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How come you re-molded some of the stuff? (maybe oyu answered this above, but I missed it 
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Looking good, love those rims :heart:
Btw, here's how you can do a rinseless wash for next time (also works well on cobras )
How to properly wash a cobra - FFCobra.com - Factory Five Racing Discussion Forum
)Looking good, love those rims :heart:
Btw, here's how you can do a rinseless wash for next time (also works well on cobras
)How to properly wash a cobra - FFCobra.com - Factory Five Racing Discussion Forum
No, no not quite Doc.
When I was a teen I spent a year hammering out a slope nosed wide body 914 fender set out of steel. The guy next door thought I was a loon for cutting up a perfectly good car only (he thought) for it to never be finished. This here is my second attempt at creating such a thing. I understood the concept of it all but never have done this scale of glass work before, so it has been an interesting upgrade to my body styling skill set.
My technical advisor on this project has been Jack Molleur and I'd like to thank Jack for his selfless sharing of a career's worth of fiberglass part design and working knowledge.
When I was a teen I spent a year hammering out a slope nosed wide body 914 fender set out of steel. The guy next door thought I was a loon for cutting up a perfectly good car only (he thought) for it to never be finished. This here is my second attempt at creating such a thing. I understood the concept of it all but never have done this scale of glass work before, so it has been an interesting upgrade to my body styling skill set.
My technical advisor on this project has been Jack Molleur and I'd like to thank Jack for his selfless sharing of a career's worth of fiberglass part design and working knowledge.
About a week and a half, I'd guess. :laugh:
BTW Rob is being *extremely* modest about the Porsche 914 he built. He gave me a ride in that car back in the early 1990s and I still remember it vividly. He not only put a slant nose on it, he also put monster IMSA flares on it, so that it looked to be as wide as it was long! He ditched the wheezy VW motor for a hotted-up 350 Chevy! He got it to cool by mounting a radiator horizontally, parallel to the ground, with a big sucker fan setup on the back side. The stock gearbox would never take the torque so he always started off in 2nd gear.
It was equipped with Centerline 15-inch disc wheels, which were not the best choice. When he drove it hard at Sears Point, the brakes got so hot because of a lack of airflow, the wheel centers melted out of the wheels!
Rob--since you brought it up, how about posting pictures of that car? It's something that deserves to be seen too. :thumbsup:
Just noticed its been 6 months since I've added anything to my thread. With any luck there will be pics of some of what has been going on with the build.
I am set on creating a functioning roof scoop, to that end I fabricated a tunnel to direct air down the center of the roof. The access panel is to allow installation of an air filter. The plan is to run a forward facing manifold (possibly custom design), run the intake ducting from the throttle body, under the rear roll bar and up to this tunnel. There is no way to run it over the roll bar in the rear because the roll bar blocks too much flow.
I am set on creating a functioning roof scoop, to that end I fabricated a tunnel to direct air down the center of the roof. The access panel is to allow installation of an air filter. The plan is to run a forward facing manifold (possibly custom design), run the intake ducting from the throttle body, under the rear roll bar and up to this tunnel. There is no way to run it over the roll bar in the rear because the roll bar blocks too much flow.
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Okay Rob, so you don't post for 6 months and then you post this - FANTASTIC!
So, am I understanding your roof scoop correctly - you are drawing air to the interior through the scoop and through a filter to the interior and drawing air to the the engine intake through the same duct? If this is the case the only thing I would be concerned about is engine compartment gases migrating to the interior - especially when the car is idling. A charcoal filter may help. Coming from driving a Lotus my goal is to seal the engine compartment from the interior as much as possible. Just my $.02.
Your defrost ducting looks amazing - really nicely done. Are you going with the Manex evaporator? If so, have you done a trial fitting? I'm just about to purchase one.
Excellent work as always!
Regards,
Dave L
So, am I understanding your roof scoop correctly - you are drawing air to the interior through the scoop and through a filter to the interior and drawing air to the the engine intake through the same duct? If this is the case the only thing I would be concerned about is engine compartment gases migrating to the interior - especially when the car is idling. A charcoal filter may help. Coming from driving a Lotus my goal is to seal the engine compartment from the interior as much as possible. Just my $.02.
Your defrost ducting looks amazing - really nicely done. Are you going with the Manex evaporator? If so, have you done a trial fitting? I'm just about to purchase one.
Excellent work as always!
Regards,
Dave L
The filter will be used to protect the engine, the engineering has been worked out and parts identified to pull the whole idea off. The primary use of this is to feed cold air to the engine, the interior air option is a fall back position. If for some unknown reason the engine feed does not pan out, the plenum will be used provide outside air to the interior.
I really wanted to avoid having this beautiful scoop in the roof serve no practical purpose...that kind of stuff just says "k.t c.r" to me.
How did you come to select the Manex?
I really wanted to avoid having this beautiful scoop in the roof serve no practical purpose...that kind of stuff just says "k.t c.r" to me.
How did you come to select the Manex?
Dave Lindemann
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Okay, I see now that makes sense - so not too unlike what Tom's photo shows.
I agree the scoop has to be functional. Funny thing is a lot of production "performance" cars have non-functional scoops so its not just a kit car thing.
Jack mentioned the Manex to me - not sure if he found it or if someone else put him onto it. Its VERY small and looks like it should fit but I haven't taken the plunge and bought one yet. I'm still working on getting the hardware to bolt the engine and gearbox in place so I'm a ways away from the AC install.
Tom,
I drew a version of an air box like this one you show. My concern was the hard angle the air must make from the throttle body to get up to the filter box. Now that I see Apollo has done exactly that....I guess it's not as much a problem as I thought.
Dave you are correct...maybe I should have said upper end performance cars have all their scoops functional. Others.... Mustangs, Challengers..do not.
I drew a version of an air box like this one you show. My concern was the hard angle the air must make from the throttle body to get up to the filter box. Now that I see Apollo has done exactly that....I guess it's not as much a problem as I thought.
Dave you are correct...maybe I should have said upper end performance cars have all their scoops functional. Others.... Mustangs, Challengers..do not.
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