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Johnny, Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your GT-R! You mentioned that Allan Uzwiak is managing the build but please post photos and progress reports along the way.

Thanks Rufus! Thanks Larry! Larry, the cavity for the coolant pipes was cut using 3M Roloc sanding discs with a pneumatic angle die grinder and a sanding block. As Rufus noted, I then glassed it back up. The photos show the cavity before and after I bonded on the aluminum plate but before it...

Not sure why the Superlite body didn’t include fog lights to begin with but H came to the rescue for us fellow motorheads with fog light buckets. H’s thread photos helped a lot with the location and installation. I began with cutting holes in the front piece to match the shape of the lens...

The NRG steering wheel adapter (P/N SRK-170H) and quick release (P/N SRK-280BK) allows a clean installation with the supplied column plastic trim and allows the use of the factory horn wiring. It also eliminates the annoying play in the RCR supplied quick release. Unfortunately, the nice GT-R...

When my car was delivered, Fran agreed to supply a set of rear window frames from an RCR GT40. I fabricated a new rear firewall from 1/8” sheet and sandwiched a piece of Polycarbonate (Lexan) sheet between the window frames. I also added two small brackets to the roll bar to secure the...

Due to Dean’s unfortunate engine oiling issues, I decided to remove the stock coolant/oil heat exchanger and install the Ford Performance remote oil cooler adapter (P/N M-6881-M50A) and a Setrab series 6 cooler and Hamburger’s 3347 remote oil filter (all with -12 AN fittings). The oil cooler...

Oh, how I have missed working on my car. I haven’t posted in a long time due to summer vacations and supporting our local fair. Now that the fair is over and the family is back to work and school, I can concentrate on my car.

Congratulations Larry! Looking forward to following your build.

An awesome car. Looks great. Have fun at the track!

Cliff, Give Bill Lathrop of OTB Gear a call at 909-595-4995. He may be able to help you. Kurtiss

Damn nice Steve. I wish H was close to me as this is exactly what I would like him to do for my car. Sweet build and look great!

Rufus, congratulations on the delivery of your car. Looking forward to following your build and sharing ideas.

H, Love the color. Beautiful!

Hi Rufus, I machined it in-house. I had to modify it when I reinstalled the Ford oil line adapter due to clearance issues.

Hi Charlie, Again, thank you. Yes, others have used the door edge guard (edge trim seal) to provide a cushioned interface between the bottom tank flanges and the chassis. The edge trim will raise the tank a little and I didn't have hardly any clearance between the top of the tank and the...

Thank you Charlie. I had some left over .190" thick plate. I know it's overkill but it worked well for the fastener length and it's solid.

Thank you H, that means a lot! My son used Forza Motorsport 5 video game to render the following images of what I want my car to look like. It is amazing how realistic the images are. It may take another year but I'll get there...

My Borla induction includes the FAST XIM (ignition module), XFI (fuel injection) and VTC (valve timing controller) control units and 5 wire harnesses (a total of 32 connectors). I installed the controllers on the forward side of the firewall behind the seats. Due to possible RF interference...

The Vintage Air system that comes with the kit includes a Chevy LS type AC compressor. Many builders have adapted this compressor to the Ford modular 5.0 and 5.2 engines but I opted to install a stock compressor for a simple and clean installation. This is a tricky install since there is no...

Oil Cooler - Two ways to go; 1. Install a separate oil cooler, remote oil filter and the Ford engine oil adapter all using -12 AN lines and fittings (as recommended by Ford), or 2. Utilize the existing oil/coolant heat exchanger and filter that came with the Aluminator crate engine. I was...