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  1. mk e

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    #3101 mk e, Dec 6, 2009
    It will have a cover that looks as stock as I can make it look and still cover the engine. It may be CF, but most likely foam core glass. I'm thinging it should be 7-10 lbs.
     
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    #3102 NeuroBeaker, Dec 6, 2009
    OK - sounds good. :)

    On the stock engine cover, how much does that weigh? Would it have still fit over the V12 if you had wanted to use it? Just wondering if changing it is purely for weight, or did you have to knock up a new one anyway and just decided it might as well be a lightened version?

    All the best,
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    #3103 mk e, Dec 6, 2009
    Stock is about 50lbs. It's unclear yet whether the stock will fit....but I don't think so. If it does then great and I can get on with driving while I build the new lid, if not then I build the new lid sooner rather than later.


    I rough cut out the pieces for the last collectors tonight. Hopefully tomorrow I can fit them and tack them.
     
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    #3104 mk e, Dec 6, 2009
    It seems we all forgot the projects 2 year aniversery last month.......maybe it will run before 3 years is up........
     
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    #3105 KKRace, Dec 6, 2009
    Are you still making the drawings so we can make a kit out this right? Hopefully the kit will include the cam blanks and lots aluminum filler rod.
     
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    #3106 Pizzaman Chris, Dec 6, 2009

    Man, the years DO fly by don't they.
     
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    #3107 mk e, Dec 7, 2009
    yup, lots of welding rod and a note saying apply as required :)


    Once I realized the heads didn't fit I quit trying to keep it simple. A 400i engine could be installed per the Goldsmith conversion instructions and has been as a car turned up on ebay last year in England done that way.
     
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    #3108 mk e, Dec 7, 2009
    yes they do.......
     
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    #3109 mk e, Dec 7, 2009
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    Ha! You're WRONG!









    only $3771 becasue I got a 10% holiday discount. Sh*t, Lana is not going to be happy with me.........I fear I may have only 4-5 weeks left on this earth........
     
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    #3110 ramosel, Dec 7, 2009
    Think like a woman shopping for shoes... you're not spending $3700, you're saving $400!!!!

    Or does that logic only work when they initiate it???

    Rick
     
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    #3111 PSk, Dec 7, 2009
    So bloody true ... hilarious, and then they go and buy something else with the savings because well they 'saved' money.

    Pete
     
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    #3112 Pizzaman Chris, Dec 7, 2009

    Ah, but without the "Holiday" special i was pretty right. :p







    Now at least they will get rolling on this and it should be a nice little gift for under the tree.:)
     
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    #3113 mk e, Dec 7, 2009
    Perfect! I'll get a some valves with the savings!
     
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    #3114 mk e, Dec 7, 2009
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    I go the 2 collectors welded up, on the outside at least.....hopefully I hvae the argon to finish the inside as I can't get to the welding store until Saturday. Now that I'm done I've got the hang of it I think. On the last one instead of doing careful fitting and testing I justtacked the rough cut part then ran the whiz-wheel down the sides of the 2 parts and BAM!, perfect fit and done in 15 minutes. My welds have improved quite a bit too now that the project is done and I'm working on parts that hide behind the engine.
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    #3115 NeuroBeaker, Dec 8, 2009
    Does that give you enough time to finish? Or are you going to have to train up an apprentice to carry on in your absence? :p

    Nice work. :D

    All the best,
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    #3116 NeuroBeaker, Dec 8, 2009
    By the way... I have a bone to pick with you, Mark. You set me up in my dream! :(


    How could you?! :eek:

    All the best,
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    #3117 KKRace, Dec 8, 2009
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    #3118 spang308, Dec 8, 2009
    If you guys end up coming to Cabin Fever, let me know. My shop is directly across the street from the York Fairgrounds. We can grab a few beers and some seared cow.

    Spang
     
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    #3119 mk e, Dec 8, 2009
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    I got the inside of the collector cleaned up, the tits welded on and then the collectors welded on......I have no idea why gas is still coming out of the torch, the tank was on zero all night. I'll start the slip-on 2 into 1 collector tomorrow.
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    #3120 mk e, Dec 8, 2009
    I won't ever finish if you guys find places for me to go other than my shop :)
     
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    #3121 mk e, Dec 9, 2009
    I got an email today from the guy who is really the lead on the costom ECU project saying he was sorry for being out of touch....but he was busy getting an engine RUNNING using a PowerPC processor and DIY code.

    That means the ecu is now in debug.Very cool!

    http://www.movex.de/down/powerpc/VID%2000010-20091209-1643.mp4
     
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    #3122 mk e, Dec 10, 2009
    Nothing pic worry again. I put the nipples on the ends of the collectors.

    Last night i spent soem time on the phone discussing a few issues. I'm still confused about the exhaust flow numbers the simulator seems to like. I would have expected the exhasut to want to be 70-75% of the intake not 82%-85% like the simulator is saying. I don't know.


    I'm kind of surprised that I'm the only one all excited about the ecu news. You guys do know I need and ecu to run the engine and I don;t have any money to buy one right? Soooooo if the DIY version isn't ready in the summer/fall then the engine doesn't run until it is ready or I have money. Getting a test engine running with the ecu is a HUGE step toward getting my engine running.
     
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    #3123 tazandjan, Dec 10, 2009
    Mark- I am excited. Really.

    Taz
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    #3124 NeuroBeaker, Dec 10, 2009
    Ooooh! :D

    That's a good step! :D

    Sorry Mark, had a lot on yesterday and didn't check the thread. :eek:

    I'm definitely excited. ;)

    All the best,
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    #3125 KKRace, Dec 10, 2009
    We only gets excited when there's pictures
     
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