Surface coat.







I'll hand lay the molds tomorrow since they are small, simple, shapes.


Time to order the next bunch of parts.

GPS speedometer is the next on the list, along with some CV boots.

Ugh. Epoxy never came on Friday. I blame the holiday season. So no dash progress..



But here are some pictures of the current progress, bringing us up to date.


Molds scuffed



When hand laying, without vacuum assistance, fillets made of thickened epoxy, like these, along tight corners will greatly assist the fabric to lay without causing a void (air bubble).

6x layers of 6oz glass, and 2x layers of some scrap 5.7oz 3k carbon twill.



Same applies here with the clamshell mold.




Popped

Clamshell mold - is beautiful.

Distributor cover - to be determined You can now see the advantage to having the plug attached to a flange.



No worries, one extra step and it should come out Monday. Should being the key word there.

Got a few packages in the mail.

Gah! Wrong Speedometer. The box was properly numbered, however the contents were not correct. The replacement is already in the mail, due Tuesday, and I have sent this one back.

Even I know there is such thing as too much carbon.





Back to Amazon with you! Luckily their return policy is so easy, it's borderline pleasant.



Some blood for my differential.

And some shorter bolts for the GM polyurethane mount.




I kinda want to see it in the car.

Let's see what I can do about that.

Wow. That was much more difficult than anticipated.

Had to rip the differential back out of the car and started over.

Finally, success on the second attempt.







I still need to install the sway bar and the brace that holds it. Which reminds me, I need to order some end links too.

A few more odds and ends, and the rear of the car is just about buttoned up.

It's been a while since the driveshaft was hooked up.

Feels good.

In some sort of weird coincidence, every component I installed today had to be shaved or trimmed in some fashion.

Started with the poly diff mount bolts. Those were still slightly too long. In retrospect, I should have installed them upside down, it would have given me the clearance. But... 20/20 as they say.



Look at those damn paint chips! :laugh:



Tiiiight. Haha

Decided to throw the rear sway bar in place.



Here's the sway bar mount.



It, too, had to be shaved.

You can see where the corner was of issue here. (Upper left)



Even the bushings I bought had to be trimmed slightly to fit..Sheesh!