Mr. G. Brettin's Slow Motion Leg Hump

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Prepped for surgery.

Sanded with 150 and applied 2 coats of epoxy primer.

Sprayed a light coat and then put down a heavy coat. Tossed the fenders in the corner for the night to dry(ish). It's 20 degrees here.

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Panel bond was going to be to secure the vent to the fender. The panel bond would have been permanent (nearly impossible to remove) and would also prevent any rust situation on the chipped paint.

After a chat with the fella that made the Finite Element vents, I found out that the vents will only be made in a large batch. I read into that and figured the likely hood of the vents being reproduced were really low.

That information changed my mind on using panel bond. Instead, 3M tape. I keep flipping back and forth about using drilling the fenders and using button head bolts. I'm just not sure. If I do it, I will get some titanium hardware (eventually).

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Took the vents out of the garage and peeled the plastic. I'm going to let them cure the rest of the way inside.

The chips are gone, mission accomplished.

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Finally done. I attempted to solely use 3m tape but it would have popped off on a warm day. I was able to get it to lay mostly flat with some clamping force; of which, one clamp was not on the back side of the vent all the way. I now have some impromptu bead rolling in a spot I didn't really want.

With that said, I went out to the hardware store and picked up some button head screws and a new pack of drill bits. Turns out that the Ryobi bits SUCK. Their titanium coated bits dulled really fast and one broke free from the drill bit mount.... specifically the 1/4" bit I needed to finish the job (last three holes). I hogged out the hole with the size smaller to get the job done.

Cutting the holes had me on edge on this task because Finite Element isn't really making these vents anymore. It would have been a double whammy if this got botched. Big holes in fenders, 600 vents toasted and unable to get new ones (not that I would want to pay 600 right now).

I didn't have to do the vents right now.... but... I really wanted a change of pace. Besides, I'm still waiting on a handful of parts right now. specifically a rubber fitting that goes around my SPAL fan so that I can mount it with out the blades hitting the radiator.

Speaking of the radiator... I haven't heard back from CSF on any sort of sponsorship (not free parts, I said I would buy them). I guess that option can fade off into the sunset. They have their authentic time attack car (Evo) for advertising anyway. Like I said... I was apprehensive about it anyway.

Lastly, my pie cutting jig from LPS Fab came in. Now the cold and hot side can be wrapped up. I took a week off of work between Christmas and New Years to specifically knock that out. There all hands on deck at Auto Dynamix working on personal projects too, 3 or 4 other race cars. I'll get some video of that.

https://www.lpsfab.com/product/lps-tube-jaws

Rusty

I had to bolt my vents on too.

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Zezus

I'm surprised you couldn't get them to hold with the 3m tape. Thats all thats holding my front lip on o.O

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The mould of the vent wasn't exactly perfect. It was enough where it was constantly trying to pull away. I think thicker 3M tape would have been fine but I wanted it flush as possible.

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My videos are one take (unlike the first videos) and limited editing now. None of this is scripted and I'm often thinking out loud the video is going, which is why I ramble so much.

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After a month of waiting, the SPAL 1/2" gasket and swirl pot came in. I started off with the SPAL fan mount because of limited time. It's also nice to heave a simple quick win. I think I did that on Saturday. Kind of simple. the shroud needed to be disassembled to get the back side of the zip ties through. -Edit - You may wonder why I waited for the spacer... With out the rubber spacer the fan would hit the radiator. I also forgot to mention that the fan will blast air over the oil cooler and power steering cooler (of which I don't have... I was waiting to hear back from CSF.)

Yesterday (Sunday) I worked on cutting the swirl pot so that it could be mounted. Doing it a second time was fairly easy because I already know it will mount correctly. My 3" air grinder worked awesome on this piece. Well, it was awesome until a little chunk of disk broke free and hit my knuckle. It hurt... but lucky I've been up on all the safety equipment and wore gloves. Otherwise it would have been a bloody mess. The picture I took where I'm looking at the camera was almost directly after the hit. Note the double eye protection too!

Last on deck was the Accusump mount. Who would have known a mount could be such a time sink. The mount was measured, punched and drilled for mounts/dimple holes. After that, A hydraulic press was used to press the aluminum. Excess aluminum was then removed to allow for better airflow. Airflow will go around the Accusump fairly easy because it is round. If the mount was not cut up, air would hit the square edge. It would actually make downforce... but air evacuation in that area is more important.

Attaching the mount to the shroud was fairly easy using 1/4 rivets 1/2" long. The awesome part about the rivet was that it hooked right into the square stock that is inside of the L shaped aluminum. Remember my first time TIG welding aluminum? Yeah, that square stock. The accusump mount went into those two pieces of aluminum stock and it's attached to the left and right frame rail.

Rusty

You got to do something about your alignment. You got too much camber and toe on the left side.

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It's basically the pictures but with a goofy guy making video.

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I went jousting today for lunch... lol

Picked up a 12' .065/16gauge 6061 3" tube. This will be my cold side after I cut a TON of pies.

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All the fittings were put into the Accusump, but not with out complication. I lost the schrader valve so I had to order a new one. I originally called Canton Racing to order a "new air pick" because I had lost it. Honest to god I had no idea what the valve was called. He basically told me to order it from Amazon. lol. A replacement shrader valve and a 45deg elbow for the pressure gauge was ordered.

(products arrive)

Saturday I hit the shop to complete final assembly of the Accsump but hit the aforementioned bumps. The 45deg elbow is for 1/2" and I needed 3/8. Easy enough fix, the hardware store is right down the road. Turns out they don't sell 45deg brass elbows so I had to settle on a straight coupler and a 90deg. That turned out to be a great option anyway because it kept it nice and tight.

Working with the T fitting... I really dislike red/blue AN fittings for some reason. Ordering a new T fitting because of the color only wasn't a good enough reason to purchase a new one; not to mention there would be delays getting the plumbing completed. Easiest fix I could think of was spray paint. Auto Dynamix always has a TON of mostly used spray cans in the back storage room. Black caliper paint was rounded up from the sea of cans. I figured if it could work on calipers, it would be fine for the T fitting.

A short -10 line was ran from the oil cooler to the Accusump. At this point, there are only two lines left for the oil run. That will need to be completed after the engine goes back in and I order 3 more fittings. for the return/sending lines.

Due to the location of the Accusump, I needed to have that completed prior to doing the cold side. GREAT SUCCESS. I'm so ready to get rocking on wrapping up the cold and hot side; so ready I picked up a bandsaw to get going on pie cuts because I'm sick of waiting for the gigantic bandsaw to be fixed (that's been a process I'm not going to get into). The old Harbor Freight bandsaw put in a TON of work. I thought that a new one would be a good enough option to get rolling. WRONG. What a piece of sh1t. Brand new and it can't cut a 9deg cut. Even worse, the 9deg jig from lpsfab will not fit. That whole debacle killed my Sunday. What a bummer. I just wanted to get some forward momentum. The shop owner, Dave, said he is going to get the big bandsaw going. There are a few options other than that to get pies done: 1. Have a shop cut the aluminum or 2. order a bunch of pies from Black Sheep Industries. I'd prefer to cut my own at this point.

Rusty

You're a pro at making hoses.

HF strikes again.

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This video captures the absolute joy of the bandsaw... 8.25 video. Like I said, I'm trying to keep them shorter now.