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Steve, it was great to meet you and Wendy and to host you for the day. If/when you decide to come back to the land of minimal car regulation (and beautiful scenery) please plan to visit us again. I hope the Cobra ride was memorable for you.

I've used quite a bit of Loctite AA H8000 Methacrylate Adhesive on my scratch-built Miura project. Easy to use with 30 minute working time. High tensile strength but can be separated with a heat gun or other high heat source. So good for all parts of a car except where there is high heat in...

My experience is that you'll get a much lower coolant temp reading at the rear of the engine versus the front. On a 5.0L engine in my Cobra, I tried locating the temp sensor for coolant fan in the hole at rear of intake. The engine temp as measured by gauge sensor at the front of the engine...

I have cars with all types of exhaust coatings: 1) ~2mil thick Jet Hot, Cerakote, etc., 2) ~12 mil thick SwainTech, and 3) now welded on insulation HeaderShield. My experience (and others' experience may vary) is that the thinner style coatings provide almost no heat control, even when coating...

As a follow-up, here's some pictures of the headers, etc. as they came back from Header Shield. Before: After: The embossed stainless steel layer is resistance welded (similar to a spot weld but done in a continuous manner) to the headers, collectors, and exhaust pipe. The SS layer is...

Very nice looking car! It's about a 90 minute drive between Williams and where I live (which is north of Prescott, so closer to Williams). Just PM me once you've got your trip schedule more solidified.

Steve: if you happen to come to the Prescott, AZ area on your tour, look me up. I don't have a GT40 but do have the homebuilt Miura project underway and completed Ferrari 250GTO recreation.

This is obviously a highly modified LS engine (Magneson supercharger, SOHC conversion, etc.) but I think the installation approach for the Wagner PCV is still applicable to a lesser modified LS. The PCV is placed in the hose connecting the drivers side valve cover to the intake vacuum...

Thanks Douglas. There is a build thread on the GTO on the All Metal Shaping forum: C5 GTO build thread To see pictures on that forum, you need to become a member. No big deal, it's free and frequented by really smart people who provide a bunch of great info there.

Transverse Transaxle Anatomy It’s time to do a full transaxle assembly complete with gaskets and sealing so it will hold oil. As a reminder, this is a one-off custom built transaxle made for transverse placement of a Coyote V8 in the chassis. So I’ll try to include lots of pictures for those...

There's a very good thread that Howard started on EWP topic: https://www.gt40s.com/threads/electric-water-pump-how-to.57366/

Firewall Insulation The installation of firewall insulation prior to engine start-up is now complete with the addition of a third layer. The first layer was Lizard Skin sound control and second was Lizard Skin ceramic insulation. I took off the high spots of the Lizard Skin using 40 grit...

Firewall Mounting Bracket Prior to applying the top layer of firewall insulation, I thought it best to locate and fabricate a bracket that would mount there. For the fuel filter and fuel pressure regulator, I decided to build a combination mounting bracket and heat shield. It is built using 304...

Yes, the surface is far from smooth. I've been sanding down the high spots with 40 grit paper today and it's a bit like sanding on rubber sheet. But the high spots are coming down and I think it will be smooth enough to hold the stick-on insulation. Time will tell ... :rolleyes:

The sound coating prior to the heat coating was explicit in the Lizard Skin application instructions. My assumption is that the heat insulation has a higher heat rating and would protect the sound coating from getting overheated.

Firewall Insulation Given the transverse engine placement locates an exhaust header very close to the mid-engine firewall, I’m guessing this makes heat and sound control even more challenging than in a GT40. My plan is to use a multi-layered approach to keep heat and sound out of the car’s...

Moving forward on Miura project again I’m back on the Miura project again. I’m happy to report that the Cobra is running great and has been very fun to drive over this past summer. My short-term goal for the Miura is to get to that ever-important milestone of “initial engine startup” and to...

See this thread: https://www.gt40s.com/threads/electric-water-pump-how-to.57366/ as it likely answers your questions. My Miura has 1 1/2" aluminum tube to carry coolant to/from the engine to the radiator.

I have decided to go the Header Shield route as the primary heat control technique for the Coyote headers in my Miura project. After weighing out all the options brought up in this thread (thanks again guys for all the great info), it felt like the only viable approach with a realistic chance...

On the aluminum chassis used in my Miura project, the chassis builder used Loctite AA H8000 methacrylate structural adhesive in quite a few places. As I've continued building upon the base chassis, I've been using it as well. In fact, I ordered up a couple of tubes just last week. It's easy...