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Originally Posted by rlcpowell
Thanks for the detailed info. Yeah I definitely want to build it.
Just curious but what would you estimate build time to be on a hurricane considering I'm a novice. I'm not in a rush just wondering.
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Almost impossible to answer. I know if I had 8 hours a day non-stop and didn't have to wait for parts I could probably build one in about 45 days. But I would think the average guy is going to need 2-3 months working on it persistently. Its not necessarily hard, its tedious and its not entirely a linear assembly process. For example, the wiring harness has every wire labeled where it goes. But you have to decide how you want to route the wires, and you have to cut them to length and install the ends. Will you heat shrink boot each end? More time. Will you tape wrap them and attach them with original style harness clips? More time. Or are you just going to zip tie them as you go and use Ace fasteners? Less time, crappy look. Another example....Hurricane will send you the stock Wilwood brake and clutch pedal assembly. Will you stick with that or will you want add the original AC-style pedals? The latter could add 4-6 hours of custom fabbing to your effort.
Here is a link to an old Hurricane build that is a great example of some of the work. Bear in mind lots of changes have been made by Hurricane that will make new builds much easier. For example, the old Hurricane shipped with a dog turd gas tank that had to be modified. Now it ships with a beautiful aluminum custom fitted tank that bolts right in.