Springfield Flyer.

[tauruck]

Tandem steering is no joke.
I'd love to say I did it all myself but on this one Kustom Brad needs to take credit.
I used his idea around the steering shaft area and it works just great.
I stole with my eyes but who can blame me?. 4 attempts at a conventional system that were rubbish
but the tandem is Shweeet.
Brad, when I eventually get to the land of the free I'd like to buy you a beer or 10.

[tauruck]

The front section was less of a challenge.
All it took was material and fabrication.

The pivot has a good bearing in the housing and it's press fit over the shaft.

[tauruck]

We'll only machine the hubs and fabricate the spindles once the wheels are done.

The system works smoothly and I'm pleased.

Big hurdle overcome.

[kustombrad]

Wow! Dude, you made my day! I'd be honored to drink some suds with you!

[manta22]

Mike;

The strength of your chassis looks amazing.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

 

[tauruck]

Thanks Brad. 

Thank you Neil.

[tauruck]

I have backup now. Mark contacted me out of the blue offering help on CFD!!!!!!.

US trained too.

It doesn't get any better IMO.

http://www.marcom-as.com/team

[tauruck]

I have some images of recent work done.
I'm busy on the mounting points for the rear end.

I've got most of the work done but need to still add supports here and there.

[tauruck]

I'm also adding plates to box the fuel cell holder and the area around the chute tubes.

Ran out of Argon, frustrating because I was on a roll.

[wobblywalrus]

Mike, can you take a few pictures from further away of the portion of the frame shown in the previous two pix?  What I am looking for is an overall view of the frame structure there.

[tauruck]

Will do Bo. I'll post the pics later.

Today is the one year anniversary of the build.
It hasn't been easy but we fight on.

I watched a video covering in car footage (streamliner) from El Mirage and there was dust coming into the cockpit so bad that the driver was wiping his visor.
I started thinking, did I really want to run at Hakskeen Pan?.
I guarantee the surface will be the same and although I hope my car will be properly sealed I honestly don't need the dust.
I can't get to Bonneville either. Miracles do happen but imagine draining the South African GDP to get there only to be rained out.

I started looking for local salt and I think I found my own Bonneville.
No rain here, nobody goes there and by all accounts there's 10 miles of pure white.

I'm going to make a little recce very soon.
The people in this area are the sweetest you'd find anywhere and my gut tells me this is it.

[Kiwi Paul]

Wow, Mike--That looks Fantastic!! I wonder if there would be enough cars to actually run a Meet there?
How about access, Government owned or Private? Hmmmm....Mile Markers, Cones, Timing Setup, Importing Glen to tell you to Take It To Impound.....Better get moving, eh? 

[tauruck]

Thanks Paul.
Just checked again.
It may be too short.
How much is needed for a very optimistic 300?

[tauruck]

Trying to package a beast like this isn't easy.
The long car just seems to get smaller by the day.

I need to build hangers for the turbos so I started mocking things up.
It will be a bag of snakes but I guess you need to start somewhere?.

I think the right hand unit is in the best place possible under the circumstances and there's sufficient clearance on top for the body work.
I angled the unit slightly to try get as small a bend in the pipe to the throttle body/plenum.

[tauruck]

Tomorrow I'll cut some tubing to fashion a hanger and I found some new rod ends in a box I almost threw out.
I have 2 left hand thread male and two rights on threaded Aluminum shafts that are the right length I can use.

The left hand turbo is going to be tougher to set up. It would be cool to have mirror image units but it is what it is.

These are stressful but exciting times.

Everything seems to happen and come together in a sequence I can't figure. Strange things but timely.

Here I am working to set the turbo up and the missus says I have visitors at the gate.

Matthew, a friend and client needs work done but he's lost my phone number so he comes over.

With him are his new business partners. Young guys but turbo experts. They quickly pointed out that the stock inlet wheel wasn't suited for high RPM and that a flange would need to be welded onto the housing to accommodate a V band clamp.

Their current project is a late 60s Renault Dauphine with a 2L Mazda turbo conversion.

Lets just say the back seats were removed.

I get to build panels to isolate the cabin from the motor.

That will pay for material I never had money for.

Another "strange" miracle.