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I used a hack saw to cut mine to length. I did it in the hub to avoid pressing them out and then back in again.

After seeing the prices on all those tools I decided a lead hammer looked pretty good. I seldom miss the spinner, and when I do the lead hammer does not mark the rim.

I got a quote from Albins on the 3.22 gear set. It was right at $2K at the current exchange rate. I am pretty close to pulling the trigger on that.

Your template is a pretty good idea. I fabbed all my own brackets for my motor on a stand and just hoped everything would fit. It did but it was very close.

I did one more modification to the car this week. I pulled the motor mounts and put a bolt through them to limit how much the motor could rise. The urethane mounts allowed too much motion. With the rigid mid plate the front of the motor rose about an inch under acceleration. This put an end...

I would sure like to do the same ring and pinion for my transmission. I am afraid the exchange rate to US$ will make the price way to high though. Does anyone know of any other sources for this gear set?

If you are looking for something local you probably have a Fastenall nearby. They have a $50 minimum order and their prices are a little high. If you are willing to wait a few days on shipping try boltdepot.com. I have had good luck with them.

I had to change to a through bolt after completion. Just be careful drilling out the nutserts to not drill into anything in the tunnel. I inserted a hex wrench from the side opposite the drill to position everything clear of the drillbit. I used the same trick to guide the bolt through the...

I noticed that you attached your shifter using nutserts. I think that you will find that they will work loose over time. I tried threading the aluminum and that was nowhere near sufficient to keep the shifter attached. It felt good in the garage but after a few real shifts it rapidly got...

I used automotive enamel on my back window. It was the same paint I used on the dash.

Here is a good illustration of zero scrub radius:

Welcome. I have seen your posts on the ffcobra site. Ron Earp is who you want to talk to.

Below is a crude sketch of the shifter. Add washers where the arrow is pointing. The hiems that attached to that ball stud are the ones that you may need to clearance to prevent them from fouling on things in the box.

There are a few things that you can do to increase the stroke on the left right of the shifter box, but first you need to make sure you really have it adjusted correctly. I thought I was not getting enough stroke but what I found was that there was a bolt on the part attached to the sector...

I failed to answer the would I do anything different. So far I have not found anything I would do differently other than the ring and pinion swap I mentioned earlier. I am happy with how everything turned out.

I just started on my other project today as a matter of fact. I got a little side tracked on a few other projects. I am thinking one to two years on this one. You should have the SLC and Le Mans pretty well sorted out by then. The way you are going you may have something even more tempting...

Nice, I may have to build one of those in the future. I want the roadster version though.

I got 2 of the new latches mounted. It was pretty easy to get them installed. Here is a picture of the old and the new latch:

I have put about a 1,000 miles on my GT40 now. I thought I would share some driving impressions on the car. I built mine to be a road car so that is the perspective I am writing from. The car is extremely fast and well mannered. My engine is less than 400HP. I am not comfortable enough...

Looks like he has them on ebay now: eBay Motors: AIRCRAFT FLUSH MOUNT LATCH MFG SARMA (item 310064879886 end time Aug-05-08 11:03:19 PDT)