I spent 2 years blocksanding and doing bodywork, and another year bolting parts on, to make a car, so I kind of have a little empathy for you.

Once I get the engine in and the car on the road, that attitude will change ;)

It's all about a little progress at a time. Having really good music in the garage helps too. :_party: :_party:

BTW the wife was talking about driving down the coast from here through Oregon, through to Socal (we did that drive many years ago) won't be this summer, though.

In case you need a daily driver, while you are working on your car, I found a pretty nice alternative for you;

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/va...896498099.html

Not a bad option but that is the biggest Torino of them all. 5 inches longer than mine with an inch more wheelbase. They also weight another 100-150lbs.:D

For a newer model Torino daily driver I'd opt for a 72 with a Cleveland.:thumbsup:

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Now that is a land yacht! But that would be cool DD Rob :relax: Buy it! Buy it! Buy it!:thumbsup:

Never pass up a chance to post a Torino Picture.:twak:

Hey I have to finish one Torino before I buy another. Building this one may kill me. :faint:

I think they look pretty good as a PT car. Look GW I just posted another Torino pic.:poke:

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I think it's time for another avatar change isn't it? I mean, you've had this one going for at least 24, maybe even 36 hours... ?

:headscratch:

Are you saying this as a friend or a moderator:headscratch:

60/40. :rules:

I went outside and was thinking of starting on my lower steering shaft firewall plate. It was only 98 here today but that was hot enough for me to lose motivation for today.

I did take a shot of the lower portion of my column. You notice I ordered my column as a collapsable style. Some may say it is overkill in a rack and pinion steering set up to have a collapsible column but for a few extra $$ I'd say better safe than sorry.:bitchslap:

In the Woodward catalogue they discuss always using a collapsable shaft no matter the steering system set up. I think I'll trust them on that one.

It's not an AN fitting or a Bracket so I believe it is an appropriate picture to post.:rolleyes:


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I like that you think about safety

More importantly -- the picture is clear enough to actually see what you're trying to show us... Boring as that might be. I can see clearly now....


You know -- it was quite nice cruising the '32 in Sun Valley today... Got my Owners Rec Card picture done -- my season ski pass done -- a hair cut... dinner with friends on the patio... :>)

I may know who suggested the safety equipment section on the forum.:secret:

It all must have been within walking distance of home. :lmao: That's the nice thing about a small community like Sun Valley :thumbsup:

Wire

It was still oppressively hot today:fire: so I sat and watched the Rolex 6hr this am and multitasked on a little project I need to finish. :D One down 23 to go.:faint:

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Nice work buddy!

That's my idea of a fun task. :thumbsup:

Very nice Rob. Love that wire tool!

Nice Rob, can never be to safe!! I haven't looked but where did you get those nice safety wire pliers? I'm loving all the details you are showing, and your pictures are looking better as well! :relax: :thumbsup:

Rob,

Nice job on the wiring job! I know 20 yr aircraft mech that can't wire that good!:thumbsup:

I will have to dig up a tool I have here at work that will make that a TON easier, I will see it I can dig it up and post some pics!

Looking good Rob, There's nothing like watching a lil TV and building your car from your Lazy boy!!

Thanks :D If I had to do this for a living I'd starve, I'm way too slow.:lmao:

Cable ties would be the easy route that I know of. An Aircraft crimping tool Is my guess. I wonder what you are coming up with? :headscratch:

So I knocked out one of the rears. I think I'm going to grab a set of 6" pliers in both lefty and righty. It would make this process way faster. Between my sausage fingers and the old 9" safety wire pliers I have this rotor took me too long.


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I can cook, can you afford groceries?

Cable ties would be the easy route that I know of. An Aircraft crimping tool Is my guess. I wonder what you are coming up with? :headscratch:

So I knocked out one of the rears. I think I'm going to grab a set of 6" pliers in both lefty and righty. It would make this process way faster. Between my sausage fingers and the old 9" safety wire pliers I have this rotor took me too long.


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Rob,

Pretty good guess and description. I have the 6" left and right pliers if you need them? I will dig up that tool tomorrow and see about some pics.

So before I got around to safety wiring the rotors I had to build them up. It is a simple exercise but it took a bit of time to do. Part of this is me being anal about putting them together.

Why worry about assembling brake parts right.:lmao:

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I'll run through this quick. It also gives me a chance to show off my Wilwood floating hats.:hapdance:

Here one is.

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It's AL like most of the front hats but you'll notice the T slots in it instead of just threaded holes.

