2005 Prep
Photos taken during winter prep (September 2004 to April 2005) and during the 2005 season.
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| One of these heads will be the 'chosen
one'.
Date: 11/11/2004 |
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| Today I picked up some new motor parts from
George.
Date: 01/21/2005
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| Today I picked up the new carbs from
George.
Date: 02/04/2005 |
 
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| Today I Duane and I (mostly Duane of
course) started building the motor for the 2005 season.
Date: 02/21/2005 |
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| Today we continued the program.
Date: 02/27/2005 |
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| And some more motor building.....
Date: 03/25/2005 |
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| We installed the rear disc brakes and
re-assembled the 'old' motor.
Date: 04/10/2005 |
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| A broken control arm caused some really bad
noises but should be easy to replace.
Date: 04/25/2005 |
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| I installed the new carbs today. I
had to create a new throttle cable mount as the old one did not mate
properly with the new carbs.
Date: 05/07/2005 |
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| I installed the control arms with the new
rod ends today. I found these control arms in a box of spare parts
that came with the car.
Date: 05/08/2005 |
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| After my off road excursion (agricultural
racing) I had this crud stuck up into the car.
Date: 05/20/2005 |
 
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| The effects of the on track impact from the
Grattan race exhibited in the bent axle housing (notice the space along
the axle flange/hub interface in the right picture and the difference of
the amount of stud sticking past the axle in the left image).
Date: 05/21/2005 |
 
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| Today I replaced the rear axle housing.
Date: 05/30/2005 |
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| This is what put us out at M-O. Tab A
slipped out of Slot B so the front carb wasn't operating.
Date: 06/05/2005 |
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| At last we were
working on the motor again. Today we put in the last piston and
also set the cam timing.
Date: 06/11/2005 |
 
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| Today we worked some
more on the motor, trying to figure out going on with my brakes, repaired
the 4.22 differential and swapped diffs (3.90 out, 4.22 in).
Date: 07/09/2005 |
 
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| Today Duane, George and I dynoed the motor.
Date: 07/17/2005 |
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| Today we attached some parts to the motor
in preparation for installing it in the chassis.
Date: 08/03/2005 |
 
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| Today we attached some more parts to the
motor in preparation for installing it in the chassis.
Date: 08/05/2005 |
 
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| Although we wanted to
get the motor in the chassis today, a clutch alignment issue did not
allow that to happen. We could not use the old clutch disc as it
was thiiiiis close to failing in a major way. We did get the
starter repositioned (it was rubbing against the motor), the new
ignition system installed and repaired a front shock mount.
Date: 08/05/2005 |
 
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| Tonight I replaced the
timing chain cover. I had put the breather bulkhead in the wrong
place. Date: 08/12/2005 |
 
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| Today I installed the
air bleed line and surge tank for the cooling system. Date: 08/27/2005 |
 
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| Today I installed the
repaired radiator and filled the cooling system. Note the new line
(from the hose barb fitting in the left image) that connects the
radiator to the surge tank. This line (along with the bleed line)
will allow the cooling system to push the air out of the system and not
create air pockets that over heat the motor. Date: 09/02/2005 |
 
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| This is what the tire
looked like after I got home....cool huh? Also, I put the finishing touches on my in-car
camera mount today. Date: 09/07/2005 |
 
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Last edited by Dayle Frame on Tuesday, July 08, 2008
