A Bit More Progress

[choppinczech]

The engine will be turn key. Or, ready to tune. I'm no mechanic.

One thing I want to do is a 20" Hilborn scoop like EX JUNK's. It looks so cool.

 

[EX JUNK]

choppinczech, you are indeed a true craftsman! Fantastic workmanship.

Jim

 

[choppinczech]

Thanks guys. These damn doors are taking forever. I started them back in April.

 

[choppinczech]

So, there are 3 known measurements that I needed on these. So I shimmed them up to those points and drew a straight line.



Then applied my favorite fine line tape.



One of my most useful methods of making templates is to use overlapping Post-it Notes. They have just the right amount of stickiness.

If you tried to lay these up with just straight strips, you'd be in for a miserable time with all of the compound angles.



Then 1/4 melamine templates.This stuff lets you lay it on the rolled out glass and cut the shape out with a utility knife. No scissors involved.



12 layers each. 1.5 oz. mat, Woven Roving and Coremat gave me super stiff 3/8" final parts.





Lots of work. But these are really important parts that needed to be thick, strong and uniform in thickness.

 

[Tjbucket]

The deck lid's underside.
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During that time I finally got this thing rolling.
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Came out pretty good. These OEM BMW hinges and latch are super smooth.
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You are amazing! If only I had even a fraction of your talent!! I did a couple glass patch jobs on my body before assembly and OMG, I was ready to punch something! For some things I have little patience.....painting, finish work and anything sticky!! Demo....I will do all day long!

 

[tfeverfred]

Just....... OUTSTANDING.

 

[choppinczech]

Thank guys.

One thing I should mention is that lately I've been saturating my glass on sheets of cardboard, and transferring them to where I'm using them. Rather than placing dry pieces on and wetting them out with a brush or roller.

With something like these long strips, I prep about 20 oz. of resin, pour it into a lined roller pan and saturate the individual pieces using those little 4" rollers until all the visible white is gone. Then I roll or fold up the fully wetted out piece, and unroll or unfold it on the area. Then it's just a matter of rolling out the bubbles. Dabbing on brush after brush of resin is tedious and wastes a lot of resin.

It makes for much easier lay ups. And more importantly, there's no excess resin pooling up. The cardboard takes up any excess resin.

Just keep a good amount of nitrile gloves at hand.

 

[dwsatt21]

That is how I was taught to do glass work. Sure can get messy though but seems to be way easier.

 

[choppinczech]

Got it! I'm so stoked.

 

[choppedtop]

Wow, that needs to be put in a display case.

 

[Spanky]

Or . . . in a T-Bucket! Looks awesome. What are HP/TQ specs?

 

[choppinczech]

They say around 450 HP. Don't know how much torque.

I'll get it dyno tested when it's up and running.

 

[butch27]

Beautiful !!!

 

[Intrepid]

I am guessing its probably 480 on the torque side.. awesome.
Going to be a smoke'n ride, I bet Hot Rod magazine will be calling wanting to feature it.

 

[choppinczech]

Choppin, what is your favorite epoxy? I use JB Weld, but it doesn't always work out.

I found some epoxy that's super easy to use. PC Concrete Repair Epoxy. Home Depot carries it.

Really nice gap filling consistency. 20-30 minute working time. No mess. And the smallest point of the mixing nozzles are 5/16".
So it'll lay out a nice bead.

The only thing is if you're using a standard caulking gun, it's a two handed operation to push it through the mixing nozzle. At least for me it was. So I got a 26:1 gun that makes it effortless.

 

[Indycars]

I never knew that such a thing existed, but I see where there are many different thrust ratios available. Hope I'm not the only one with this lapse in knowledge. A electric gun seems like the cat's meow!

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[rubicon]

Engine porn. Awesome. Where is the smiley dog face? I love that picture. As usual the work you do is outstanding. The forms you make just blow me away. keep the pictures coming.

 

[Indycars]

Do you mean this smiling dog face ???

 

[Intrepid]

Have you put on some mock up heads and headers to check your clearances ?

 

[choppinczech]

Have you put on some mock up heads and headers to check your clearances ?

I haven't. My exhaust is going to be another challenge. Block hugger headers with extensions that transition to oval tubing and Spintech low profile mufflers.
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Running underneath, through the frame, under the rear end...




...and out the back.