I'm getting pretty bad about keeping this thread updated, and even worse on taking pics. Had one of those pic memories pop up and realized I haven't posted on this in awhile. So, some stuff that's been done (some for quite awhile!):
Some of you have seen the suspension pickup failures on the Ron clip, and now it's time to address those:
I added gussets to the forward, lower control arm pickup point. It now connects to the frame rail and has gussets in the rear and front, in the direction of load.
I sent the exhaust pieces out to be inconel wrapped. While I really liked the clean look of Headershield's process, it is non removable. The big race car teams went this direction to save weight. I am more concerned with being able to remove the shells so I can inspect or repair the pipes than I am about weight. Turbo stuff moves and cracks, not if, but when:
I left the turn outs long so I could trim them once I build the rocker box that encloses the side pipes.
I had been careful all along to just modify the firewall. Because everything was built with the firewall intact, I felt making a new one at this point wouldn't run afoul of any rules if I compete with the car:
Once the firewall was in place, I could start working on the wipers. With an intercooler in the middle of the dash, a wiper transmission wasn't going to work. My ECU can communicate on the Bosch LIN bus, so I got two Bosch wiper motors. These will be at the outside corners of the windshield and both sweep toward the middle. Once I got the position where I wanted, I had to build a box that was sealed from the inside. My dash bar runs right where this needs to be. I had to build a box larger than the opening, through the opening!
I didn't take any pics of the right side while building the box or wiper motor mount, but here are a few close to being finished roughed in and then epoxy:
This one shows the high temperature silicone pipe grommets for the turbo discharge
With the cover off
Cover on and turbo reconnected
Here is a front shot showing the right side completed and the left still to do:
