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Been a while since I posted anything. Just working on dumb detail stuff. Alternator mount.

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Made a floor mount shifter since I’m switching to an early trans and don’t want to use the sheet metal shifter carriage

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Remains to be seen how well it works.

Throttle body adapter to shift the angle and to use a Volvo 960 cable 65mm throttle body

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Grabbed a backup bellhousing so I can make a backup trans if needed.

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Machines some caliper piston masking plugs for a set of Volvo R calipers I’m throwing custom paint at

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Made a custom bed side table for my wife for Christmas.

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Not pictured
-got an OEM S40 engine harness to mod
-got all the clutch bits final assembled
-got the trans attached for last time
-made FPR mount
-made IACV mount
-started fabricating heater hose hard lines
 
I'm sure I'm missing something - with engine/tranny able to move relative to the body, how will that body mounted shifter accommodate the movement?
 
I'm sure I'm missing something - with engine/tranny able to move relative to the body, how will that body mounted shifter accommodate the movement?

I intend on making an adjustable selector linkage to get the resting angle of the shifter arm where I want it, but the ball pivot at the transmission means it shouldn?t change much from trans cage movement. Any fore/aft movement is is translated in reverse motion at the shift knob. Axial rotation translates to similar movement of the shift knob (multiplied by the deflection at the ball pivot).

With a standard cage-to-trans mounted shifter, when you move the shifter left/right, the shifter below the pivot ball swings out (left right) rotating the selector at the trans. I?m allowing for that movement in a reverse order. It might cause more interior shifter movement as the engine torques, but shouldn?t bother me. As with everything else, I?ll see how it works and toss it if I don?t like it.
 
I'm sure I'm missing something - with engine/tranny able to move relative to the body, how will that body mounted shifter accommodate the movement?

Here’s a couple that already exist in the market. I just built my own by welding a piece of the OEM cage in place as opposed to CNCing a complete replacement.

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Ordered a new shirt for show season this upcoming year. Seems to fit my build well.

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I like those heater tubes, mine will have to be something similar. The nipple behind the head on my car is behind the firewall, didn't have time to tackle that during the install.
 
I like those heater tubes, mine will have to be something similar. The nipple behind the head on my car is behind the firewall, didn't have time to tackle that during the install.

I went to Pick n Pull and just started pulling hard heater lines off random cars. Toyotas are stainless and have some decent long radius and short radius bends in them. They are a little short though, so you?d need a few.
 
Taking a break from engine stuff for a bit. Just working on a timing belt cover and then back on the interior.

Started by drawing the pulley positions and belt routing in CAD first. I was going to put the grille hexagons in the cover, but it looked too busy.

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Then I cut the outside shape (flipped for front and back) out of MDF and sealed the MDF with BIN primer. Don’t know what’s in that stuff, but it dries fast and seals MDF quickly.

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I wanted some bumps where the pulleys are even though it doesn’t “need” them. The back plates are made out of HDPE cause resins don’t stick to it.

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Then I made an HDPE ring that will act as the step to make the two halves fit together. There’s clay in the corners as a fillet and the whole mold is sprayed with PVA mold release.

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I took some acrylic rod pieces, sharpened them and placed them where the bolt holes in the head are.

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I did two layers carbon and one layer of fiberglass with a middle layer of baltek mat in the back part to aid rigidity. Then vacuum bagged it.

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Pro tip: if you want the weave of loose carbon to hold it’s shape when you’re cutting a template spray it with Super77 3M spray glue lightly.

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Then demolding

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Two halves fit together

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Test fitting

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Now I just need to fill voids, paint and finalize.
 
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