Another rust combat

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one more

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hmm. For some reason 5MB does not work.. So a bit smaller now

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Engine wiring almost finished. this time I decided not to pack every wire into one protection hose I made a couple of them, each function/area has it's one hose. This way it's much easier to have access when needed. I also go without rubber grommet at the connectors. Each wire has a silicon seal in the connector, that's enough. I prefer this, as it avoids water inclusion, same as the protection hose. Wires are FLYY, which ist modern standard (finer strands and pvc covering) ecxept the SDS injecton sensor and injector wires, those are high quality as well and supplied with SDS injection.

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Some more pics





On most pics there are still a lot of cable ties, which I only used to route the wiring and get an idea of the final position. After I fitted only two (bigger ones) in this area

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Because my LH Fiberglass Fan Block-off is quite old and brittle and the RH is still steel I ordered some Sheridans from PP. On the first view, they look quite ok, but when started to fit, they turned out as terrible...

RH needed lot of trimming, but that would be ok, even if I think (as the OEM part fit's really nice and is easy to copy) it could be better from beginning. There are no marks where the mounting holes should be. Also the measurements differ from OEM part, what I cannot understand, no variation needed there. All in all, it's ok, but far away from nice. The biggest issue is that there is way too much epoxy (or polyester) in the inner corners, especially at the lower mounting latch and the inner side of the top bar so you can't get close enough to the engine shroud. about 5mm away. When you tighten the bolts on top, you deform the bar (presses down), so there is alway tension on it (or you leave it loose...)

Will post pics, when both are fitted.

LH has same issues but more than that,the are several angle errors (guess they took out to early out of mold and it warped while harden. Also radius to fan housing is bad and the inner lower area to fan bas has a huge gap. Too much trimming here. Also the area for the bolt to fan housing at the side is to short, not possible to make a hole but only a slot.

Angle issue:






Comparison to old FG piece (which fit's 99%):

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For now, I leave them but will make my own copies with FG myself. As it's quite a bit of effort to make good molds, I'll postpone that...

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Here now some pics installed of LH

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Some more DIY hollow screws and vent line for Wastegate.

Tial screws vs DIY, Stock line vs DIY and mounted on wastegate

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POR-15 is the real deal, especially on Italian cars they can be notoriously prone to rust. You've gotta follow the instructions to the letter, though, and make sure the surface is properly neutralized before applying it. My mechanic uses it on all the Italian cars he works on and swears by it. You're doing a great job tackling this project

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Some more amazing work!

You are really going all out on the weight savings.

Are you getting close to being done?

John

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Originally Posted by fourblades

Some more amazing work!

You are really going all out on the weight savings.

Are you getting close to being done?

John

Thank you

Well the "problem" is, that everytime i made something I see the next part that i can customize or DIY like the vent tube.

One done, another ahead

To answer your question: No not close, but progress is there. Engine is beside some little details almost ready to fit in the car.