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| SPiN Racing:
Beautiful work! Thats a lovely piece of craftmanship. Bravo! :clap: |
| arnoldb:
Great job Ade :bow: :clap: Do you realize you'll now have to install a mirror on the pit floor :poke: :D :beer:, Arnold |
| AdeV:
Thanks lads, it's been a proper marathon, but I got there in the end.... well, pretty much, as tonight's penultimate (again) installment shall reveal.... Couple of "easy" jobs; locate the screw holes for the gearbox; and counterbore the 2 mounting holes by the pipes. Here's how I "measured" the location of the mounting holes: Unfortunately, I managed to get one of them just far enough out that it won't do up :doh: It will have to make do with 3 bolts instead of 4... Next, I counterbored the front holes; and made another error (milled one far too deep). Called it a night as the combination of a late night last night + early morning + long day at work = silly mistakes & losing tools... Also, to my surprise (although I shouldn't be, really), having cut all those fins, the thing has actually warped slightly! I may, therefore, have to take a thin skim off the top surface to get it all straight again. Fortunately, I left myself a couple of spare mms on the top surface; and, worse case scenario (if I have to go deeper than planned), I can mill some more material out of the bottom of each trough to add clearance - so all is far from lost. So, on that note, time to call it a day. I've got a few silly busy days, early mornings & long-distance travel coming up, so it'll probably be Friday before I get to work on it again. Go on then, one last glamour shot: There's a small prize if you can work out how much warp the fins have introduced from that picture (hint: It's concave on the bottom...) |
| Brass_Machine:
Sucks about the warp, but it does sound like you have planned appropriately to handle that sort of thing. :smart: Now onto the good stuff... can you mount the engine upside down so it can be seen with the hood open? No? Well, you have to machine up some valve covers t match then! Eric |
| NickG:
:jaw: Amazing Ade, well done ... I would never in a million years dream of attempting such a feat. :bow: |
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