@ManPong.. a bad respray(?)... This body/paint is in VERY bad shape
, and I don't know what to attribute it to other than neglect.. She has at least 4(!) layers of paint on her, so surely one or more of them likely started to fail/break down over the years.. Unfortunately, this body sat in the Phoenix Arizona sun from 1967 until just a few months ago, which did this fiberglass no favors.. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do about the body;
-Leave it as-is and join the "patina" movement?
-Strip it and do a proper (albeit difficult) restoration to it?
-Straighten this body and either cover it with a wrap, OR use the straight body to pull molds to make a 'new' body
-Simply use this very, very fragile little body for fabrication, and toss it once done (and replace it with a better body)
...As of today I don't know which direction this will go.. I do know I'm building 2 of these (one for resale), so that may factor in later somehow..
@davew.. Thanks for the info on the Helmholtz issue
. I didn't know that the volume
pre-filter doesn't matter, which in my specific case will really simplify the work ahead of me as I design and fab a new lid..
@kreb.. maybe one of the guys here can chime in on a source for a bike breaker.. I've tried going on Copart.com, but I've never economically found what I was looking for.. The few times I've sourced a bike, I've just ended up finding what I needed regionally on Craigslist.. About that VFR1200 you seek.. A few years ago I REALLY wanted one of those for a BEC project (a tremendous amount of technology in that bike/dual clutch setup).. anyway, I looked high and low and couldn't find one, so I gave up.. It's odd, because that particular bike tends to be very polarizing- which has no bearing on why aren't they being wrecked/stripped?? Ultimately, it's a BEC motor that deserves serious consideration if you can find one.. If you do get one, I'd recommend you buy the whole bike... would be a bit tough to get to run stand alone if you don't get all of the electronics/sensors in one grab.. To date, I've never seen a VFR1200 in a BEC..
@Reddragon.. You read my mind
. My inspiration for what will end up being my Berkeley's cowl induction setup was in fact from the early Camaro shape that you linked.. I drew this into the plan a few pages ago on this build log (pic below).. In my case it's pretty much needed so that I can fit a lid of any shape onto the VFR airbox base, plus I'll get the added bonus of having it be a true cold-air cowl induction functional design that will help this motor breath fresh air.. Berkeley really had it in their hood bulge already, I'm just going to carry it all the way to the rear edge of the hood as Chevy did..
--ccrunner
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viewtopic.php?f=36&t=19397"ccrunner's 1960 MGA coupe Restomod" found on MGExp.com
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, so it is my goal to get the airbox volume back up to about where they had it... again, it will be close..
