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Old 01-12-2015, 11:32 PM
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Reg Mombassa charge $000s for images like that.

And what's so special about that coupe, every second shed in Sydney has something similar.

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No much visible progress over the past few weeks... AC evap mounted, installing the power steering, refrig and heater hoses tomorrow. Fuel lines finished, brakes are holding fluid.. !

The need for electricity is causing me some grief as I am useless with a soldering iorn... but I guess its another skill (or lack there of) that I will need to acquire.

Fiddling with dash sheetmetal at the mo and gauge layout along with the AC outlets, pic of the Mk1 dash attached.. am onto Mk3..

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Old 02-05-2015, 02:29 AM
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Still fitting off components..

Heater done, power steering plumbed in, ordered more radiator hose after being advised that an LS3 runs from the inlet of the water pump to the top of the radiator (highest point). Trying to borrow a hose clamp tool for the air con fittings.. most of the hoses are cut and fitted and the firewall fittings have been installed (AN type all round).

Made a much more decent clamp for the receiver drier (2.5mm plate steel), wrapped it in a rubber PVC pipe joiner sleeve and fixed the lot with SS worm drive clamps.

Didn't make my goal of getting the engine started in Jan.. Feb may be a possibility.. electrics are nowhere at the moment.

One day at a time..

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After discovering (in lieu of any indication in the build manual) that there was a tie plate for the radiator side panels, I reinforced and braced it with 3mm Al sheet.

Have joined it at the rear to the back to back angle I had installed earlier and added a centre support with a 6mm SS pin. Is not going anywhere.. !
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Getting more serious with the dash now the AC is mostly sorted.

Have ordered a few 5mm LED's to replace the ridiculously flimsy wires that hang out of the conventional bulbs on the AC slide control. Will use them for the dash warning lights as well after I make some bezels out of ABS plastic. Have a single DIN radio / GPS to fit under the cross brace and AC vents / controls over the top.

Settled on the treatment I am going to use for the LED tail lights I have as well.. is a Corvette / Ferrari style semi recessed bucket fitting.

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First attempts and some glassed bits.. a hood for the instruments (with padding for the leading edge to be added) and a glovebox insert.. Had used foamboard for these, with the view of removing it, but ended up encasing them. Have some 3mm ply for any future bits..
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Well its been a number of months of effort, wrong parts, defective parts and replacement parts before I THINK I have finally got the modern chinese finger torture test, otherwise know as the clutch slave cylinder installed and working.

Have ended up with a GM LS3 dual mass flywheel, clutch and pressure plate and a low profile CSS as pictured. Am looking forward to confirmation its working from my other post on setting up a Hydraulic Clutch.

Best to all..

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Old 05-25-2015, 04:21 PM
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Keep at it Chris.
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thanks Boxhead... after three months of going backwards with the build its good to be reminded what we are actually trying to do is no lego project..
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After several months of clutch, bell housing, master cylinder and CSS preload issues I am picking up where I left off in Jan... (2015..!!).

Engine and gearbox back in, new gearbox mount fabricated, moving the holes 15mm forward to stop the lower half of the bracket hitting the back of the gearbox casing (cudos to the 'professional' I commissioned to set these things up correctly, this was the last thing he touched and the last one requiring rework to make it actually correct..!).

Fitted an e-stopp park brake controller this evening, welded a small bracket to the transmission tunnel with the cables due in the next day or so.. .

Need to figure out why I was modifying the AC duct a few months back..! then run the electrical looms and refit the dash panels.

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Had a decent day with sorting the electrical issues created by the overwhelming ignorance, incompetence and complete apathy of a northern Sydney Kobra builder.. not only was there a number of wiring faults, that he specifically introduced into a clean harness, the ancillaries were incorrect for the motor type, the tune provided was from a mafless 6L motor (L98), rather than an LS3 with a MAF as the factory runs, the majority of the fault codes were being generated because one of the plugs for the ECU was wired and then installed backwards.. !

Yes .. it is staggering.. well its staggering if you knew how everything he touched he did a half baked, inaccurate, incomplete and totally flawed job on everything he touched.
Fingers crossed this is the last in a fairly comprehensive list of stuff up he created.

Looking forward to getting the fuel pumps rewired to a higher ampere breaker tomorrow and see if it will hold fuel pressure and run.

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Old 09-17-2015, 05:56 PM
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Chris. That guy sure gets around, he's building a GTO in Southern Sydney.
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Im sure the guy in Southern Sydney takes accountability for his work Peter..

