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Offline Lemming Motors

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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #120 on: February 02, 2021, 01:38:15 PM »
Quote from: Mr. Schimstock on May 21, 2018, 07:50:19 PM
Finally moved forward after some noodling on how to get the holes through the body lined up with the tabs on the chassis.  Some are pretty straight forward, drill from the inside out.  Others required putting a flashlight on the inside and drilling through the center of the shadow.   Couple more to go on the nose but it's off to a good start.

Thankyou - I know this is an old post but the recent pics meant I was working backwards through the build- I was wondering about body attachment aligning tags and fibreglass panels and et voila. Loving the look of the finished beasty too but this post made my day.  :cheers:
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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #121 on: February 06, 2021, 02:13:48 PM »
Have a tripod for your camera??  Mount a laser pointer on it .Piece of tape on the tab...make a cross with a pen and line the laser up on center. Place the body panel on and Voila'...Laser is pointing at the hole's centerline. :cheers:
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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #122 on: February 07, 2021, 05:48:06 PM »
Thanks for all the kind words.   Started working on motor #2 today.  It's dirty inside but so far it looks like a solid foundation.  The motor in the car currently is stock with the exception of the intake and header.  Motor #2 will be upgraded.
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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #123 on: August 06, 2021, 01:21:19 PM »
Welp... the engine didn't get built.  Lots of issues with getting parts.  Regardless, the stock motor is still capable and it's time to see how the car handles.   I booked some hotel rooms for 2021 World of Speed.   Now I just need to get an entry and get the car there.   

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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #124 on: August 15, 2021, 08:55:47 PM »
Making some good progress.   The list is getting very small.  Got one of the tougher items off the list today.  Repurposed a Durmax EGR cooler to cool the air blowing into my helmet.  It was a tight fit but I got it in there.
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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #125 on: August 15, 2021, 08:56:32 PM »
Not much room left behind the seat
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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #126 on: August 15, 2021, 08:58:40 PM »
Starting to come together.
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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #127 on: August 21, 2021, 08:27:54 PM »
Huge milestone for me yesterday.   Started at 6 am with a bit to do on the car yet.  Fast forward to 5:30 PM am a little late for an appointment with a local small airport who kindly agreed to let me make a couple of shake down passes.  I still can't believe they let me run down their runway.  They only had 2 requests:1 no burnouts, 2 don't damage the runway.

For the most part it went well.  I need to adjust the timing, add more heat shielding, swap out the fuel pressure regulator, shave the rear tires, and work on the bail out.
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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #128 on: August 21, 2021, 08:28:37 PM »
another pic
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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #129 on: August 21, 2021, 08:30:10 PM »
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Offline manta22

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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #130 on: August 21, 2021, 08:54:29 PM »
Nice!
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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #131 on: August 21, 2021, 09:24:06 PM »
Looking forward to seeing your beauty at WoS...  :cheers:
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Offline Peter Jack

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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #132 on: August 21, 2021, 10:21:11 PM »
Looking great! Have fun, go fast and STAY SAFE!!!   :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #133 on: August 22, 2021, 12:34:58 AM »
DAYMMM!   :cheers:

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Offline Rex Schimmer

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Re: Steady, Straight, WOT
« Reply #134 on: August 22, 2021, 02:33:04 PM »
That is a fine looking piece!!

Looking forward to seeing how it runs.

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