psychoideas

Wilson needs lexan lens covers on the front to aid aerodynamics. He is also asking for the fog light hole to be opened up and be used for a duct for brake cooling.

Noahs944

Very nice of you to say. The paint has major flaws, but the white is good at hiding it.

Noahs944

Yes to the headlight covers. Right now I am unsure about what to do for the foglight holes-
Under contemplation:
Just cover them smooth. Install lightweight fog lights. duct air to brakes.
Hmmm.

V2Rocket

add super-bright lights (maybe aircraft lights) for the wide open alberta highways..

Noahs944

Haha. Yeah!

Regarding the air duct, the rennslist member with the red/white Canon track car looks to be using the lhs headlight bucket as an intake duct for the engine I assume. Would like to see more deets on that. Then on the other hand I think Van Svenson is using the bumper signals for engine air intake. Was leaning towards that...

But any duct work or lights adds weight to the front. Right now I am a bit heavier in the front end, and have to start reducing weight up there. Would love a carbon fibre hood. But don't know where to buy an affordable one.

Noahs944

Now when I weighed the car, it was static. I notice when driving that sometimes driving the steering gets light when throttling, so must be pretty balanced when the suspension gets squished.

Maybe that's the ticket, just lower the *** end a degree or two to shift the weight slightly.

Noahs944

Evidence of some surface rust as view from the b-piller vent.

Noahs944

Where the rear wheel well meets the sill.

Noahs944

I don't mind dents but rust gets to me. Attempted to re-galvanize with this stuff.

Noahs944

Problem was I couldn't spray the critical areas except the rear half of the wheel well.

Noahs944

So I poured some of this product into a spray can lid.

Noahs944

This was the ticket. This "rust killer" product is a familiar logo. I dunno if it's any good. Stirred well. Takes a while to dry.

Noahs944

Also re-freshed the smuggler's box, since I was rust-preventing.

Noahs944

At work we sometimes install windshields, and always have "bytl" left over. I've had this in the garage for a while. "Bytl" is sticky stuff, that I think is good for other purposes also, such as plugging holes in firewalls, etc.

Noahs944

The rollbar c-piller I installed interfered with the fuel fill tube cover, so I've been driving for a year with duct tape covering that area. Enough is enough. My solution was to slice the cover & pound out one section for clearance. I didn't want to do this but that whole area is a fabrication nightmare. So I did what I thought I needed to, in order to move the heck onward.

Not pretty. maybe I'll clean it up. But I plan on replacing all the fuel lines in the winter so I'll go back in in the not so distant future.


Looking back... yeah I could have made it prettier. Oh well, function first, pretty second. I also applied bytl to the black round fuel access hole cover. 150-200kph will blow it off & is a source of exhaust fumes in the cab.