It has begun - G-Pete's 289FIA Scratch Build

[G-Pete]

Originally Posted by dallas_

Pete,
Good, because I am curious to see how the fiberglass bonds to carbon fiber, and if it bonds the same way it does to other fiberglass. Cool stuff. I've never worked with cf before.

Pretty soon you will see how that works. The resin is pretty much the in same chemical family. If you go back a few pages...
http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/scra...h-build-9.html...post 132- there you see my body mounts fiber glassed to the CF body.

[dallas_]

ok, I see it now, thanks.

That's pretty handy.

[krausewich]

Hey Pete, I've been curious from the get-go as to how you look
to deal with the body edge returns. Will you be riveting to aluminum
flangework, then knocking it over the birdcage?? I've rarely seen
a flangeless body, and have never seen how any were mounted.

Encouraging solicitation can be frustrating.. see Fasterpatrick's
for example. Thanks for keeping it going! The build diary is the best part.

Mike.

[G-Pete]

After a long back and forth I finally went with the Trigo FIA wheels and Avon tires.
The thought around that subject was, to have the car looking sharp and appear as most original as possible.

That meant to shorten the original upper and lower A-Arms of the SVT IRS. I try to do the front by next weekend.

Here the lower old and new - 4 inches difference.



Lower and upper pair.



Shortened tie rod.

[G-Pete]

Driver side mounted without shock. You see also the altered basket bracket.



Setup for the shock bracket.




Top view of the driver side upper A-Arm without the spacers. Perfect camber and caster setup.



Lower A-Arm with shock bracket.



Yeah, these Trigo FIA wheels just looking great.



At 5 inches ride height the half shafts are perpendicular to the pumpkin and spindles -- squeeze in another horse or two

[G-Pete]

Mike, I'm going with the square look and straight line breaks for the sheeting of the cockpit.

As for the flange work, I jut don't know yet...

Thanks for the heads up about where a thread can lead - I think I can handle that.

[dallas_]

Originally Posted by G-Pete

Yeah, these Trigo FIA wheels just looking great.

Yes they do!

Is there an easy way to adjust the wheel arch to match the radius of the tire?