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Way to go!

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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I think I have all the supplies for the side pipes. The side pipes will be 3" all the way with a two section muffer. I had saved the two after market mufflers to use as material for the new mufflers. They are Magnaflow with 2 1/2" straight through pipe. As the side pipes will have a short section from the headers then a 10° bend I am using the modified 2 1/2 perforated with the SS wool and SS scrubbing pad in that section.For the engine displacement and RPM I only need 1 3/4" pipe so I made some spiral baffles in the front muffler. After the bend I am using the 1 3/4" perforated with SS wool and fiberglass. I am replacing the three bolt header clamp with V-band clamps and a short flex coupler.

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John - Slow and Steady. . . Well slow anyway
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On the unslotted section, it would interesting to take a stack of 1.750 od washers with a 1 inch id, drill one side for a .250 rod and tack weld six inches apart.

Once running, insert the rod while checking the db at idle, then WOT. Cut off the excess and test drive?

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I am not consistent in my approach to the car. At times I seem to spend a lot of time and effort trying for the best solution (as in engineering) to a problem. Other times I go for what looks good to me or the "good enough" school of thought. As the build has been going for 13 years (with a 6 year brake to build my shop/apartment, the good enough is winning out more often.

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John - Slow and Steady. . . Well slow anyway
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Ahmen, I know that struggle myself. After essentially a 4-1/2 year break for illness of a family member, I'm back at it too. One voice in the back of my head says, "Man, you've got to get this done." Then there's the other voice that replies, "Yes, but you've put so much into it now, don't take any shortcuts you'll regret for years afterwards."

Regards,

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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I had started on the front side panels before moving 6 years ago I guess it's time to finish them and get them installed so I can put on the nose.

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John - Slow and Steady. . . Well slow anyway
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My starter switch mount was rather weak and broke in the move so I spent the day reinforcing it. Also cleaning and repainting the seat mounts as they got rusty in storage.
I bought a light strip to mount as a third brake light on the roll bar. 3D printed a mount to adapt from the light flat bake to the roll bar. The idea is to drill a small hole to run the wires through. I'm a little nervous about drilling holes in my roll bar but as SCCA calls for a inspection hole to be drilled in racing ones I guess it's OK.

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John - Slow and Steady. . . Well slow anyway
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I finally got my new welder in May and started practicing TIG I used up 80cu.ft. of gas and still can't get a nice stack of dimes, but the welds are full penetration. I used back purging on a couple of the welds but most were done with type B SOLAR FLUX. This saved a lot of gas and as the flux is on the inside of the pipe no cleanup.
I don't have the heat guards built yet so I'm going to have to be careful.






The small black spots on the welds is some contamination from the solar flux that floated to the top It should come of when I buff the pipes.
Looks Like I got the flex coupling to hot. I have to see how long it lasts

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John - Slow and Steady. . . Well slow anyway
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Congrats on the TIG welding. So, how is this flux applied? Does it go on the inside of the pipes & outgas thus creating a shield, or does it go on the outside & dissipate with heat? I've not heard of this before. Is it a liquid or a paste?

Cheers,

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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It's a powder that's mixed with alcohol to form a paste, then brushed onto the inner surfaces of the expected weld area. It's to prevent the growth of "stalactite-like" growth of stainless that can occur in a non-shielded environment. Depends how important gas flow is as to whether I bother.

It's the alternative to enveloping the entire object in an Argon environment.

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Yes it seals the weld metal on the inside of the pipe. Without that you get heavy oxidation called sugaring.

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John - Slow and Steady. . . Well slow anyway
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I finally got the engine to run well enough with some help from the MegaSquirt forum. I still need to do a lot of tuning but I had to take her for a spin around the neighborhood.

I had my granddaughter hold the phone but she was cold and had a hard time. I think I need to make a holder for the roll bar. Here is a link to the video.https://youtu.be/AWDpWiSMM-g

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John - Slow and Steady. . . Well slow anyway
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Bravo! Congrats on getting it rolling! It sounds great and your laughter kinda summed up the whole video

Congratulations, John, you're really stuck with the build through a lot of trials and tribulations.

Also, I found your granddaughter's "color commentary" very cute and entertaining.

Cheers,

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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Right on John! Great video

Whats the gauge sticking up at the front? lol

Congrats

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