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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1200 on: January 14, 2017, 10:50:10 AM »
Major milestone!
Congrats! When I do this, it usually bumps my ambition level a bit. How about you?


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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1201 on: January 14, 2017, 10:53:49 AM »
Thanks, Rob. Yes, it does re-invigorate the project. (translation: "I'm psyched!!!)

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1202 on: January 14, 2017, 12:39:29 PM »
That first crank is always a rush!  :cheers:
Just don't start it on a full moon Neil!  :-o :-o
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1203 on: January 14, 2017, 05:27:02 PM »
Woody's right it might get pretty hairy.

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1204 on: January 16, 2017, 09:52:13 AM »
Friday already??? :cheers:
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1205 on: January 19, 2017, 06:39:23 PM »
Rather than freehand label my switches & circuit breakers, I used OpenOffice Draw to lay out the legends as a 1:1 scale drawing. I then printed it on a clear, adhesive-backed film and placed it on the panel. The inkjet printer smeared it a bit but I didn’t feel like doing it over. The XXX switch-circuit breakers are spares that I placed on the panel in case anything else might be needed in the future.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1206 on: January 19, 2017, 06:51:19 PM »
Last Thursday when I was in town for lunch with the Car Guyz, I stopped in at China Freight and bought a vacuum gauge. Day before yesterday I opened the box and found that the needle was not on zero, it read -2.5 psi. Arrrggghhh... took it back today to exchange it (no problem) but I had to open three boxes to find a gauge that read Zero. I suspect there was a batch of them that was that far off.  :x

Yesterday my new fuel pressure gauge arrived. It is a nice Marshalltown (USA) stainless liquid-filled 0 to 15 PSI gauge. I'll install it tomorrow and see if the fuel pump pressure really is only 3.5 psi or if the existing one (Jeg's) is off as badly as the first vacuum gauge.  :x Grumble, grumble.............

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1207 on: January 20, 2017, 02:21:14 AM »
China Freight says it all!!!!!.

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1208 on: January 20, 2017, 01:14:15 PM »
    China Freight [A.K.A. "The Devil's Toolbox"].
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1209 on: January 20, 2017, 02:06:05 PM »
You guys are just Harboring grudges.  :-D :-D :-D

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1210 on: January 20, 2017, 05:15:47 PM »
 :-D :cheers:

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1211 on: January 20, 2017, 06:22:45 PM »
You guys are just Harboring grudges.  :-D :-D :-D

Pete

Pete, I'm harboring gauges.  :lol:

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1212 on: January 22, 2017, 07:48:26 PM »
Today I removed the filler and drain plug on my transaxle (Porsche G50-01) and was surprised to see how much gear oil drained out into a pan-- two tablespoons! The guy I bought it from must have drained the tranny to lighten it for shipping many moons ago.

I put in three quarts of Red Line 75/90 NS synthetic gear oil with a little China Freight hand pump. Trying to get a funnel into the filler on the side of the case wasn't working but, fortunately, I found this little pump for $6.99 on sale. It actually worked quite well. To be sure of having a high enough oil level in the case, I'll buy another quart and put that in as well. Since this transaxle is running upside down, the usual oil capacity doesn't apply but the GT40 replica people are using 3 to 5 quarts so I think 4 should be OK.

Next came a vent tank (AKA "puke tank" to the Good Ol' Boys) to catch any oil blown out of the top tranny vent. I had a nice little aluminum tank from who knows what originally that looked perfect, except that it did not have a breather. Fortunately, I had one of those, too. It had a pressure/vacuum release button as well as automatic venting. The pressure spring was too strong so disassembled it and cut the coils down so that very little inside pressure would open the vent. If it took too high pressure to open, gear oil might be forced past the tranny seals and leak.

To mount the breather, I cut a 1" hole in the top and epoxied the mounting nut to the tank. The bottom is a drain fitting and a side #4 AN fitting will go to the transaxle vent. Next I'll mount the tank to the chassis.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1213 on: January 22, 2017, 10:38:11 PM »
Switch panel came out sweet!
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Re: Mid- Engine Modified Sports
« Reply #1214 on: January 23, 2017, 06:22:44 AM »
 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Nice work Neil.