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Calvin, looking Good! Looking forward to the air dam and flares!

Looks great Calvin! I suspected you were busy getting things done! :)

The car is OK but I do like the S.S. fridge in the garage.

That Fridge is stocked up with Salmon(from this years fishing) Beer, wine & water. I don't know if anyone saw me lying on the ground under the car photo, but look in the Garage, on the wall in the middle between the cabinets, there is a LCD TV to watch Mavtv. I thought Ken would like that too. ;)

Ken Percival came by last week and dropped off a 1963 MGB Aluminum hood that is real light. He also brought over a fiberglass TR6 hood. So I gave him some parts he needed. Ken will be moving 12 hour drive away to Idaho. There is a thought move out of California?

Have I mentioned lately how awesome this thread is? The latest photos look great, Calvin!

This will be a beast. Always enjoy following your progress, Calvin.

Have you thought about a removable slam panel, Calvin?

Makes installation/removal of the engine a LOT easier.

Gonna be a fantastic car, I'd love to go for a ride one day.

A ride? Not what I had in mind. ;) Oh, Brenda.....can I pretty pleeeeese.....

Rick, I did think of doing what you did, but the bolt in cross member worked out well for me. Not as easy as your setup but easy with one swoop and its in there.

Calvin, Thanks for sharing, and please thank Brenda for taking the pictures also. I have looked through all of the pictures now will be 4 times, GREAT.
charles

Getting some stuff done!

Centered the Aluminum fuel tank that I purchased from Curtis. Drilled the holes right at 3" over to center tank. This will allow for dual exhaust.

Couple of photos of it mounted in the car.






The small hole is for the fuel vent , which I'm going to install a roll over vent fitting. Then a hose will be routed out under car.


Finished welding in metal.

This is where the in tank fuel pump is located. It is in the front of the tank in the corner on the passenger side. Nice easy access door.
A few photos of the pump, the plumbing in a 8"x 8" box, that the return line dumps fuel back in to keep full at all times. It is about 3/4 deep in the tank. That is a Walpro 255 lph fuel pump, that I upgraded to a 340 lph Areomotive fuel pump with the same form factor as the Walpro pump. So it fits with the plumbing correctly.






Fuel sender unit mounted in there.


The plumbing is all in 3/8" tubing and AN fittings.

The feed and return are market well.




New Aeromotive pump number.


Pump out of tank, ready to install the new pump.


There is a rubber seal that mounts on the bottom of the fuel pump for vibration, and noise reduction. It fits right on the half round flange at the bottom of the tank. This Aeromotive pump is good for 550 HP fuel injected engine.


More to come soon. I have been working on the exhaust under the car too.



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Calvin,
I used the same tank but also fabricated an access panel in the trunk floor to allow entrance to the fuel tank . I had to replace a fuel guage sending unit and cut a hole in the trunk floor rather than drop the tank. Easier to do now rather than after completion. That should be one nice ride when finished.
Paul

Hi Paul,

That is a great idea to have an access hole in the trunk. I will follow your lead on that idea. I was thinking of the same when I was typing this all out. You just confirmed my thoughts.

Thanks
Calvin

Here is what I came up with to run the exhaust. The diameter of the pipe is 2 1/2" stainless steel pipe from the header collector to the exhaust tip. I was looking for some ground clearance, so here is what I came up with. I needed to add an X-pipe in there some where, so I put it across instead of front to back. I'm using the space under the seat area for two Spintech mufflers (low profile). Going to the back coming out of the X-pipe will be two 90 degree turns, into the mufflers. Then it will go under the axle then back up closer to the trunk floor into some stainless steel resonators, then to some tips. Haven't looked close enough to see if I can go over the axle. I hope I can run over the axle. I would like to hide the exhaust as much as possible.


C-channeled the frame rail on both sides. Reinforced the rails close to the floor with steel plate to the bolt in transmission mount. Also welded in some square pipe going through the frame rail for gas line, battery cable, and wiring. I will make cover's on both sides of the frame rail on the floor boards to protect the lines and wiring.






That is a 3" aluminum drive line.

Here is the pass through for the fuel line etc.


Some have been asking where is Brenda with this build, so here she is getting excited about the engine going in. # 1


#2 Polished up the bell housing some!


#3

The shifter was set pretty far back, so I got a shifter that moved 1" to the left, and 3" forward to put it in the right place.






Had to cut the hole back some, put some access holes for the allen screws, for the top plate. Installed a short shifter on there, should work just like the TR6.

Looking good Calvin - great progress.