Turbo Mark VII Time

Figured that I'd knock out some work today so, here are the mid evening update. The column support is out, the main harness is about ready to be fully pulled out of the car and, the parking brake assembly is gone for good.

Parking brake cable is dying to get out of there.
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The quicker, more pleasant way of taking the wiring out of a car.
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It's starting to look like a welcoming home to a Mustang dash.
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Started to make a mold fo the deck lid in order to make a lighter than steel version.
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The car was a really nice color before the last owner made it flat black.
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Lots of waxy goodness ( I knew I kept this garbage wax for a reason).
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Made sure to keep the hump for all the Lincoln looks as possible.
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Left off with this for the night, tomorrow I'll attack the top side.
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I must have done something right, it fits with out the metal deck lid under it.

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Now, its time to take what I learn from what I did wrong and do it for real with carbon.
 
I started to order stuff again, last week my motor plate stuff came in from Skinny Kid, this week a bunch of stuff from Rhodes Race Cars should be here. The goal is to have all the chassis work done by fall. Leaving the drive-line and fuel system for the winter/spring.

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I'm curious to see what is the back room over there. Maybe there is a Prostock/10.5 Outlaw front clip under some rags or something.
 
I haven't touched this car in a while, mostly due to have 0 money after bills have been paid but, that being said, I did just get back from the store, I am going to attempt to de-power the rack and get it setup to work with the SN95 spindles. The debate is, do I make a video of it or just a few pictures.
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Well, the de-powering failed. The seal at the top of the steering shaft isn't removable. The good news is, the rack must be so far gone that, its actually real easy to move by hand so, I put it back together and put the SN95 bits on it. Tomorrow I need to get some sealant to seal up the ports for the fluid and install the rack again. It will be nice to not have floppy pickle wheels to make moving the car easier.


I should also say, I have been dicking around with the engine bay, slowly getting it stripped and ready for paint and fab work.
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Musical motivation provided by:
 
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Decided to gut the dash since it weighs 100lbs, even with just the steel structure left, its still a tanks worth of weight. I think it needs to be made out of a composite of some sort.

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Tonight's musical motivation:
 
I decided to fill in all the holes that are found in the engine bay of this platform and with that, I realized I need to fire up the weld I got for Christmas years and years ago that I never touched. It's your average Harbor Frieght Fluxcore box but, that should be more than enough for this project. I had some spare metal laying around from other projects so I decided to make a few test passes to see what I can do and how bad I am.

I have no real idea what Im looking at here. I know the splatter is just a by product of Fluxcore stuff and, i know I was starting to get decent beads to lay down but, past that. It looks like Greekaphilgy.

First attempt:

Attempt 1 was to weld the bent steel the the steel plate. The top weld was my most recent on that attempt and, where I turned up the speed the wire. Clearly, the top weld was the best one there. The weld to the right was a test past to see how the wire speed increase actually worked when applied to metal.
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Second attempt:
Cut out a small piece and weld it to create a little wall. That didnt turn out well, trying to weld that little piece with no means of holding it up resulted in burning through (lower left corner) and just really sloppy looking welds. Not being happy, I took a 5lb mini sledge and bent it over and as you can see, it held. Then I tried to weld it down while filling the gap that is obviously left with that type of bend. After that, I just decided to make a few lines that resemble letters or snakes.

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Musical inspiration provided by:
 
54lbs of wire came out of the car. Add the ECU and all of the connectors and grommets, there is probably 65-70lbs of wire in the car at birth. I may have left a pound of wire in the car for the pig tails I left for the headlights and tail lights.
 
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