Arya Ebrahimi Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Unfortunately the 1st of May is an unattainable goal. Both of our schedules preclude us from spending much time on the car until May 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 If he is not a "Slackard" then he only sleeps from 4:01am till 5:59am and will be finished by the 1st of May. ROL The downside of home is that the garage is under the bedrooms, and I can not work on it into the nights... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDrye Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 The downside of home is that the garage is under the bedrooms, and I can not work on it into the nights... Maz, I still will bet that you will get more done. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1734596193_1233_hand_clapping.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 finally got to spend some time on the car. project of the day was the dash pod for the driver side. Everything is temporarily tacked in. The dash will have quite a bit of rake (30 degrees) http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/538553658_CIMG2421.JPG A shot of the driver side pod. It will be connected via a tube at the top to the passenger side to form the hood line. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/645066378_CIMG2422.JPG Playing with the steering wheel. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/785906547_CIMG2426.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 2nd pod in place... The bar on the driver side needs to be adjusted up 1/2" Tomorrow night i'll get the tube across the top and that should form the dash structure. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/143665049_CIMG2431.JPG With the seat moved back, the car is super easy to get into... I almost have to reach to operate the pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Looking good Mazda. :thumbs: You better get going if you're going to have it ready for Carlisle! Bruce :7drive: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Looking good Mazda. :thumbs: You better get going if you're going to have it ready for Carlisle! Bruce :7drive: Everytime I look at the car I realize there is SO much work left... I guess I'm just not as dedicated as Kevin to work on it in 48 hour chunks. The current goal is to have the car mechanically running by Carlisle. Not sure if we will be able to skin any of it. I might just have to park it far away from the seven tent to not offend anyone :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Not sure if we will be able to skin any of it. I might just have to park it far away from the seven tent to not offend anyone :lol: Park it witht the Ariel Atoms, they'l never notice the difference.:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Park it witht the Ariel Atoms, they'l never notice the difference.:lol: :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDrye Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Everytime I look at the car I realize there is SO much work left... I guess I'm just not as dedicated as Kevin to work on it in 48 hour chunks. The current goal is to have the car mechanically running by Carlisle. Not sure if we will be able to skin any of it. I might just have to park it far away from the seven tent to not offend anyone :lol: http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/2013096767_Copy of P1010683.JPG If we park beside each other we can offend each other! :ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 I love the look of shiny new aluminum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Cross tube added (welding not finished yet) http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1881365891_CIMG2440.JPG Nice and even with the roll bar http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/571284790_CIMG2439.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Steve Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Hi Mazda, I like the way you tied in the center of the frame with the hoops. Looks like it will be strong and safe. I also like the first photo with that V8 out front. Gives it that " No Bullshit Look ". Keep hammering away !! Steve:cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Hi Mazda, I like the way you tied in the center of the frame with the hoops. Looks like it will be strong and safe. I also like the first photo with that V8 out front. Gives it that " No Bullshit Look ". Keep hammering away !! Steve:cheers: Thanks Steve. played with some cardboard tonight... I think i'll be happy with this dash when done. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/115040170_CIMG2444.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N. Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Oh dude, keep the cardboard...adds lightness! Besides, I like Frankenseven with just that little bit of unfinished feel that it's had since, oh, we first met at Skyline east. Didn't it have a wooden veneer dash at one point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 "Oh dude, keep the cardboard...adds lightness!" - Don't stop with just the dash!! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1182915244_041.jpg Bruce :7drive: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Oh dude, keep the cardboard...adds lightness! Besides, I like Frankenseven with just that little bit of unfinished feel that it's had since, oh, we first met at Skyline east. Didn't it have a wooden veneer dash at one point? No, it was brown vinyl. That's what was on the car when I bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted May 13, 2008 Author Share Posted May 13, 2008 With Arya's school done (yes, the man graduated from VT :yesnod: ), he is putting some time on the car this week. First project in the firing order is the headers. Starting with a set of LS1 long tube headers, we had to modify them to clear the frame. In the process, we found the tube lengths on the original header were about 1" different, so we set out to fix that problem as well... Here are a couple of pics of Arya's handywork Steel stock tacked to the tubes to maintain their relative positions before they get chopped http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/600679161_CIMG2464.JPG Shape of the new bends required to clear the chassis... note the back section is longer. Luckily for us, the original header primaries got shorter as they went from front to back, so we simply corrected that with our longer additions. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/822653366_CIMG2465.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 This week has been disappointingly slow. Work has been killer, and Arya keeps getting called away with family duties. Today we managed to get the steering done. It's nice to have a working steering wheel in the car again. It resulted in spontanious imaginary drives in the car. Arya came up with a couple of tricks along the way. Here are some pics: wheel looks off center due to camera angle... but it's nice and centered http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1611969000_CIMG2467.JPG current state of the dash... http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/988994962_CIMG2468.JPG The steering can telescope (bolt is temporary)... http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/216596193_CIMG2469.JPG Closest fit near the headers... http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/464352061_CIMG2473.JPG The whole thing will get powdercoated before final assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxologist Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 u will header wrap that part of the steering as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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