Finishing the racecar blog. Yes?

[Ken Potter]

That is great. Thanks for sharing them.

[Horsewidower]

The brake system is made up of Tilton master cylinders, 3/16 stainless steel hardlines, -3 flex lines, Wilwood superlight and dynalite calipers and coleman and wilwood rotors. We have a bit of a problem with the calipers because they have the same piston area on the front and back. We've tried to cure the problem with a proportioning valve, we'll see if it works when the car is running. As usual, everything does not fit, the calipers on the rear will require either the mounting bracket to be modified or the calipers machined to center the rotor. Unfortunately, pretty normal on this build.

Here are some pics:

[KarlRodg88]

awesome build up horse. so youre gonna try and run the shelby club thing at thunderhill? if everything goes right my dad and i should be there with our tc (the one in my avitar). weve done a whole bunch this week ps and oil coolers, some other stuff and we flared the front fenders today (way harder than it looks). anyway awesome car, hope to see it up there.
-Karl

[vrinner]

awesome build up horse. so youre gonna try and run the shelby club thing at thunderhill? if everything goes right my dad and i should be there with our tc (the one in my avitar). weve done a whole bunch this week ps and oil coolers, some other stuff and we flared the front fenders today (way harder than it looks). anyway awesome car, hope to see it up there.
-Karl

Can you send some more picks of how your routed the brake lines and the fuel lines? I'm not ready just yet for that but will be needing to that that fairly soon.

[Horsewidower]

Thanks Karl. We'll see if we make it, we have been waiting over 4 weeks for the parts we needed fabbed for the 5.5 clutch, part delays have just been a headache on this build.

Vrinner, three of the pictures above show the hardlines, everthing else is braided stainless flex lines. I'll see if I can get one of the master cylinders and the pedal box. I'll also get some shots of the fuel lines. We have 1/2" stainless running through the interior with aeroquip type flex lines to the fuel cell, fuel pump and fuel rail.

The post with the three pics of the calipers has disappeared, they are below.

[KarlRodg88]

vrinner, we cut a hole int he trunk above the tank and ran steel braid lines inside electrical conduit through the middle of the car, same witht eh brake lines, and the prop valve is right behind the shifter. dont have any pics and doesnt look the prettiest but it gets the job done.

[Horsewidower]

Vrinner, what are you using for a gas tank and bulkhead?

[vrinner]

Vrinner, what are you using for a gas tank and bulkhead?

To simplify things, I'm pretty sure I'm going with a fuel cell that mounts in the stock location so I dont have to cut the floor board up and deal with a bulk head. Never having built a race car, I'm pretty much asking for the advice and recommendations of others. I'd certainly be willing to go the route that others have done, I just dont know how to do it.

[Horsewidower]

That's a $2500 solution. It's an excellent one, very low CG for the tank and gas, you don't need to create a bulkhead and I believe you can use the stock gas filler.

Here are some pictures of my installation.

The first is of the fuel cell, filter and pump (its a 22 gallon tank). It sits approximately where the old spare tire well was located. It sits down into the cage we built for it in picture number 2. Picture 3 and 4 show the stainless steel feed and return lines. Picture 5 shows where the lines come into the engine compartment on the left side of the picture.

[vrinner]

That's a $2500 solution. It's an excellent one, very low CG for the tank and gas, you don't need to create a bulkhead and I believe you can use the stock gas filler.

Here are some pictures of my installation.

The first is of the fuel cell, filter and pump (its a 22 gallon tank). It sits approximately where the old spare tire well was located. It sits down into the cage we built for it in picture number 2. Picture 3 and 4 show the stainless steel feed and return lines. Picture 5 shows where the lines come into the engine compartment on the left side of the picture.

So is it better to run the fuel lines through the passenger compartment or did you just do that because of the type of fuel cell used? Same goes for the brake lines too? I would imagine if I put the pump and filter in the passenger compartment, I'd have to do a bulkhead as well. Or how about putting the pump and filter in where the spare tire was?

Also on that shifter, is that something you can buy or did you fabricate it yourself? 2nd to 3rd is always a stretch for me, especially on those right hand turns.

[Horsewidower]

I run the fuel lines through the passenger compartment to protect them. Same for the brake lines. The rear brake lines run down the center than split to each side, that way they don't heat up from being attached to the axle.

I think the fuel cell you intend to use can be set up for an in-tank pump, which would be the preferred route. If you decide to use the spare tire well, you can easily create a bulk head out of aluminum to cover the top.

The shifter is from Mustangs Plus in Stockton.

http://www.mustangsplus.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MPFMP&Product_Code=10490

[vrinner]

I run the fuel lines through the passenger compartment to protect them. Same for the brake lines. The rear brake lines run down the center than split to each side, that way they don't heat up from being attached to the axle.

I think the fuel cell you intend to use can be set up for an in-tank pump, which would be the preferred route. If you decide to use the spare tire well, you can easily create a bulk head out of aluminum to cover the top.

The shifter is from Mustangs Plus in Stockton.

Thanks...this really helps me out. Damn...I wish some of you guys were closer to me.

[NsTyFoX]

mier racing fenders look so badass

[Meotchh]

Hey Vince I'm not sure how much work you want to do on the fuel cell but Fuel Safe makes a direct drop in using the stock filler neck as well.

http://www.fuelsafe.com/mustang.htm

[vrinner]

Hey Vince I'm not sure how much work you want to do on the fuel cell but Fuel Safe makes a direct drop in using the stock filler neck as well.

http://www.fuelsafe.com/mustang.htm

Those are the ones I was looking at. And at 22 gallons, sounds like we need to have an enduro!