ERA 753 - Final Assembly in Progress

[patrickt]

It is expensive, but kind of cool. It's been too long ago for me to remember my conversation with Doug at ERA and the reason the sandwich thermostat wouldn't work with my remote filter, but had ERA offered an option for a switch like that on top, or on the side, of my filter adapter pictured below I would certainly have gone for it. Anything under $500 for that seems like a reasonable price, I doubt I would have gone for much over that (and truthfully I don't even need it).

[fkemmerer]

Well, I got part way with my Oil Cooler Thermostat installation today. I decided to make some custom brackets to allow the Canton Oil Thermostat that I am using to be mounted up front between the radiator and the frame cross brace where it is not going to be real visible. I fabricated the setup shown below to allow the Canton Thermostat to be mounted on the frame gussets for the tabs that hold the steering rack:



The machined aluminum clamps that are used to mount the Thermostat to the bracket are from Canton also.

The bracket raises the unit just enough (about 2") so that the side fittings will clear the lower radiator hose. As you can see from the pictures below, in a tight but nice fit:





And here's a closer shot of the installed unit:



I mached everything up with -10 AN hose ends and there will be plenty of room to route all of the hoses to the engine, remote oil filter housing, and the cooler. The brackets are off to the powder coater to be finished to match the rest of the ERA frame and then I'll do the final hoses and installation. I will post more pictures when the job is complete.

- Fred

[ERA Chas]

Fred,
Your work is impeccable but I will tell you-that's the exact location my long torque wrench with small extension and 5/8th socket goes (to rotate the balancer bolt) when I adjust valves or any time I have to rotate the motor by hand.

Can you see the marks on the balancer to set timing? I hope you don't have conflicts.

[fkemmerer]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

Fred,
Your work is impeccable but I will tell you-that's the exact location my long torque wrench with small extension and 5/8th socket goes (to rotate the balancer bolt) when I adjust valves or any time I have to rotate the motor by hand.

Can you see the marks on the balancer to set timing? I hope you don't have conflicts.

Chas,

The thermostat (and all of the lines) are in front of the cross brace in the car. The balancer, timing tab, and the area you need to get at to turn the balancer is behind the cross brace so there is no interference. On a happy note, I have a hydraualic roller camshaft in my car so I don't adjust valves very much .

- Fred