It has been a long time since I have posted about #54, and its restoration. Things slowed down for a bit as Bob and I ( newly formed into panavia.com ) have been putting the final touches onto #139. Bruce's coupe turned out very well, he asked me to go through the entire car, and if I saw something that we could make better, or improve , harden , etc - to do it.
I think we delivered on that promise, to elevate an already special platform to yet another level. I think we accomplished a lot and learned many things which we will share through postings and writings that are in process.
# 54 - is back from Sanderson Headers where they did an impeccable job and followed what we wanted to the letter. - Jay and Carlo there are worth their weight in gold.
The car is now back at our new shop and we have just received the firmware for the isispower system. I have flashed all the mutiplexers, mastercell and even the touch screen.
we have filled and capped the
oil system and I will have to tell you the LS7 has about a gallon of
oil in its chambers it took us about 20 mins to crank the
oil pump ( by ignition in 5 second bursts )- to get oil pressure to come up. -
we will be working on her all weekend, so we will be putting up some pictures , but in the meantime;
see the next post.