It took me maybe 90 min to get the motor down and most of that was spent
screwing around with pressure washing the bottom of the motor & car off.
I also drained the power steering, oil and radiator before starting.
There was about a gallon of water in the bottom of the crank case.

And if you re-route your front brake lines out of the K-member, you won't have to bust open the brake system, making the going back in a lot easier.

That's the plan. I just cut the front lines as I know I've got a 'good spare' set that I can re-route around the radiator support next time around. I may just get some 3/16" brake lines and flare them all myself as well, it depends on how adventurous I want to get.

-- Nick

So Nick, do I have to watch you next year in AI or are you sticking with your plan to make it a CMC car?

I can only dream of the day I have a lift!

Nice lift! Would be nice to have now while I'm installing my headers...

PS - nice pic in latest GRM too!

Is that an Iron Maiden mirror on the ceiling?

Beef up those hood pin supports will ya.

Nice half page pic (Feb.'08, page 25) of the yeller car in GRM!

jb

How many racecars do you own? I'm counting 3.

I have no idea what this thread is about because I can't get past the picture of the garage. Wow that is nice.

What's the purpose of the covers on the front shocks?

I'm gonna guess it was to make sure water did not get past the top seals of the shocks when he was pressure washing the whole deal??

Yep, that's the easy way to change the plugs on one of those cars.

With all the weight you pulled out of the front of that thing, I'd have been afraid of rolling the car off the lift backwards as the last bolt dropped out. Nice. Double-flaring, or bubble-flaring as a lot of the newer cars use, is not that difficult, as long as you have the right tools.

To keep debris off them. I can't remeber if they are inverted or not.

Secret Squirrel stuff ...

It's so no one will know he is actually running Sears Road Handler shocks on the front.

I'm not 100% sure which way I"m going just yet. I"m fairly sure the modified radiator location is comming out. It was too much of a headache to get the air ducted in. I'mgoign to, at the very least, redo the radiator location. I've got to source a motor for it as well.

Soooooo, we'll see which way the plasma cutter takes me when I stat to cut the radiator support off as well.

-- Nick

No way man! Road Handlers are SO yesterday! I've got me some Monroes on there!

Yep, its a maiden poster on the ceiling:



I haven't gotten the latest GRM yet! Which picture is it??





Just two, the yellow CMC car and the red one in the picture above. I've got a track bike, an 03 ZX6R but that doesn't count as I don't' race it ... yet.




Thanks! I've had fun with the constrution in the last 7 - 8 months but now its time to get serious with some wrenching!









Bingo! It was basically a way to protect the shock shafts from crap when the car was raced.





I was a bit concerned as well but I watched the car pretty carefully as I lifted it up off the motor & trans and it stayed rock solid.





No, they are right side up. The rears were inverted.

That means i'll be another spot back on the grid , but thats ok......... becuase it also means there will be an fbody at the front.

I hope you bring back ol' #45, it was the first time I met you and Jason(I think) changing a PS pump on it.

Correct me if i'm wrong Nick, but #45 is one of Jason's test mule's for alot of the stuff we all run now right?

What was the problem with the front breather the way it was setup with the radiator leaned forward? I was planning on doing that some time in the future but I'd like to know what trouble you ran into.

Oh, and if you convert it to a CMC car and are willing to sell the rear Penskes cheap, let me know

Yep, that car had a lot the development stuff on it as did Jason's old 96 SS..

-- Nick

I'm not a 100% sure what the the problem was or if there was a problem at all to begin with. The radiator placement was a bit too far forward for my tastes tho. There wasn't a lot of 'crush' room up front with it laid out that way. I think its going to be a lot simpler to stand the radiator back up and put a bit more of a bumper in the front.



If it goes to CMC I most certainly won't close out the possibility of going back to AI so I'll hang onto the the AI stuff

-- Nick

Nick,
page 25 Feb. '08 issue.
Last event, Llihrednuht, 4 off (up).
GRM Stuck on You.
Sticker (and air) got you in.
UE signage BIGTIME.

jb

SWEET! I think GRM takes a few extra days to make it to the left coast I guess. Hopefully mine shows up today.

-- Nick

I have my GRM, got it 5 days ago. I think they cancelled your subsciption

Thanks for the info. When you go to put a stock core support back in the car, would you mind weighing it? I'm trying to decide if it's worth the fabrication time for the weight removal. I'd really appreciate it.



D'oh. Well, I had to try.

26 Pounds not including core support to lights bracket, core support to fender/bumper brackets. All together around 28-30 pounds.

I'll put a stock rad support in if it goes back to CMC. If its in AI I'll fab a Randy'esque setup. I recall from when we did all of this that we weighed everything we cut off and added up the weight of the 1" tubing we added and worked out that we saved 4lbs or something. Jason may still have the calcs or remember with a bit more clarity.

-- N

There have been three cars that had a lot of development stuff on them. This AI car, my '96 SM car and Casey Quinn's '98 ESP --> SM car.

BTW, the only reason we didn't invert the front shocks is that the spring purch wouldn't clear the front bar (hey Nick I think that still the 32mm bar off my '96).

Jason S.

Oh that's right, I remember that now. Stupid swaybar!

That would explain why I've got 3 x 32mm and 3 x 30mm bars. I couldn't figure out where that 3rd 32mm bar came from. I'll put it on the side next to the wheels.

-- Nick