Gt-12

[martin]

It's for reasons like this that a lot of projects never get finished. It's also a good lesson in why you should tack everything together first. I hope you don't have to readjust too many things, it boggles the mind just thinking about it.

 

[gwaii]

not too many things.....and like you said,that's the reason everything is just tacked untill it's all good.

seems the more stuff that goes onto this thing the tighter the tolerances need to be.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Looking good as always, Gwaii.

Just a note for those that don't know; not all levels are! I'll usually spend 20-30 minutes picking a level. Find a spot on the floor that you can place the level in exactly the same place each time. Note where the bubble is, swap ends. If the bubble is in the same spot, flip so the top is now the bottom and check bubble, and again swap ends and check. Do the same things to check for plumb. I haven't figured a way to check the 45* but I also have never needed to use that application. I've found that almost all tools that I go to buy are out of whack or need tweaking in one or more ways to work the way they should but I also don't buy the highest end tools. For example, EVERY 10" tin snips I own have had to be ground so the ends don't have an overbite. This is important to me as I'm doing finish work with aluminum sheet metal and I want a straight edge where I cut with no ripples, also I cut vinyl siding trim and it cracks easily in the cold if you use snips with an overbite.

Sorry for the threadjack, Gwaii, but I thought that this ties in to your whole work ethic.


Richard

 

[Boggin]

thats a whole lotta motor for a little bit of car..

 

[TheTopher]

I think this project is a direct result of the drink on top of the car.

 

[gwaii]

Looking good as always, Gwaii.

Just a note for those that don't know; not all levels are! I'll usually spend 20-30 minutes picking a level. Find a spot on the floor that you can place the level in exactly the same place each time. Note where the bubble is, swap ends. If the bubble is in the same spot, flip so the top is now the bottom and check bubble, and again swap ends and check. Do the same things to check for plumb. I haven't figured a way to check the 45* but I also have never needed to use that application. I've found that almost all tools that I go to buy are out of whack or need tweaking in one or more ways to work the way they should but I also don't buy the highest end tools. For example, EVERY 10" tin snips I own have had to be ground so the ends don't have an overbite. This is important to me as I'm doing finish work with aluminum sheet metal and I want a straight edge where I cut with no ripples, also I cut vinyl siding trim and it cracks easily in the cold if you use snips with an overbite.

Sorry for the threadjack, Gwaii, but I thought that this ties in to your whole work ethic.


Richard

that's not a treadjack....it's good information.

this level was checked in the manner you described,but even the best spirit level has a hard time discerning differences in the 1* range.sometimes the eyeball is the most accurate tool(like when standing at the front of the car and sighting along the carb vents to the centerline on the cage and the latch for the rear hatch)and that's what really matters-does it LOOK right.

the ancient greeks knew this when they built the parthenon,despite it being essentially a rectangular building,there are no right angles or parallel lines on the entire structure....just to make it look like it does.

thats a whole lotta motor for a little bit of car..

yup....that's why everything needs to be just right.there just isn't any wiggle room at all.

 

[gwaii]

I think this project is a direct result of the drink on top of the car.

i put that there just for you to spot

 

[Boggin]

yup....that's why everything needs to be just right.there just isn't any wiggle room at all.

which is why i wouldnt have anything to do with it.. i dont have any patience, and i cant work at precise work very well. but if im alone and really focused and interested in what im doing, i can manage. but a v12 in that thing,, just crazy.

my stepdads grandfather had a jag with a v12 way back in the day, says that thing was an animal. cruised along at 100mph like a caddy and still in the low range rpms, and when he would step on it she really moved.

 

[gwaii]

which is why i wouldnt have anything to do with it.. i dont have any patience, and i cant work at precise work very well. but if im alone and really focused and interested in what im doing, i can manage. but a v12 in that thing,, just crazy.

my stepdads grandfather had a jag with a v12 way back in the day, says that thing was an animal. cruised along at 100mph like a caddy and still in the low range rpms, and when he would step on it she really moved.

and you can bet that car was twice the size and four times the weight of this thing.

building the ranger it seemed like there was a lot of stuff going into it and packaging was a challenge,but there was oceans of room compared to this thing.

 

[gwaii]

i put the front suspension back together to check clearances,

and while it's tight on the right side,it all clears to full right lock.

the left side was a different story.i could only get about 1/2 way to lock before the tire hit the collector.looks like some more rearanging is in order.

fortunately,the secondaries are still just tacked,so it won't be too hard to undo.

after some rearranging it doesn't look too much different than before,but the wheel can be steered left now.

i have some gaps to fill which will require removal of the header to complete,but this needed to be done to complete the header anyway.removing the header requires removing the front suspension again as well,but this doesn't take long.

 

[TheTopher]

i put that there just for you to spot

It's a little hard to reach. Can you move it closer to the states?

 

[gwaii]

It's a little hard to reach. Can you move it closer to the states?

i could,but i'd get charged duty at the border

 

[TheTopher]

Just race past them in your custom GT 12

 

[gwaii]

Just race past them in your custom GT 12

ya,that sort of thing usually ends well,doesn't it

 

[TheTopher]

ya,that sort of thing usually ends well,doesn't it

It worked out pretty well for this guy.