sweatys rebuild

[sweatybetty]

it has been a good week-end! getting a lot of little stuff done.

finally home again

new ebay radiator

$360 for the rad, shroud, fans and electric stuff. everything looks good so far. we shall see

[ksechler]

Looks good.  One thing you might want to consider....  In the last photo with the shroud installed I can see you have it bolted directly to the radiator.  The lip on the top will be metal to metal and eventually will damage the radiator.  Put some spacers in there.  I made mine out of fuel tubing.  You can see one in this photo:

 

 

[sweatybetty]

its there, just hard to see i put it on the edge of the shroud where it meets the tanks. no metal to metal contact

Edited October 31, 2016 by sweatybetty

[Captain Obvious]

Haha! Like the diff straps! Reminds me that I'm still running the original "temporary" one I made up before ZCON.

I need to finish up that project and make a better one. At this point, I guess I'll just wait for the off season.

[ksechler]

1 hour ago, sweatybetty said:

its there, just hard to see i put it on the edge of the shroud where it meets the tanks. no metal to metal contact

Good idea!  I think you'll find that a good cooling setup.  You won't need the second fan much.  I actually took the fuse out when I was troubleshooting some alternator issues to reduce the load and never felt the need to put it back.  Some day I'm going to put it on  a thermostat.  

[wheee!]

Looks great!

[disepyon]

Car is so CLEAN, love it when clean shiny new parts start to come together.

[Dave WM]

Hey now, I spy the model airplanes, good stuff. I used to fly a lot of RC gear, including my own design EDF the micro bandit.

 

[sweatybetty]

On 11/6/2016 at 8:17 AM, Dave WM said:

Hey now, I spy the model airplanes, good stuff. I used to fly a lot of RC gear, including my own design EDF the micro bandit.

 

i have a few. just got rid of 8 or 9 planes. they were too slow

[sweatybetty]

not much happening lately. im still waiting on my head to get done, and the fuel tank (going on 6 weeks). so, im getting a few of the little things done

my new cam has holes for oiling so i tapped and plugged the holes in the cam towers. 6mm set screw with blue locktite, and a cap over that just in case

got the hood hinges powder-coated and installed

temperature sending unit and thermo-couple switches in the lower radiator hose

here is something i just happened to notice. these are the throttle arms off of the webers. 2 were the same length, but the 3rd was a bit longer. i bet that could cause some problems with tuning

i finally found the correct neutral safety switch. this is a normally closed switch. it came from virginia. supposedly the only one in the usa

new overflow tank

and fuel pressure regulator and gauge

[madkaw]

Did you use your vent line for supply fuel?

[sweatybetty]

15 minutes ago, madkaw said:

Did you use your vent line for supply fuel?

no, i plan on plugging everything on the tank except the pickup line and the one that goes to the filler neck. vapor tank is gone.