Kirkham Motorsports Assembly Manual

[David Kirkham]

You have to seal up all the little holes and cracks where the panels don't fit together perfectly; or, where two panels come together. Make sure you fill up any holes in the floor or foot boxes as well. We use standard high temp silicon in a caulking gun.



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[David Kirkham]

The first item of business it putting in the wiring harness. You want to put the wiring in NOW because nothing is in the way and the harness strings through the entire car.

In this picture, you are looking at the engine firewall. You are standing at the front of the car looking back across the engine bay. The hole in the firewall just above the foot box (the white box with the black Kirkham data tag on it) on the RIGHT side of the CAR is for the part of the harness that goes to the alternator, head lights, and MSD wires.

I suppose NOW is the best time to define LEFT and RIGHT. Whenever we say left or right, we are ALWAYS referring to the left or right side of the car--not the photo. (If we are referring to the left or right side of a photo we will very explicitly say just that.) By convention, LEFT and RIGHT is designated as if you were driving the car. That is why cars in England, Australia, and many other countries are called Right Hand Drive cars--the steering wheel is on the right hand side of the car.



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[David Kirkham]

Close up of the hole.

[David Kirkham]

Left side hole.

The wiring goes in the hole closest to the center. The wiper tube and the sending unit wiring from the dash goes through the outboard hole.

The big round hole in the top of the foot box (to the right (in the photo) of the 3/4 x 3/4 square tubing) is for the fresh can from the fresh air system which will be installed later.

The funny shaped hole in the front corner of the foot box is for the accelerator pedal assembly which will be installed later.

You can see the stainless heat shields which were installed in Poland on the foot boxes.



and close up.

[David Kirkham]

Next put the wiring harness in the cockpit of your car. All of the wiring is strung from the right side of the car.

[David Kirkham]

Put the fuse box on the right foot box floor. Drape the left-forward part of the harness (headlights, wiper motor, horn, fan) UNDER the tube in the center of the car (under the windshield cowl) and string the harness through the INBOARD hold in the firewall (pictured in the above photos). You run the harness UNDER the tubes in case you ever have to take the harness out again for some reason. Remember to put in the grommet when you get the fuse box bolted in.

Take the right-forward part of the harness and string it through the hole in the firewall above the right foot box. Remember to put in the grommet when you get the fuse box bolted in.

[David Kirkham]

We hold the harness in (under the dash) with plastic "zip" ties.