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........................--- Work on the Rear of the Car ---..........
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I decided to run a radiator because it is going to take awhile to program the Tech II with the engine running. I am also going to use the stock Saturn water pump and alternator. The alternator will have a larger pulley to run it at about 50% speed.
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The radiator is mounted in rubber.
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The chute tube is salt proof PVC and it was "in stock".
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I asked Pork Pie to take a look at the car sketch and see if I could improve the aero.He sent back the sketch with
about seven items changed. One of them was the angle on the rear bottom. I could have changed it with the body
work only but changed the tubing angle too. This will allow enough room to put a second chute along with the exhaust
pipe and push tube out the back. I'm going to use all of Pork Pie's suggestions. Thanks Thomas.
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The English wheel in the back ground is for the compound curves, I was trying to avoid. The copper vent tube a is temporary item to make sure the tube would clear the top of the body. The string line is not the finish shape of the top. The slope will start 4 ft. ahead of the wooden template.
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The differential was straightened to align the wheels. The frame still needs diagional tubing and adjustable bump stops in the differential section.
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Chute tube support. The aft portion of the tube will also be supported by the rear enclosure.
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It's not looking too swoopy is it?
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3 of the top panels and the nose piece will have compound curves. I will have
to learn how to use the E-wheel. I will probably remake the canopy some day. It's not coming out very nice!
It's been 3 yrs since I started on this project. It's been fun but I really need to have it ready for Speed Week
'08. If I don't have it done by then I may sell it. I still have a couple of major things to buy. Not giving up
yet but I don't know if I want to be the oldest Bonneville rookie!