Bill,
I am flattered to receive such a compliment from you. Progress has been a little slower, waiting on parts. Made a stupid mistake that is holding things up a little. Had to order some 8AN fuel line fittings and some 10AN
oil cooler line fittings; however, I ordered the 8AN fittings first and had 8AN stuck on my mind when I ordered the
oil line fittings. Luckily Summit is great about returns, but it will take a couple of weeks before I have them back.
Will have the drive shaft tomorrow and install that so that I can work on buttoning up the cockpit. That will be slow work as I will have to cut the inner panel behind the seats to accommodate the upgraded roll cage.
I focused today on finishing the plumbing for the radiator and Harrison tank. Filled it with water and water wetter, as race organizations do not like
antifreeze as it is hard to remove from the track.
As I was filling the system, it occurred to me that i had better install the water temp line before I filled the system too much to avoid water rushing out of the fitting hole. The water temp line and
oil tempt lines were coiled up together and when I unwrapped them I noticed that they were identical, with no labeling. I thought that I might be able to trace the lines back to the gauges, and then noticed that the wires crossed themselves going through the firewall. Luckily at that point my brain kicked in and I boiled a cup of water and then inserted one end of a line into the hot water and watched to see which temp gauge started to rise. Problem solved.
Tomorrow I will start to focus on the fuel system and accelerator pedal hookup to the carb. It really is starting to get close. A couple of minor wiring things that need to be finished and it will be ready for a start-up, once the oil cooler lines are in place...
While I was under the car i took a photo of the SFI label on the bell housing.
Time for some dinner and a beer.
Jim