Oil cooler mounted

Still waiting for the new cooler to arrive, but wanted to see how it would mount. The wing support does interfere with the oil cooler. Might have to move the wing back about 1". For now I'm not going to worry about it.

Oil Cooler

The engine oil cooler is mounted by Lola, directly over the gearbox. However, the one I have has a custom made mounting bracket that moves it to the right rear of the car. If it wasn't for the old photos of the car, I would have never figured it out. This cooler looks OK , but I think I will order a new one. Cheap insurance for a expensive engine.

Another delay

Another delay has surfaced. The engine builder (Jim) had told me a number of months ago he would be moving his shop down the road into a race prep shop. I had high hopes my engine would be completed before the move. Guess it didn't happen. He'll call when he's ready for the manifold. So, I'm planning on getting the car in the race shop for the exhaust work in the beginning August. Really need it to be finished by the 3 week, if I'm going to make it to Watkins Glen in September.

Set-up

Working on the rear suspension set-up. Things like ride height, toe-in, caster, etc. Using the measurements I recorded when I disassembled the car. Just something in the ballpark for now should do.

Now what.....carburetor linkage?

The carburetor throttle linkage was installed on what would be considered the drivers side(left). For a front engine car this is normal. But on a rear engine single seat formula car, it needs to be on the right side(passenger). So, another phone call to the engineer, at first, the idea was to send the whole unit back(another 2 week delay). Then after a lengthy conversation, the plan was to unbolt the carbs, lift them up as a unit and rotate them 180 degrees and set them back down on the manifold. This should place the linkage on the right side with it pulling in the right direction(forward). This shouldn't disturb the factor settings. Bingo, it worked. It's about time something worked correctly

At Last! No more decals.

I picked up the last of the decals I needed. With the rear wing completed, I'm finished with the decals.

Maybe later

The other issues are the roll bar support tubes. As you can see from the photo, they connect at the roll bar and then to the lower cross member. The fuel lines are very much in the way. Now that I have an idea of a few of the problems, I'm going to leave everything along, and wait till the engine is installed. I might find out, it's not as bad as I think.

It sure fit better on the work bench.

I was going to wait for the engine, but I figured with all the past problems, I better check to see how the fit was. Estimated the position, and guess what, problems. The first is, the stacks on the carbs are about 2" to high, so the air scoop won't bolt up. Those I can return for shorter ones. The issue is the car had fuel injection, and now putting in carbs is just not the same thing. More problems to follow.

What's in the box?

The carbs and intake arrived yesterday. Very nice. I'll take them up to CT. next week.

Webers this week

Jay, who's setting up the Webers and intake manifold called yesterday, and it looks like they should be completed and shipping this week. This setup is tuned to the engine specs. and should bolt on with little adjustment.

Slow week

Really haven't had much time to work on the car this week. Lots of other things going on. Should get back on it next week. It's also been to rainy to do any paint work on the helmet. Looking at next week to make some progress.

Body work

Needed to mount the new mirrors, so on went all the body work. Sat in the car so I could locate a good location for the mirrors. They where mounted on the windshield and that still looks like a good place.

Engine update

Jim(engine guy) called the other day. Engine is 70% completed. I've ordered the Webers and manifold(they should look like this) and Jay(Weber guy)says it should be ready for shipping in 2 weeks. So maybe in 3 weeks it will be running on the dyno.

Helmet and wing

The rear wing's paint and polish is done, now just waiting for the decals. Using a old helmet of mine to test paint colors, the red is close but the blue is a bit more difficult to match.

Helmet, next on the list.

The last of the painting. Having a picture of the helmet in 1973, that Ed Justice, Jr. sent. Gives good detail, plus for the color, I have some stickers of the car from 1973. Really hoped I could do the design with the decals I all ready have. But they just won't go on evenly, so back to the paint. Just need some red and blue paint(still have lots of yellow).