Ken's SLC build thread

[Ken Roberts]

Two of the 4 3/4" discs with 3" holes Need to have the 8 small holes cut in them around their circumference to match the pattern of the Sparco fuel filler. I already drilled the holes in my bodywork for the Sparco so I had to reproduce this pattern on my Corvette style of fuel filler.

 

[Ken Roberts]

Here are the parts tig welded together.

 

[Ken Roberts]

The Gates #24717 fuel fill hose (90 degree) gets cut to fit. It fits between the 2" intercooler pipe and the 2" outlet on the tank.

 

[Ken Roberts]

The C6 Corvette fuel filler is the actual part I'm touching with my two fingers. The rest of the assembly is what needs to be made.

 

[Ken Roberts]

Mounted the Safecraft Halon fire extinguisher and billet mount. These are popular with the Ford GT owners.

 

[Bob from Cleveland]

Ken, I'm new to the site and a new SLC owner.
How do I see your pics ?

Thanks

 

[Ken Roberts]

I don't really have them all posted in one place. This build log is the best place to find them Bob.

Welcome to the club by the way!

 

[Bob from Cleveland]

Must be user error ?
as I look at all your old posts .... All I see is the text ?

 

[Ben Whittle]

The pics are embedded from photobucket (another site) so either you've got

 

[Kyle D]

Bob, It's been my experience that there are some web sites that do not have any pictures show up when I view the site with the internet explorer browser, but when I view with the Google Chrome browser the pictures magically show up. You could try using a different browser....

 

[Bob from Cleveland]

Thanks guys ! My work PC may be blocking them .... Didn't think of that ! DUH

 

[Ken Roberts]

Worked on mounting the seat belts and center console the last couple of days. Here are a few pictures of the center console.

First two pictures show the "close off" panels I made to complete the sides of the console. The middle picture shows the 12v power outlet and the Corvette fob slot in case the batteries are depleted. Don't make close off panels till you determine if the seat sides will clear. The third picture shows how I secured the console at the front top.

 

[Ken Roberts]

The seat belt receivers turned out great. I welded a 1 1/4" round bar 6" long (with a hole in the middle for a 6" long 7/16" grade 8 bolt) to the center tunnel beam. The seat belts are a three point standard automotive type. They were purchased from Wesco Performance.

The retractor gets bolted to a plate I had welded to the beam behind the seats. A hardened steel insert (Gardsert) was installed for longevity.

 

[Ken Roberts]

This picture shows the floor mounting anchor for the seat belt at the side of the seat. The plate with a grade 8 nut welded on gets mounted to the bottom of the floor. I still need to sit in the seat and replicate the ideal positioning of the seat belt across my hips before I decide where to drill the hole through the floor for this anchor.

 

[Ken Roberts]

The final anchor points for the seat belts will be to the roll cage behind the occupants head. I won't be getting to it till I remove the spider. The passenger seat mount will need careful consideration due to the fact the seat location is offset to the right and available space at the roll cage hoop behind the passengers head is minimal.

 

[Troy Truglio]

Ken, did you try the seat belts when in the car a bunch as speed and jumping in and out? The reason I ask is that sometimes I found that if the angle on them is not just right they want to catch and not release very easy, which can be an annoyance really quickly when it is all done, trust me on that. I do like your setup and will probably be copying it myself as mine is a street car so the 3 point is a real need and I will have the 5 point locations just in case I decide to track her.

 

[Ken Roberts]

Ken, did you try the seat belts when in the car a bunch as speed and jumping in and out? The reason I ask is that sometimes I found that if the angle on them is not just right they want to catch and not release very easy, which can be an annoyance really quickly when it is all done, trust me on that. I do like your setup and will probably be copying it myself as mine is a street car so the 3 point is a real need and I will have the 5 point locations just in case I decide to track her.

Thanks for the tip Troy. I'll watch out for the latching of the belt.

 

[Ken Roberts]

Starting to work on converting the dash to house a C6 Corvette cluster. I'll start cutting up the stock dash tomorrow. I ended up switching to a 350mm wheel to get a slightly better sweep of all the gauges. The picture shows the smaller 330mm wheel. The 350mm wheel will also give you an easier time when turning at slow speeds.

 

[Jack]

That's very interesting Ken, keep us posted

 

[Mike]

Starting to work on converting the dash to house a C6 Corvette cluster. I'll start cutting up the stock dash tomorrow.

I'm watching this. I really enjoy your build thread. Thanks Ken for posting up and for providing details with part numbers to boot. Very nice.