Steve's RCR GT40 Build
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Neil
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What keeps the pedals from sliding forward- just the tight wing nuts?
Looks like the big silver knob would latch into one of the 7 holes in the base plate, locking in position on the front/back adjustment.
Looking good. Who did your rear glass? I still need to have a safety glass made up.
Nice job. A suggestion, if your pedal box is out of the car, you may think to add on the left side a support to put your left foot on it when it is not pushing on the clutch pedal. If you have a non adjiusable pedal box this support may be screw on the side, but when the pedal box is moving the support shall move in the same time.
So I followed the recipe Tom used in his RCR 40 trackracer in make my the double firewall sandwich. I’m finally finished. And just to be true to my build, I had to take it out again and sand several areas back to fit the spider correctly. I missed one small detail. He brilliantly took a 1/4 inch off the entire wall before he assembled it. Smart.
Randy Folsom
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Are you upgrading the firewall window to glass? I am planning to leverage Tom’s build as well, except that my car will only do a few fun track days, nothing serious, so probably won’t do some of his mods.
Yes it’s tempered glass. You get 2 aluminum trim pieces for the window in the firewall from RCR. I brought one to a glass guy who cut a piece of tempered glass 1/2 inch bigger. Cost 50-60 bucks. I then used epoxy to glue it in on 1 side. I used foam strip on the opposite side to seal it in.
Randy Folsom
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Thx much for the guidance.
Randy Folsom
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Steve, it looks like you are going with an electric water pump. Where did you get the water pump input cover? Cheers, Randy
I went with the Davies Craig pump and the cover. The pump is from summit but I think I ordered the cover from them directly.
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Randy Folsom
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Steve, thx much for the info. I currently have a Ford Explorer water pump with the impeller removed, but if that doesn’t work, I want a backup plan.I went with the Davies Craig pump and the cover. The pump is from summit but I think I ordered the cover from them directly.
HEADER-ADAPTOR KIT FORD WINDSOR EARLY (8640)
The Davies, Craig Ford Windsor Early EWP® Block Adapter, has been designed to replace your belt-driven mechanical fan and pump.
I am going to try the Pierburg CWA 400 (BMW) with the TinyCWA Tecomotive controller.
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I have had some fun with anodizing. My parts came back horrible orange brown gold.
So they went back and I love how they look now.
And I’ll offer a small piece of advice. The 4 bolts at the bottom of the U at the back of the chassis go in before the engine. That was my 4th time taking the engine out. Very disheartening for just those stupid bolts.
So they went back and I love how they look now.
And I’ll offer a small piece of advice. The 4 bolts at the bottom of the U at the back of the chassis go in before the engine. That was my 4th time taking the engine out. Very disheartening for just those stupid bolts.
Randy Folsom
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Steve, another request. Can you share your plans for the firewall wings? Just yesterday I pulled out some cardboard to make templates. BTW, the anodized suspension parts look great. Cheers, Randy
