Progress update:
Engine has been in and out of the chassis a couple of times, it is in for good now (I hope).
I have my coolant plumbing all planned out, materials procured, and some of the lines run.
I am not using the RCR wiring harness and have designed my own (schematic attached for reference, I am a mechanical engineer so it is not a true schematic but works for me). I am utilizing 4 fuse boxes for main power. Two under the dash, one under the front clam, and one under the rear clam. Two are constant power and two are switched via a Flaming River battery disconnect. Control signals, etc. and routed to terminals strips under the front clam, dash, and rear clam via a 12 conductor cable (two terminal strips under the dash that are connected to the strips under the front and rear). I have most of the main power feeds ran including the battery connections and ground. Most of the fuse boxes and terminal strips are mounted (still need to mount the ones under the dash). The engine ECU is mounted as well and all wires under the rear clam near the engine are double insulated for heat.
I designed an aluminum fan shroud (drawing attached in case anyone is interested) and had one of our sheetmetal suppliers at work make it for me. It turned out well and is installed and tested. With a single fan running a small piece of paper sucked against the outside of the radiator everywhere across it, even in the corners. Success!
I cut the spider to fit down into the tub but my tub is sitting high on the chassis for some reason. Need to figure that out. It may be because I have yet to cutout the floors of the tub for the seats. I also cut out the windshield plug so I could sit in the car and get a feel for it. Even up on jack stands this thing sits low. Looking out the front you cannot see any of the hood or the front of the car (as Scott S. warned me). This will definitely take some getting used to.
Next step is to pull the spider off to work on the tub and to widen the front roll bar hoop. I will then finish the coolant lines, plumb the fuel system, finish the engine wiring, finish the exhaust, and then be ready for first start!!
So far I consider myself on schedule even though I am kind of bouncing around from task to task and varying from my build order.
So far we have not shut down at work and even if we do I will be working from home, no coronacation for me to work on the car. My wife is a teacher so she is at home which actually means I have been in my shop less than normal. I usually try to only work out in the shop when she is not at home.
Pictures coming in my next post.
