:52 PM
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Niiiice!! Looking good, can't wait to see it finished.
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 07:39 AM
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Niiiice!! Looking good, can't wait to see it finished.
Yes! +1
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 11:01 AM
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Thanks guys. I am excited to see it come together. It has been a lot of work!
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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 08:16 AM
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Guys, I don't mean to criticize, I'm genuinely concerned about one of the pictures. The quickfill inlet is almost directly above the exhaust. as you know my car has the same quick fill, every time we fill, some fuel leaks, it's not much but it is enough to make it down to your exhaust. although your build is not a rotary, your exhaust will still be hot enough to ignite raw fuel! you should really consider relocating that inlet somewhere else! Please don't take these comments the wrong way, you've done a great job with your build and I'm simply expressing a genuine concern.

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Old Mar 5, 2013 | 09:04 AM
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Guys, I don't mean to criticize, I'm genuinely concerned about one of the pictures. The quickfill inlet is almost directly above the exhaust. as you know my car has the same quick fill, every time we fill, some fuel leaks, it's not much but it is enough to make it down to your exhaust. although your build is not a rotary, your exhaust will still be hot enough to ignite raw fuel! you should really consider relocating that inlet somewhere else! Please don't take these comments the wrong way, you've done a great job with your build and I'm simply expressing a genuine concern.

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Thanks for pointing that out. We have done a few cars with similar setup and never had any issues. These were actually rotaries and they have been in endurance races.
I would've like to locate it somewhere else, but that was rea
Ly the only logical location given the location of the fuel cell.

In addition I have done all the precautions. It might not look it, but any fuel out of there goes behind the rear fender and under the car.

It is a valid point and thank you for letting me know. But I have got it all covered!

By the way car is looking awesome! Can't wait to get mine on the track.
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 12:42 PM
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I have been working on a remote shifter to get the shifter closer to the steering wheel. Machined the base last night and mounted it. Today will work on the linkage.





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Old Mar 17, 2013 | 12:26 PM
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And got the shifter done yesterday. Will work on the linkage today! Left the hard part for last.







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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 03:25 PM
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After getting sidetracked with the small projects, I am finally back working on the interior panels!







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Old Apr 7, 2013 | 11:07 AM
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Got tired of the awesome looking cardboard and cut some aluminum!





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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 07:49 PM
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Nice!!
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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 11:45 PM
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Thank you!
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 12:58 PM
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Remounted the RacePak IQ3 so it is closer to the steering wheel and easily visible from the drive seat. As well the first dzus fasteners were mounted!









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Old Apr 16, 2013 | 11:49 PM
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Top notch craftsmanship .
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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 01:08 PM
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Thank you! I try my best although sometime I would like/end up redoing some stuff!
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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 04:13 PM
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Im at work, so you have overloaded me again... Not sure where to start other than amazing.

Confined inside!
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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 10:28 PM
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Thanks!
It is actually pretty roomy. That seat is huge (and I won't be using it, just for mock up). Anyways don't need much room in a race car anyways!
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 12:16 PM
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Getting some work done on the rear bulk-head!



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Old May 3, 2013 | 11:23 PM
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More sheet metal work and mounted the rear wing on a piece so it can be removed easier if needed to.





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Old Aug 15, 2013 | 11:37 AM
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It has been a while since I posted an update here! I have been busy training for Ironman and was moving too which didn't help.

Anyways, I have the 8374 on its way, but we had a smaller 7064 with the same turbine housing that I figured put on to take some photos with. In addition I added the windshield support so the car is GT legal and can run lexan/poly windshield as well!

Ironman is next weekend and I will be back on this guy full time to get it done quick! The chassis is going for powder coating mid to end of September, so I have some long days of work coming for sure!











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Old Aug 16, 2013 | 10:06 PM
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Awesome !! Looks great, nice turbo and engine set up !! Because race car .
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Old Aug 19, 2013 | 12:35 AM
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Thank you! Have the starter mounted. Will have to take some picture of it. I might actually be able to fire her up in a few weeks!
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Old Aug 19, 2013 | 03:52 PM
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I'm not sure why but post 94 and 95 has pictures I can't see, can you please repost them.

thank you
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Old Aug 19, 2013 | 03:53 PM
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I moved some albums around on my site and it broke the link. I'll fix it! Thanks for pointing it out BigAl...
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