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Just need to temporarily wire in a few of my dashboard switches, bolt in my seats, and adjust the throw of the clutch pedal and I will be ready to go cart this week (I took the week off for work for this momentous occasion, also, my daughter is home from college starting this week for two...

Joel, Thank you, I agree black and red is a good combo. Still debating on black or white stripes for the car, the red is a definite now. Sharkhyde is widely used on aluminum boats (such as aluminum pontoons) and over the road long haul trucks (wheels, fuel tanks, etc.). It is a three step...

Kyle, Cleanliness is the key to any paint job, be it a rattle can or a professional automotive job. I first cleaned my entire transmission case with degreaser, then I media blasted it, then I used wax and grease remover for a final cleaning before spraying it with VHT engine paint (VHT is one...

Yep, I love this shade of red (Porsche Guards Red). It is really bright in the sunlight, pictures do not do it justice. A little more German Heritage in this build to go along with the German Transaxle and German decent builder. Back to polishing aluminum tomorrow night. Since my family...

Kyle, You can mount your pedal assembly directly to the floor with flat head cap screws and countersunk holes from below and Allen nuts on the top side. All available from McMaster Carr.

Needed to take a break from polishing aluminum so I installed an updated tune in my Holley Terminator and started playing with it a little in preparation for go kart testing later this month. The engine was surging a little at idle and some adjustments to the timing and activating idle timing...

Joel, For what it is worth, here is how I made the tight bend on the -10 line near the condenser. I 3D printed some bend tooling similar to what we design and build at work for CNC tube benders used in production tube fabricating. Luckily I accidentally ordered two tube assemblies from Old...

Joel, You are like the big brother I never had, always looking out for me! (I am the oldest of the four). I installed a 1/4" crossover hose between the 5/8 and 3/4 lines right next to the water pump similar to what Cam T did on his build. (sorry for how dark the picture is) If I have...

Kyle, Yes, there was a tag on my driveshafts as shown below. I am guessing the 22 means they are 22" long (that is what they measure). Yes, your shifter looks just like mine. What may be different is the cable length and possibly the connections to the shifter arms. Mine is already...

I also have one corner of the suspension dis-assembled, buffed, polished, treated, and re-assembled to spec. I also installed the driveshaft. One down, three to go. The buffing and polishing is taking a lot longer than I anticipated but it is worth it. Not quite a "chrome" shine but "good...

Many thanks to Joel for guiding the way when it came to plumbing my AC lines. I did not copy what he did exactly but used his build as a basis for what I did with mine. I still need to crimp the -6 hoses (crimper I purchased was missing the -6 crimp dies, a set is on back order from...

Kyle, The two large brackets you see on my build are the latest version of the rear clam hinge that limit how far the clam opens. It appears from your pictures that you have the earlier version of the rear clam hinge. The new version is available from RCR or you can use what you have and add...

Congratulations on getting her home. Let the fun begin!! Love the wheels! Traction may be an issue with those tires though, LOL. I did not see anything in your pics that jumped out at me as an issue. Others may be able to critique further. Your starting point for assembly sounds good. Be...

Scott, Started on polishing and finalizing my suspension today and took the passenger side rear apart. Below are pics of the stub axles from my car. There were no spacers but the "washer" under the nut has a recess in it as shown that is basically acting as a spacer.

Mesa, Thank you for the input. I am not running a wing so that will not be an issue for me. I also laid out the field of view for my camera in CAD to verify that it will see over the spoiler for maximum view behind me. Rear view is about the only concern I have for driving this beast!

Bob Winn, Attached are .pdf files of my body buck designs. I can email the native Solidworks CAD files to anyone who would like them.

Good eye Joel. I have not paid any of those items yet. Mark that up to another item the factory assembled backwards. That is why the manual states to verify everything. Picture from the manual, nuts down: My next task is to dis-assemble the entire suspension, polish and treat all the...

Joel, Thank you for the compliments. So far on my other two cars with the POR15 caliper paint I have had no issues. On the SLC I did get a little sloppy while bleeding the brakes and the brake fluid did not attack the paint. I purchased the Brembo decals off of Amazon. They are available in...

Next on the agenda is finishing the AC plumbing, taking the suspension apart, polishing everything, applying Sharkhyde protectant, doing an alignment, temporarily wiring in some switches in the dash, and then GO KART TEST!! It was two years ago this coming November 26th that my wife and I made...

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