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after 4 years it's almost done. book frame, CBR1000f engine, live axle (mustang fox body 7.5 inch) slicks.......cheaper by a lot than street tires. don't know if I'm going to try to add lights and such to make it street legal. would need new tires.

lots more to do, but next is a trailer to get it somewhere for some serious testing. I'm told I'll need another seat so that a track official can judge whether or not I should be let out on a track alone.

I really enjoy the forum and have applied its many valuable tips and lessons.

My gosh, fmorser, it's been four years and you've withheld your valuable experience from your fellow locosters? You've got some making up to do. Pop the hood and show us all your clever details and cool solutions to the challenges of building a BEC on your own. Seriously, man, just looking at a profile of your car convinces me you have lessons to share.

I'm looking forward to approving your next post, and then you can post at will with no further adult supervision. If you've been lurking for four years, you don't need a pep talk or a lecture on forum decorum, so...welcome aboard!

Wow! Welcome to the forum... Looks like you almost got here too late, the car's all done! Good lookin' car, too! Right hand drive, so are you "across the pond" somewhere? I'm sure the other BEC builders would like to know more about your build. If you've got some pics, we'd like to see!

But mostly, Welcome to the forum!

JDK

guilty as charged..... I'll look through the picture files and post a few of the internals. figuring out the clutch slave and how I had to cut away the metal to fit the drive shaft to the sprocket adapter was almost a show stopper. I cut a lot of metal and nearly undid the slave mounting arrangement......

here's another outside shot............more to come......I live in Maryland near DC btw, but rhd is because most of the engine is on the left so it's a weight balance decision.

Thought you'd slip in under the radar, did you? Well you're not getting off that easy.

WE NEED MORE DETAILS. And now!

Congratulations getting this far. $$ are no excuse for not getting it on the road. Just work towars it a bit at a time.

BTW, that's a fancy header. Did you build it?

Well done Mate, there's some fun to had there!

Below is a shot of the engine and pipes. I made the header myself and the collector. not happy with the way the collector turned out, but I'm not going for beauty, more function so I'll leave it for now. this is from a couple of years ago and some stuff changed since then. the rocker shock set up among them. I realize I didn't take very good pictures along the way so I'll have to go out and get some better shots then post the ones that are useful.


speaking of fun here's a link to a short spin I took a few weeks back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CC5-EK7og0

Great looking car.

Please post more pics.

I think we all love the idea of the exhaust header pointed directly at your face. Even while stopped at a light your hair would be blowing back from the breeze. That's priceless.

Like so many good ideas, I am just assuming that didn't work out!

Thanks for presenting your car and getting pictures and taking time to write about it. I am sure it will be a help. Congrats!

So, how do the neighbors like you now?

Not sure if that post was intended to be sarcasm, but...

I suggest you look at the FIRST photo, which is a tad further along the development cycle.)

Neighbors schmeighbors...........this is car building

Seriously? Yes it was clearly sarcasm.

Doh! Sarcasm; now I get it. And just as I was going to suggest fmorser go to Fleet Farm and get a tractor exhaust flapper plate to keep rainwater out of the exhaust system when parked.

Well, that exhaust *could* be used to deflect that huge gathering of air at the front of the rear tires ya know. Perhaps this could also add grip to the rear tires, like the NHRA side pipes?

Seriously, great job. That we weren't there looking at every picture of every step is simply disappointing to those of us who want to rip off your good ideas.