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LOL Look who's talking my Bavarian friend ! Wheel speed input comes from the ABS, yes I know this car wont have it, but dont fret, rear wheel speed and an optical set up at the rear should fix that, while engine speed will come from the ECU, thats the plan anyway Main input signal though is the torque sensor located on the rack itself.

Small update OK, so November 17th and 18th are close approaching and there's a lot needed to make sure that the motor trans and diff are all ready for mounting as the chassis comes together. The stash of cash had the cob webs dusted off and some serous shopping has been underway to secure some of the gear that will be needed. Today I went out and made a somewhat rash decision but one I'm becoming more comfortable with, I decided that with all the space forward of where the motor will be sitting that an electric power steering rack was one the cards and I nabbed somewhat of a bargain in an RX8 electric rack as shown, then after speaking to Peter Mc it dawned on me that I was missing the EPS module that drives the Fugger, in a panic I got back on the blower and located it, so $650.00 later I now have the entire kit secured and on its way from Queensland, for those that want to get some technical info on the set up I have posted a diagram illustrating its basic functional faculties. The Benz S500 cross member was picked up Wednesday and it will lend itself well to modification,have to love Benz, every gusset is stamped and numbered. Engine mounts on there way, these are C63 AMG items. And of course the Saleen Mustang T56 cross member which was still in Customs today but should be here tomorrow after its trip from the US. Next step, well I'm putting together a mobile cradle for the engine and trans hopefully this weeken, I'm afraid that a Wollies shopping trolley is about to meet a tragic end and have its wheels amputated, (Thats a joke for any Wollies staff on the forum, it will be an ALDI Donner lol) After I have it all mounted its off to John at Alloy Race Components in Mordialloc who will be cutting the adaptor plate and installing a custom flywheel, street version of their race clutch and associated hydraulics, here's a link for those interested. http://www.alloyrace.com/products/52/Torque-Clamp, I should have the engine trans back within a week or 2 ready for the weekend build. For those that put their hands up, don't forget, 17th and 18th of November................ More as things progress. Cheers John

David Your posts are always full of substance innovation and results, looking good Buddy Cheers John

Very impressive Dave, Just kills me how you can put out multiple carswithin a few years and some of us just lement with a single project lol Cheers john

Lol sorry abot the Buddy bit Wasnt meant to be derogatory, I used 1:1 as a worse case scenario demonstrating what the lowest speed would be and not knowing what you are running box wise thast all, give me the 5th's ratio and I will plug it in. Cheers John UPDATE: Plugged .864 as 5th ratio which would bring top speed in at 7000 rpm as being 232.6812 Kph.

Buddy If the 5th gear ratio is 1:1 then top speed at your quoted 7000 rpm would be 201.0366 Kph Drag coefficient at that point has no baring as physics would stop you reaching maximum RPM if the car was a brick, the fact that the car reached 7000 rpm means that the mechanical action of the vehicle was able to achieve it, the coefficient may have slowed your progress reaching it, however you did. I have a calculator that allows tyre, box ratio's and final drive ratio's to be plugged in to demonstrate what the potential top speeds and speeds in gears and rpm's would equate to if anyone is interested. Cheers John

Buddy If its any help, a mate of mine who is an accountant worked as an investigator with the ATO before starting his own practice. This guy knows tax legislation inside out, however he is Melbourne based. Here is a link to his practice http://www.bove.com.au/index.html Cheers John

17th and 18th locked in then Have also been hunting down alternatives for the build, decided to see if I could source a steel not alloy based OEM Benz engine cross member that would mate up to the C32 and lend itself to modification for the build. Came across this item which will also give me the option now of running a Benz steering rack. Cheers

Flux Capacitor and Mr Fusion Reactor ? A hint woul be good

JDM Day and recitals OK who's up for the 17th and 18th of November then?

GOLD ! So you think I have a nice nose Simon ? You metrosexual you !

No more life lines, no more call a friend, so yes Eddie, lock it in.

At this stage, I would like to lock in those dates.

Simon Read my last post before yours lol

Brother youre alive ! Glad to hear it Yes Bruce, it will be like a Highlander gathering for the quickening. OK so best i set a date, how does November 24th and 25th sound to you all? Cheers John

Contact Dimitri "Zedman" he is bound to have one and is out your way Its called a center lower vallance

Damn that front looks similar to what mine will look like if I ever pull my finger out and get it off to Freddy to make the mold LOL

260 LOL

Nice to see the old guard coming out of the wood work Bruce there will be plenty of tool handling im sure lol Dimitri looking only requires an entry fee, that would be the arm rests you owe me David, you have been down this route before so invaluable.

Why do you ask two dogs LOL With you recent Yoga activities I couldnt think of a better person to get into those small tight constrictive places during assembly. Youre very welcome Scoota

Nice retro feel about that starter set up, sometimes period just cant be beat............nice

Time to put some of that lost faith in my project back on track and amuse you all. Just kidding, thanks Gareth, hope by the other side of new year we will be moving onto page 100 of this thread and show off some of the great craftmanship of some of our members in the process. Cheers John

Yes Yes ! Welding Lots of Welding ! LOL Jamo that would be great, this wont be a one day job, fabrication of the sections will involve alignment on the car then final square up off the car and finish welding on a squared jigged bench followed by alignment and mounting of the engine trans and diff totally outside of the vehicle. So there will be a Sh*t load of fab alaignment and welding to do. Cheers John

Scoota ! Just had a look at the posts on this one Nice project, but Lucinda ? I would have thought more Lucifa because it looks like it will be one hell of a ride and sound from the rear of it. Cheers John

This is whats sad and also great about being off line for so long, You get back and find that one of the sleeper builds has suddenly come to life and is on the road. Linton the car looks fantastic, well done ! Cheers John