Well....here goes all or nuthin.

Pete

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Hello Woody,
Thanks....it has been taking a little longer than I would've like on this particular area....I did find the ICEgineworks kit helpful for finding clearance and routing issues. I knew I was going to make adjustments when it came to the real thing so I did not rely on the mockup for making my pipe cuts. In the end it's going pretty smooth.

Pete
 

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Thanks Frank.....as you know this is a labor of love....here's some pics.
 

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Pete

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okay..so I needed to take the engine back out so I can pull the stock oil pump since I'm going dry sump for clearance. I had to build something that would be useful and allow access to the engine as well as the tranny. I need to make more chassis clearance on the passenger side for the external pump. Didn't plan to originally but it made sense to put it there since my options were running out. And for you clean and organized fellows...I know I know....I need to clean up and sort stuff..I will.. I promise.:embarassed:
 

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If you need more room youvmight want to cut the angled steel panels along the engine bay. I did that and then squared up the area to form shelfs. It will give you a little more room to add things. I put my fuel pumps there. Only down side is yo can barely get to them with the engine in. Have to raise the engine to really work on them. If you want to move the coils, it is also a good place to mount them on a rod under the exhaust.

Bill
 

Pete

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Jeeze,

Finally finished fitting, welding and sanding down the beads. On to the dry sump setup.
 

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Hi Pete
Looking good, great job :thumbsup: Now alI I need to do is try to make mine close to that quality and I will be stoked.
Woody
 

Pete

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A friend of mine who is also on this forum remarked these cars are an exercise in packaging. Truer words were never spoken. In order to retain my A/C pump I needed to go custom on the oil pump for my dry sump setup. The pump is a special small series from Dailey Engineering. I needed to make a bearing support carrier because of the extra long shaft.
 

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Pete

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So here is the pump mounting bracket. Next the Plumbing. The engine is upside down......looks better this way don't you think?
 

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Randy V

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Good think you have a gear driven rotator on that engine stand or it would take three men to flip her back over!

Good packaging job!
 

Pete

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So it's been awhile since my last update. I purchased a CNC for business and decided to put it through its paces on some parts for my project. I am running a dry sump system and had already fabbed a steel pump bracket. I really wanted to make a billet bracket so I went for it. It took awhile to get to it due to life, honey doos, work and you know. So finally modeled up the bracket, made the setup, programmed it and started cutting chips this weekend. Here are a few progress pictures and the steel it's replacing.
 

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Pete

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It's been awhile. Since purchasing my CNC mill I've been pretty busy making stuff for other gear heads. I finally got a chance to do some more for my car. I decided I needed to up the size of the rear calipers. The first pic shows the 1997 C5 caliper. I will take off the Corvette name at some point. I machined a foam mockup to fit the same caliper on the rear. Sorry about the quality of the last picture. You can see the wimpy size of the caliper I'm replacing.
 

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Pete

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Ok so it's only been 8 years since my last update. Maybe by 2050 I'll have her done. Actually I have been doing little things here and there. I decided to fit up the exhaust for laffs and giggles since I had them ceramic coated.
 

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Randy V

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Ok so it's only been 8 years since my last update. Maybe by 2050 I'll have her done. Actually I have been doing little things here and there. I decided to fit up the exhaust for laffs and giggles since I had them ceramic coated.
Good to see you posting again! Great job on those headers, by the way....
 

Pete

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Thanks Randy. Here is a scan I took of my engine /tranny. You can make out the red fitting, one of two coming off the back of the head for cooling.
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Originally my setup was for C4 calipers. In the end the balance for braking would have been around 80/20 back to front. So I upgraded to C5 caliper for front and rear. In these pictures I mocked up a new caliper bracket machine in dense foam. Once it checked out I went on to machine out of aluminum.
 

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