q-tip Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Nice! I hope you didn't do that whole thing with that little end mill that is in the picture! Judging by the machining marks in it I would say he did. Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Yes. Reason is less side load. I wanted to use the lightest amount of pressure to hold it in place so I didn't induce stress and deformation which would yield an unflat surface once unclamped. 2 Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Yes. Reason is less side load. I wanted to use the lightest amount of pressure to hold it in place so I didn't induce stress and deformation which would yield an unflat surface once unclamped. You sound like a machinist or something. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 I might be ;) 2 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Walked in the shop and found another Ferrari..... Co-renter is gonna take 3 F355's and make 2 good ones.... I reworked the oil drain line. Now its level going into the pan and has more of an arc in the line which will allow some movement when the manifold heats up and moves around. Next is drill/tap the compressor housing for the wastegate solenoid port. 6 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 This is beautiful. 2 Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Glad you posted how you milled your manifold flat. I just starting up making a manifold and was trying to figure out how to even hold the manifold. Then again we have a gigantic belt sander, so that may work too... 2 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 F348. My mistake... 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Then again we have a gigantic belt sander, so that may work too... I would still lap it on a granite slab..... I'm crazy like that though.... I needed a port for the boost control solenoid so I machined the top of the existing boss and tapped it 1/8-27NPT. I'm using push lock lines..... 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Very nice. 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Turbo is all assembled. Just need to do some port matching to the exhaust manifold and then the whole assembly can go back on for reals. 5 Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Engine porn 2 Quote Link to comment
SR20DETdatsun510 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Isn't that plastic push lock connector a little close to the manifold? Also plastic vacuum line may get a little soft and eventually fail. They have metal pushlock conns that would work. 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I'll be replacing with a stainless fitting before start up. I think the line will be OK. I'll just have to monitor it and make an aluminum shield if needed. 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Frank sent me a pic of my car when he got it. I believe this is the car. It was campaigned in the 90's. 7 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 Here's some info I found: "Eric Peterson's Canadian 510 Like Denny's car, Eric's 1969 510 has spent its entire life as a road racer -- neither was ever licensed for the street. Eric's car was bult in Canada and carries a Canadian racing association registration number. Details about its early years are a little sketchy, but Thunder bay, Ontario, racer Scotty Bell ran it for over a decade until he retired from racing at the age of 70 a couple of years ago. Eric bought the car from Scotty and has conducted an extensive chassis, engine and transmission rehab. He will campaign it this summer in Council and SCCA events with his current 1800 cc motor. An FIA two liter is in the works" I'm trying to get more information because that would mean a possible 30+year race history. I'll report what I find. 5 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 1988 SCCA Jack Pine Sprints National Races at Brainerd Int'l Raceway 1991 SCCA Memorial Day Classic Regional Races at Brainerd Int'l Raceway 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Ready to degrease and paint. Hopefully get time tomorrow so its dry Sunday... 2 Quote Link to comment
Brohemius Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Badass build josh. Read it from the beginning. You have some skill and resources! 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Thanks! I'm pretty excited to finally start assembling! I'm pretty confident I'll drive it at least down the street and back by end of summer ;) Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 No rushing for Canby ;) 1 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted April 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Nope. Not this year. Next year I plan on driving down. By then I'll have shaken all the bugs out ;) That's a long drive (tow) for a new build. I'm shooting for a local show end of this summer in a ratted out state. We'll see. Doing it right comes first :) 2 Quote Link to comment
Mattndew76 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Dont drive it ratted out. You might never get back to completion. Was given this advise by a classic hotrod fella I work with. Quote Link to comment
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