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I guess the basic question to answer for this type combo tank is on a mid-engine street driven car (assuming a well designed coolant system), how often does boiling temperature coolant actually make it to the expansion tank? Especially when the expansion tank is mounted in the front of the...

My thought on locating the expansion tank up front in this scenario is basically about simplicity. Making the feed from expansion tank to EWP intake a straight shot downward of about 18 inches instead of having it go horizontal for about 6 feet. I worry less about the "bleed line" feed from...

So now to the next dilemma for my EWP coolant system, where to locate the expansion tank? For a car with the EWP located up front, if the expansion tank is also located up front, then there's fewer coolant lines that have to run the length of the car. Given that the highest point in the front...

I didn't consider anything but aluminum. I probably should have. Making this part in fiberglass would have taken as much or more time than aluminum by the time a mold was made, etc. Given my CAD skills are very beginner level, I'm guessing it would have taken as much time for me to model this...

Sheetmetal for dash gauge mounts I’m finally making some progress on the Miura project so it’s time for an update. The new garage/workshop is now sufficiently complete to let the fabrication work resume. The Miura dash has the speedometer and tachometer mounted behind the steering wheel and...

Ok, based on Howard's comments, I thought it worth a try to find an alternate location for the EWP. Turns out there's a little opening just under the rack & pinion big enough for the pump with a direct connection to the pipe going back to the engine. The pipe to the left in the picture below...

Truth be told, I don't have much discipline from having stuff gathering on the workbenches either. With five of them, I just don't have to do a cleaning cycle nearly as often as the overflow just spills to the next one. I did take those pictures knowing that never again would the workbenches...

I'm using a Strickland Racing chassis in my Miura build: https://www.gt40s.com/threads/modern-day-miura.54786/ It looks quite different than yours though. I think unless a body was specifically made for this chassis, it's a lot of work to fabricate the needed sub-structures to support the...

Ok, here's the progress update. The garage/workshop is now mostly usable with remaining items more in the convenience category. I ended up putting in five workbenches that measure 3' deep and 9' long. My experience is that you just can't have too much horizontal work surfaces. The...

I'll provide an overall progress update soon, but I have a question for now. What have you guys found to best work for fastener storage in you home workshops? By fasteners I mean bolts, nuts, washers, machine screws, sheet metal screws, pop rivets, etc. Unfortunately, my cars have a mix of...

I have Vintage Air Mini Gen II in one of my cars and went through a similar shakedown process prior to getting it working right. Mine ended up having several leaks, all related to hose fittings (don't use SS AC hoses is the moral of that story), that I've now been able to fix. It's been...

On the SBF in my Cobra, I ran out of coolant ports as well. If you want accuracy, don't use the port at the rear of the intake/engine (if there's even one there) as it will always read cooler than the actual coolant temp due to being outside the normal coolant flow. I tried it and that's what...

Mark: thanks for this information. The car I was referring to is powered by an LS engine and uses an ECU from a 2000 Camaro (not sure of the actual ECU model). I've had an exhaust leak upstream of the O2 sensors that lets in oxygen at 3,600 to 4,000 rpm range. This leak has been causing havoc...

I have a question that may be a little bit off topic but I think is relevant here. For cars using EFI that has some sort of "self learning capability", how much of the "learned information" will be lost if/when the power is cut off from the ECU? Obviously, in a crash situation, reducing the...

For the Coyote engine being used in my Miura, the temp sensor for the coolant/pump controller is located on the engine coolant outlet just prior to the fill cap which is vertically the highest point in the system. I put the temp sensor there thinking the coolant while warming up to temp would...

Thanks Howard for starting a thread on this important topic. As with most all mid-engine cars, I'm dealing with a trade-off situation with my homebuilt Miura. The trade-off deals with the EWP pump location. If the pump is located in the front of the car (next to radiator coolant outlet), the...

I second Ian's suggestion that the symptoms sound like a false reading from O2 sensors. I have an LS powered car (so GM style EFI) that has had similar symptoms since I have started driving it. I had a full dyno tune done on it prior to putting on the street, so I'm fairly certain the tune is...

I did get the final piece of the storage shelving done today. It's now positioned, fastened to the floor, painted and shelving assembled. I've been thinking about how to best secure it to ensure it won't tip over in case of an earthquake. Wouldn't you know it, about an hour before I installed...

That lift does look interesting but must be more of a UK thing. I don't find anything similar (that small of a footprint) here in the US. I'm guessing the safety police here have some regulations that don't allow a powered lift that is that compact.

My main challenge is that I have multiple above floor storage spaces and I'm hoping to find a single lift solution providing access to all of them. In addition to the mezzanine, there's this space above the office/half bath, and the pallet racking now installed along the long side wall (not...