Into these you inset these little T nuts.

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Man that is a crappy picture. I can't wait to hear GWs comment on that one. :rolleyes:

This allows the rotor to "float" on the hat. This really separates the hat and the rotor into two separate pieces. Having two separate sections of the rotor and hat helps to keep heat generated in the rotor off of the hat. By keeping the hat cool you are less likely to have any flex, giving you more feel and braking predictability under extreme braking conditions. A floating rotor also allows for much more contact surface between the rotor and brake pads since the rotor itself follows the path of the pads correcting any imperfection either may have as it floats.

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Now with anything that requires a definitive torque value I make sure the threads are clean and free of burrs. In most cases that means a quick run of a tap through the threads.

In this case the stainless bolts are nice and hard compared to the T nuts so I just dry fitted them. If any of the bolts had bound as I was assembling the rotors I would have got a tap out for that one. :warning:

With these T nuts you use a small T wire to ensure the nuts don't rotate as you torque the bolts.

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I didn't have any issues with this set. Once the rotors are completely assembled to hand tight it's time to loctite and torque them.

I use two sockets of the same size to make the next step easy. Once I torque a bolt I leave the socket on it and then go to the bolt directly across to torque in a criss cross pattern. the first socket serves as a marker to remind me where I just was.
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Once you put a bit of loctite RED on all the bolts bolt and torque them to 125 in lbs (in this case) it's time to get out the safety wire pliers.:hairpullout:

:cheers:

If you really wanted to show them off you should have taken FIRST SET of pictures IN @*^#$ FOCUS! :twak:

The second set get's you a big pat on the back.........you're actually making an effort! Women like that in a man. :thumbsup:

Why are you worried about GW? :bitchslap:

Maybe one of these

:lmao: I figured he'd beat you to complaining about the photo quality. But you were first. :trophy-1302:

Nice parts -- nice write up -- I see that Cheryl took some of the photos and you did a couple of the others?

http://www.desmonorthwest.com/forums...es/pictime.gif :D

I've never seen that safety cable system, very cool and quick! :thumbsup:

Rob,

That is the gem! We use it when access is limited. I will try and round mine up here at work and if your interested in trying it let me know.:thumbsup:

How do we all know that..... with all your :G-Dub: you just don't have a professional photographer on your payroll. Has anyone here ever seen a pic of GW with a camera in his hand?? :confused59: :stirthepot:

http://sieg.smugmug.com/Other/Canon-..._MG_3828-L.jpg

:whistling:

Just when we need a GRAINY picture.....



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Sieg...FTW! :D

Sieg sure has a lot of gold bling

:snapout: No gold on the wife, house, or car.........only gold in our family is a few old crowns. :lol: Silver, platinum, Ti, brushed-nickel, pewter, etc. is the way we roll. :D

Great looking brakes Rob. But, I have one question for you and anybody else can answer this. Why does one have to assemble Wilwood brakes for the money they cost? To me that is an inconvenience to the customer. I mean, I know there are more expensive brakes on the market, but to spend anywhere from $1200-$2000 and up on brakes and then have to assemble them is just bewildering to me. I understand some things in this hobby need assembling, but I haven't seen this practice too common with any other manufacturer that "I" know of. Again, great looking brakes and they look awesome, but I been wondering about that forever.

Nothing in life is free. You pay for everything one way or another. If your rotors came pre assembled to the hats then you paid for it in the cost of the brakes. I'd rather pay for R&D and material or machining costs than for assembly. I feel with Wilwood you get better quality at the same or lower price point than some of their competitors.

It may also have to do with inventory management. For my application I wanted 14" slotted e-coated rotors and floating hats.

Somebody else may substitute standard hats with the same rotors. or smaller rotors or drilled rotors, ect.

By not assembling the complete package you don't need to stock as much inventory and yet can likely have exactly what the customer wants in stock when they order. The customer doesn't get stuck with the choice of get what I have or wait:shakehead: For a smaller company they offer a large product line that is readily available.

I'd say their model works pretty good.:thumbsup:

You see Sieg my thread isn't all bad after all:mock:

Chris I wish you were closer I'd take you up on that. Right now I'm justifying adding one to my tool inventory. I mean they are only $:censored: plus about $1.10 per cable. :confused59:

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Glad to see someone's posting progress pictures :poke: :thumbsup:

Yup How do you like Siegs new hair do??

It's a Brake Buffet Extraordinaire!

All your points are good, though I wonder if liability factors in.

As previously mentioned I really enjoy assembling components like those. :yes: