Southern GT #70

[Davidmgbv8]

Had my heat shield water jet cut today. Now to form and fit before ceramic coating. Been a while since I have been able to do anything. Putting in a mini split AC system in the house before the old central air quits, seems to be a priority!

 

[Davidmgbv8]

A little time on my English wheel and I have a heat shield

 

[Davidmgbv8]

A little shaping with a hammer and old fire bottle to get the bottom to curve around.. I should have shaped the bottom of the sides first then rolled the upper edge around.

 

[Joe]

View attachment 130335A little shaping with a hammer and old fire bottle to get the bottom to curve around.. I should have shaped the bottom of the sides first then rolled the upper edge around.

Looks great

 

[Davidmgbv8]

heat shield finished and installed

 

[Brian Kissel]

Nicely done David. What did you line the underside with ?

Regards Brian

 

[Brian]

That is very nicely done.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

The back side is an adhesive woven "lava" insulation blanket I found on Amazon. $34 for a 24"x24" piece which was well worth giving it a shot. Very itchy..

BSTFLEX
BSTFLEX Reinforced Lava Exhaust Heat Shield 24 Inch x 24 Inch Mat with adhesive Backed Resistant High-temp (24'' x 24'')…BSTFLEX Reinforced Lava Exhaust Heat Shield 24 Inch x 24 Inch Mat with adhesive Backed Resistant High-temp (24'' x 24'')…
24 Inches x 24 Inches(With Adhesive)

 

[Brian Kissel]

Thank You !!

Regards Brian

 

[Markus]

Hello David,
I'm followong your thread and was already wondering about an update but saw another post from you where you stated "project stalled" ..... I hope there is no serious problem.....
Take care and stay healthy
Markus

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Started doing some GT40 stuff again. Pulled this damaged MK II rear clam out and started glassing up to make into wall art. Can’t decide which livery to paint or wrap in thinking about the red targa car. Not a baby blue fan. Any thoughts?

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Wall art has paint , 30 footer

 

[Davidmgbv8]

2 more steps to go with wall art, alloy engine cover and rear window

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Miles/Hulme tribute rear clam done and on the wall

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Finally getting back on my project with a simple mod on the chassis to notch for my coolant tubes to have clearance and not to be in a bind. Ordered a second Revotec Comex fan and dumping the oil cooler up front, will place in the rear. I have decided that more fan forced cooling the better.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Dash vent from Llama Bite fit to the dash, some fixing of the glass on the back and putty on the top required

 

[Davidmgbv8]

While making room and preparing to putty the dash for the vent opening, I noticed my prior dash mods to level out a droop over the tach just was not right. So I cut the seam again and with help of a heat gun and the sun, 106F degree day, I was able to pull up the top, level, then the underside was able to be pushed up level to match. One tiny detail and a lot of time.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

First stab at gauges in the dash

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Revotec COMEX 10” fans test fitted after a day and a half of fiberglass mods to the nostrils. I was going to put an original oil cooler set up on the left side which meant only one fan. Finally came to my senses as this is Humid South Texas and cooling is a must! Oil cooler will relocate to the back. These little fans move 1100 cfm of air and I will hook them up to an Autocool pwm controller.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Added 1/2” angle and 1 1/2” angle to add support for the rear glass and frame sourced from Llama Bite. Amazing how many times you can misdrill a hole, tap, weld up, redrill, retap! 3 friggin times. The welded holes demolished drill bits, I was down to my last one and finally got it. I was drilling next to the weld on the angle and the bits kept walking away from the harder heat affected zone just enough to mess it up.