Project No-Flight
Update
June
2005
With the wonders of vacuum bagging I molded inside rocker
sill panels to cover the gap between the door sills and the floor panels.
Next is to put the carbon fiber on the floor panel cores. I originally was
going to make the side panels integral with the floor panels, but discovered
that if they were one piece I could not install them, so the side panels will
fasten to the body and have a flexible seam (black RTV) where they join the
floor panels. The side panels had to be cut into two pieces to go around
the forward roll cage mount base. Before After The cover for the fuel lines proved to be a little too deep a draw
for my vacuum bag, but since it is hidden behind the passenger seat it will
probably be ok. I'll line the back of it with the ceramic for fire
proofing (the top of the floor panels will be ceramic coated too under the
carpet) and fasten it in place once the floor panels go in for the final time. I also started to install the EFI wiring. I couldn't route
the wiring the way I had originally planned without completely reworking the
wiring harness. There also just wasn't enough room behind the engine to
hide all the wiring with the fuel and coolant lines in place. So, I
changed plans a little and with only some moderate unlacing of the wiring to
change routing for some of the sensors was able to get the wiring in
place. If I did it "right" you won't see where most of it is
located. I still need to shorten the lead to the water temp sensor (which
is wrapped around the cage brace in this picture) and mount the MAP sensor to
the firewall (which is laying on the hood lip). I'm still trying to decide if I can mount the ignition computer
inside the car, in which case I will pull the blue trigger wire back through the
loom to inside the firewall. For now it is just coiled up, as I can't push
it back through the firewall grommet (pre installed) if I need it on the engine
side of the frewall, it is much to tight a fit on the wire bundle and must have
been machine installed. You might also notice I had to swap which injector stack has the
IAT sensor as the lead wouldn't clear around the ignition to the right rear
stack, and it could only be on one of the outside corners and still clear the
injector lines. The computer will be located behind the glove box panel (I can't
use a normal opening glove box door due to the roll cage, but will have a
bolt-on panel in it's place). I think the ignition computer will go there
as well if I can assure my self their won't be an interference problem with them
located near each other. Since the battery will be at the rear of the car,
I plan to run a heavy gage cable set to the battery and terminate all the local
leads at the junction box on top of the trans tunnel. The AC takes the
space under the computer shelf, and I still need to locate the fuse box where it
can be easily accessed, probably on the bottom of the cowl brace to the left of
the steering column. This looks to be the best place to mount the ignition coil.
I looked at mounting it behind the dash but with the EFI harness and boxes and
the wiper drive there was no go place to mount a coil wire bulkhead fitting to
get through the firewall. I formed the bracket to fit the roll cage tube,
it is bolted to the tube on the bottom side so it can't slip or roll.
