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Overflow tank to catch what the coolant expansion tank might puke

Some trial brackets to mount to oil cooler

This chassis has a pretty good record at 25 hours at Thunderhill. Engine reliability issues are (I believe) the only thing that kept it from a win over some very talented competition. Your post is rather uninformed Jon.

I am going to purchase these parts for the eventual.... With a dry sump, there's an impressive amount of disassembly necessary to change this out. When the internal slave craps out, I'm only going to do this once.

Grinding is done and I can get a standard socket in there. Truthfully, I don't think the plug would have come out and a socket absolutely wouldn't slide down it. It's likely related to the aluminum heads I have (Dart CNC) I'm getting a Sealey thin ratchet as well. There's not a lot of space...

After the header trial, it became clear that I wouldn't be able to remove the spark plugs with the headers in place. Took the die grinder to each header. Ultimately, the space between #7 and the valve cover is still tight and I can't remove any more from the valve cover. Probably a sixteenth...

A trial fitting of the oil cooler. Pretty tight with the primer in there. It nearly rubs on the box on the side of the transaxle. I'm trying to leave a 1/2cm of space there so the vibration from the transaxle doesn't affect it.

Well, I just dropped the car off the jack stands and had my 13yo step on the clutch and I can roll the car, must have just been the resistance of the internals when I tried to roll the one rear tire on the stands. For sure when this throwout craps out, I'm going external. The #7 header rubs on...

Resurrecting this old post. Similar to Tim, I had to use quite a few spacers although my transaxle is an RBT. There was a bit of "rocking" back and forth which I didn't like to see, especially considering the precise nature of the settings. Has anyone had experience with the external slaves...

A little mockup of the bundle of snakes...........unfortunately, it all comes off as I tested the throwout bearing today and the clutch doesn't engage. Not sure what's going on. With the car in neutral, the rear wheels spin freely. With the car in gear the wheels are engaged, but push the...

Dry sump tank is installed. License plate and back up camera and lighted screws are in, need to be wired when the rear clam goes in. Changed out the mechanical oil and coolant temp gauges to electrical ones from Nisonger. The car should come with these from Superformance. On to the oil...

Redid the electrical. Got rid of the Ron Francis item as it wasn't necessary. Moved the MSD out of the box due to concerns about heat. Now it sits on top. Battery is an antigravity lithium battery. YTX-20 size, just a couple pounds. 900CA...

Very sad to hear this. Like many others, I never met Keith but was privileged to enjoy his company in these pages. His wit and humor will be missed. I’ll raise a pint in his honor this evening...

Will do, thx. I do like to get the viewpoints of presumably unbiased users as well.

That is all good feedback. Any advantage to one gauge or two gauges with the 4 wheel alignment system?

Wondering what others have used for 4 wheel alignment. I would prefer to do it myself, as most shops are probably not going to do it right. I've looked at Tenhulzen's 4 wheel alignment system and, while it's complete and seems quicker than a true DIY system, I'm concerned it might be a bit...

Phil, I have a 302 bored to 306 with 500hp at 7000rpm. Compression is 10.5:1 so not crazy (Dennis Olthoff chided me for giving up 50-75hp by not going to 11.5:1). It can be done, you'll give up some torque but it'll wind out pretty nicely and sound a lot like the high strung originals. It's...

At least the flames will be behind me....... I got the idea, location, etc from Dennis. I've seen a few examples he's done without the heat shield too. I'm hoping that the shield plus the ceramic coating on the headers keeps the temps reasonable. I could also add some reflective gold tape to...

Chipping away. Installed a primer/remote oil filter mount. Oil cooler is next.