Posted by Steve Smith
on 1/31/2009, 11:30 am, in reply to "Re: are the 1/8 clecos permanent...?"
207.200.116.10
Hi Ed, thanx for the flattery, I'll try to cover all your questions.
First, know that this is a dedicated racecar. Much of what you see there is not gonna appear or be needed/welcomed on a street car.
Most of what you're seeing in the pic is a dry sump pump and oiling system. The belt driven oil pump is where the alternator would normally reside. It has two suction pumps sucking oil out of a shallow pan under the engine and sending it thru the bottom bulhead line to an oil tank where the passenger seat would've been. Then another pump section draws it out of the three gallon tank and pumps it through the Blue Canton filter, the cooler and into the engine via a Kastner "Octopus" manifold straight to each main bearing.
The welded alloy frame for the clutch and brakes supports what's called a "balance bar" whereby front to rear brake bias can be adjusted as required for track conditions.
The topmost alloy tank is a header tank for the radiator allowing air to escape to the highest point to ensure a cool running engine when we're turning 8000 RPM on Cal Speedway's straightaway.
Note that the heater air box is gone from the bulkhead.
All the work is my own.
There's tons of pics here:
http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb46/GT6Steve/
Oh, and here's the alternator....
--Previous Message--
: Ok. 'Sold me on the color & paint.
: This is what I'm looking to do on both
: the GT & Spit. Would you care to
: elaborate on a few other details? I
: like the air-oil separator, but would
: you explain what equipment other than
: the Aeroquip lines you're using? Is
: that an aluminum radiator? Kenlow fan
: system? Above the fire wall: how'd you
: refinish it, and who did the great
: Fab-work framing the brake/clutch
: division? THAT alone is incredible! Did
: the PDWA go on top? And is that an oil
: container with low level sight gage up
: there? Where'd the battery go. For that
: matter, where's the Alt? Ed.
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: Do you mean the engine paint? I hope
: so
: because I LOVE these guys. I buy their
: Cast Iron Grey as illustrated and Gloss
: Black for everything.
:
: They're called Aervoe Industries in
: Gardnerville Nevada 89410. They have a
: huge line of industrial products and
: they'll let you order from their
: website. I swear by this stuff and
: sadly get no recompense for saying so.
: I've sold more of their paint than some
: of their salespeople;-))
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: So who did you run with for your paint
: system? I'm thinking of Eastwood.
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: Actually, I LOVED the Clecos as the
: solution but I caught so much shit from
: the cognescenti that I replaced them
: with captine nuts and screws. BUT, the
: Clecos worked well...
: --Previous Message--
: ...top radiator shroud?
: Pretty nice setup there Steve,
: dry-sump, Gilmer belt drive,
: "thin" cylinder head, all
: Aeroquip, etc, etc...
: VERY NICE!
: Glen
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: Alotta talk about confirming the
: thread,
: but, given the opportunity, for us with
: the real package, what would be your
: preferance for the head, engine block
: and transmission today? Hmmm...
:
: --Previous Message--
: Like the song says,ain't nothing like
: the
: real thing baby!. My first ride was a
: '55' drop-head Jag. It was a race to
: see what would run out first, the oil
: or the gas. The hood was twice as long
: as the TR3s and the car actually
: sounded like a live Jaguar. And you're
: right ,no model ever came close.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi.
: I'm not knocking model building at
: all, in fact it's probably the only way
: I'll ever get tha 68 Jaguar Convertable
: I've always lusted after. The problem
: is that I crave speed and the wind in
: whats laft of my hair and the sound of
: a smooth six cylinder winding out and
: all those happy summer thoughts. And I
: have a hard time getting that stuff
: without being able to DRIVE IT...
: P.J.
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