Hope you are having fun with yours now its driveable..
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Chris, I was talking to a fellow FFR Coupe owner up here who mentioned a guy in NSW building one where he is putting 2 AC units in his car? Could that be you? If so can you give some details please.

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hi Matt,

Im looking at it.. hadnt gone that way yet.

The second unit would be installed over the NS rear wheel.

After a few months of research, the measures I'm taking before that step are to fit:

- Double layer heat insulation, plus butyl from the footwells to the rear bumper, including the rear quarters.
- Glass reinforced roof, rear quarters and bonnet, with butyl then sound deadener layered on.
- An 80mm exhaust fan in the rear taking air from the top of the cargo area, triggered based on ambient cabin temp.
- Tinted side windows.. for light and heat.. Using 6mm glass if I can fit it.
- A speed triggered header / CAT cooling fan (SPAL 5.2") running below 35kph), mounted in the void behind the radiator ducting.
- Addition of a front air damn.. these last two measures intended to divert heat from the engine under so its flows under the (insulated body) of car.

My strategy is basically to treat all of the areas of heat adsorption from the sun and heat soak from the engine in the first instance for both NHV and temperature control.

If these measures dont prove feasible a second evaporator, running from a single engine mounted AC compressor, with lines running down the transmission tunnel, triggered when the fan is at medium cooling or above would be the next step.

Hope that helps..

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Old 09-21-2015, 04:32 AM
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When I built my FFR coupe I fitted the supplied AC kit and that's all. I never noticed that the interior was overly hot. I miss my Coupe. a guy in QLD bought it, Greg I think his name was ,nice Guy.
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Good to know.. thanks..

The guys in the US complain about the heat... havent seen many fit insulation on the firewall or the floor.

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After a couple of weeks the car is now running. One minor oil lead and a split radiator hose later and we seem to be holding most of the various fluids.. .

Was pleased to test the cooling system and see that the 16" fan is drawing over the entire radiator surface after fitting a cowling earlier in the build. Its only idling in the shop at the moment, but is holding temp easily.. . Have also installed a 5" SPAL fan to blow air over the headers up to 35kph or so.. Is a better than expected result there also.

I have a tuning / set up issue that Im not sure how to resolve.

Had a double row timing chain fitted (Rollmaster CS1195) when I did the cam and valves, but now have the issue that the cam sensor is not picking up the correct number of pulses (is throwing error codes and refusing to rev cleanly or return to idle). In monitoring the sensor output it appears to be generating one pulse per revolution, not the four pulses that would be present with the standard cam sprocket. Further research indicates that the Rollmaster sprocket is apparently compatible with the Gen III not Gen IV series, hence the incorrect number of pulses..???

Look forward to any thoughts or advice on resolving this one beyond what appears to be the need to change the sprocket at this stage (and if this required to WHAT..???).


With thanks

Chris

Foot note.. For the record, a number of people asked how I could have made this apparently fundamental error... all I can say is I engaged a so called professional Classic Kobra builder in northern sydney, unfortunately... there was not ONE thing he did on the engine or chassis that was correct, didn't need to be removed and replaced or completely redone.
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Spoke with Ian Denner of Classic Revival.. he's now retired and takes NO responsibility for any of his previous work, including the endless stream of stuff ups he's responsible for on my build alone.

To say his attitude has changed in any measurable way would be an overstatement in any case.

For those who may be interested in the technical solution to the problem. A Rollmaster CS1185 - 2 pulse per revolution cam sprocket was apparently fitted, which suits the Gen III motors in 6L and 5.7L capacity.

The E85 ECU and LS3 requires the CS1195 - 4 pulse per revolution cam sprocket. I've had one sighted at the supplier and it's apparently compatible. Will find out soon enough when it arrives.
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There have been a few changes in cam reluctor and crank wheel setups over the years between Gen 3 and Gen 4 motors. The locations of cam angle and crank angle sensors have changed in the blocks. The old LS1 has the cam and crank angle sensor located in the back of the block. The LS1 uses a specific cam with the reluctor trigger machined into a section next to the last journal. It means you need to order a specific cam but you can run any old timing chain setup you like. there was even a gear drive setup available for them.

LS2 relocated all the sensors to different spots. The cam angle sensor was moved to the cam cover and triggers off a reluctor on the cam gear. There were several different configurations of this too over the years with different numbers of poles.

Anyone working on one needs to do their research to be sure they have mixed and matched the right parts.

There's also different versions of crank reluctor wheels with different tooth counts. Important to keep in mind if you ever build a stroker conversion or get a replacement crank.

There's plenty of info available on all the different iterations and what you need to run over on the the LS1 forums like LS1tech. LS1Tech.com

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