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[NOT A TA]

Air cleaner setup looks good Jim!

[dusterbd13]

thats the most pictures ive ever seen of this car. looks great, and id love to see some more.

and is that a golf club handle as a hood prop rod?

one suggestion about the air cleaner piece: looks great, but i think a brushed finish would match the purpose look unde the hood a bit better. just my opinion.

and im trying to figure out whats going on with the headliner. looks like screening material with a flange in the center, correct?


lastly, i have to thank you for all the hope youve given me. im fighting EFI issues with my engine swap right now, and seeing how youve preservered and kept your spirits up really helps me. hopefully i can take some of your attitude with me and my laptop when i work on my truck. any pointers for a guy thats teaching himself on the fly? (and no, its not asshell efi, either. its all GM mix n match)

keep up the great work and inspiration.
michael

[Jim Nilsen]

thats the most pictures ive ever seen of this car. looks great, and id love to see some more.

and is that a golf club handle as a hood prop rod?

one suggestion about the air cleaner piece: looks great, but i think a brushed finish would match the purpose look unde the hood a bit better. just my opinion.

and im trying to figure out whats going on with the headliner. looks like screening material with a flange in the center, correct?


lastly, i have to thank you for all the hope youve given me. im fighting EFI issues with my engine swap right now, and seeing how youve preservered and kept your spirits up really helps me. hopefully i can take some of your attitude with me and my laptop when i work on my truck. any pointers for a guy thats teaching himself on the fly? (and no, its not asshell efi, either. its all GM mix n match)

keep up the great work and inspiration.
michael

Ah yes the golf club handle? A friend had some carbon fiber clubs he picked up for $2 each at a sale. One of them had a tag of $359 on it. It is lighter than the stainless tubing I was using and I threw a cragar sticker on it to cover up the golf name stuff. I think I might paint the shaft silver or the color of the car? The real cool thing is that the handle says "Pro-Tour " right on it so I couldn't resist. I may go with a hinged and swiveled prop rod that clips in a spot when closed once I know how the rest of the engine bay gets done.

I am already working on the air cleaner lid. I started to not like the black one the second I put the seal in. I have a gold anodized one that I can remove the anodizing or leave it gold? The gold kind of goes with the color of the car in a shiny way. I would really like to find a spun aluminum one that has the right profile and height and a reasonable price. The removal of the anodizing can sometimes leave a stain but I can always paint it if I have to until I find a spun aluminum piece.

The headliner is perforated aluminum I got through Metal Express. There are all kinds of hole sizes and spacing to choose from, it was hard to pic the one I liked and almost went with even smaller holes and spacing but it gets real fragile at that point. It hardly wieghs anything and is strong as heck.It is about $10 sq.ft. I used Damplifier on the back side of it to dampen any noise and give it some mass, it also makes the holes black and not able to see through it.The piece in the middle of it all is 2" x .125 aluminum that is screwed to the roof bracing. It is working very well so far and the car is much quieter than any all aluminum interior car I have rode in. It's darn near quieter riding than most any car you will drive in except the exhaust note when you get on it.

I'm glad that going through the EFI problems someone learned from it !! I have had to stay with many machines and make them work with no new parts unless I made them and keep production going and it taught me that when it is bad parts your frustration can only be stopped with new ones. If it is something you are doing wrong and don't know what to do, you are going to have to learn the hard way. With EFI you just have to keep trying to understand it all as a whole. I wish I knew more about the GM systems but thats a whole other ballpark to play in. You can find more people who tune what you have online than those that tune the Accel.

Keep on keepin on and learn something from everyone who leaks it out about EFI.

Thanks for the compliments.

[Jim Nilsen]

What a weekend!!!!!!!

I was having problems on wednesday with a driveline vibration that would vary and was at higher rpm. I couldn't find what it was and almost didn't go to the Motorstate Challenge. The car was running good and it would cruise just fine and had plenty of power with no vibration at less than 4000 rpm. I decided to drive to meet with everyone in Elgin and se then what to do? It made with no problems and I had plenty of help and a trailer if needed so I took the trip and it all went well.

I found I really need some new tires. I just don't have the grip to keep up. The car pushes and needs to possibly have a rear sway bar to help it out. The car car drove great on the track and was a blast. The autox proved to be a bigger challenge for the tires and it really hurt me there. It would have been a bit better if I could have had another 3000 rpm at my disposal but it was fun.

The cause of the vibration was discussed when I got to Michigan and the problem is the Centerforce pressure plate. the weights are obviously not returning to the middle exactly and causing the vibration. Other people have had the same problems so it is time to take the weights off and hope for the best.

It was really nice to meet with everyone again and the cars at the vent were awesome. I met a lot of new people and learned a lot.

Bad Penny wasn't there and I really missed seeing Dave Pozzi. i also was looking for a few others that didn't make it. The event is getting better and I can't wait for next year!!!

Now I have a trans to pull and some weight to take off the car. It might only be a 1/2 pound but it the most important to lose because it will add 3000 rpm and who knows how much more power. it makes me wonder how we all keep these cars together sometimes.

[Jim Nilsen]

I have been working on the closeout panel and have it pretty well done for now. I will have to modify it a bit for the final hinges when I get there but for now here it is.

Next on the list is pulling the clutch out and getting to the problem it is having, what ever it is. I am interested in if it will be the weights on the pressure plate causing the vibration or if it is something else ?

[Bryce]

I have been working on the closeout panel and have it pretty well done for now. I will have to modify it a bit for the final hinges when I get there but for now here it is.

Next on the list is pulling the clutch out and getting to the problem it is having, what ever it is. I am interested in if it will be the weights on the pressure plate causing the vibration or if it is something else ?

Looks good Jim, I like the aluminum panels!