V1 Dan Perry - 4" Extended Street

[DanPerryy]

The back seat would not be something I would like to sit in for a road trip, but it is much better than my Ducati seat!

 

[DanPerryy]

Yesterday I sat in the extended frame, I actually fit and fit VERY well. The seat will be 2" from the full back position - that would make a 6' 7" person comfortable. I changed my mind and got a track version but will have the 3rd rail on the frame (1=bottom - floor pan, 2=mid, 3=third and roll cage hoop would be #4) eliminated so it gives me easier access both in and out. I can easily pull myself up using the hoop. It is awesome!!! Lonny and Adam set the vehicle up with both a bucket seat and my bench seat. Both worked great!

 

[DanPerryy]

Last weekend I completely re-dressed the engine harness (including the injector harness). Although my donor was in good shape all the plastic wire shields were cracked. I got multi-colored split shields. I have a few more donor reuse parts to paint, I removed my valve cover for painting - all cleaned up now - ready to paint. I did buy a $100 stainless steel exhaust manifold. I am thinking of putting a clear plexiglass window in the engine cover - F40. My frame goes to powdercoat tomorrow.

Have to get the automatic transmission back on my engine, they are a bit hard to align - if you leave the torque converter on the flywheel. I will try to make an alignment pin to help. I would just remove the torque converter from the flywheel but I would need to drain both the engine oil and drop the AT cover to drain the AT - no drain plug (that I found - did not check the service manual - it is at Lonny's place). Drain the fluids so I can work on it upside down - too old - to attach the torque converter back to the flywheel.

Last week Adam at DF gave my grandsons a ride in their supercharged car. The oldest grandson just got a new Fiat Abarth - he now says he no longer looks forward to driving it - the Goblin was so much fun.

 

[rallyracer]

It feels that fast!?

I'm hoping to get a ride in one sometime this year. Sounds like a blast!

 

[DanPerryy]

My frame - before powder coat. My frame is and extended track frame - I changed from a city to a track so I could more easily get in and out using the halo to hold on to pulling rather than pushing myself up out of the seat. The standard track frame has 3 horizontal members (bars) on the side of the driver compartment. This makes the compartment quite deep to the seat - but very well protected. My wife is very short and she had a hard time getting her leg over the top of the top member so I had Lonny and Adam eliminate the top horizontal bar.

In the pictures you can also see the two floor side-to-side members just in front of the the space for the front seat. A normal frame has just one of those. The second one is 4" in front of the normal one giving the floor pan the extra 4". The halo is also extended (not quite 4" due to angles) for the extended version. Adam and Lonny also made the top of the halo 2" taller for the extended version for a bit of increased head room. The frame went to powder coating today.

When they build the frame, the tooling uses a standard frame for the entire floor pan and second level frame tubing. This includes all structural diagonal pieces. The floor pan together with the second level have sufficient structural strength for the car. When you add the halo it is super rigid. Prototype 1 frame had just the two lower levels - no halo. I drove that car before it was rebuilt to the new frame.

With my frame, the new diagonal pieces for the upper level to the mid level frame were positioned by me, recognizing that they intersected with the mid frame at not the optimal points for rigidity. However it makes to easy access and for me it will certainly be sufficiently rigid for my purpose with the full cage. The side panels will cover the frame and it will work just fine.

 

[smithvmi]

Glad to hear yours is moving along down the line. It means one less frame between me and my goblin!

And I'm glad to hear about the added rigidity of the track frame

 

[BAR-AIR]

Dan,
Your new frame looks good.....
BUT I still think I like your original one better.....

Thx, BAR

 

[smithvmi]

Hahaha the trolling is strong with this one.

BAR, how did the 8 to 6 pin rewire work out?

 

[BAR-AIR]

Have not tried to start it yet. Still need to plum the back of the car for the supercharger. Also I don't have the tuning for the supercharger or the changes to the car.
Thx,

 

[TheNuker]

Is that the 2.2l motor? Looks super clean, Loving it!

Nuker-

 

[DanPerryy]

Dan,
Your new frame looks good.....
BUT I still think I like your original one better.....
View attachment 238Thx, BAR

I too like the City frame better - but only in my dreams when I am remembering myself 10 years younger. But then I unfortunately wake up and reality strikes. When you get to be 70 "looks" take a much lower priority in living.

 

[DanPerryy]

Engine harness re-do - mine was all heat cracked.
For the 4th of July I thought I would do some fireworks

 

[DanPerryy]

Not had much time to work on my car. We were on vacation for a couple of weeks and then (right at the end of vacation) my daughter-in-law actually a daughter - is very ill. This will slow me down. My frame is out of powder coating, have not seen it yet.

 

[DanPerryy]

Installed painted valve cover - added at least 50HP (in looks). Installed cleaned up engine wiring harness. Working on main harness now. I have not really spent any time on the main harness yet, just stretched it out. The total clean up of the engine harness (removal, stripping all old cracked covers, tape and install new cable covers, tie wrap and reinstall estimated 8 hours. This is Dan's time which includes 25% admiration time. The painting to the valve cover took about 3 hours - mostly getting a method to mask. I did not take a picture.

 

[DanPerryy]

Thinned and organized the dash harness - 3 hours total - not recovered / taped yet - just tie wrapped
The instructions were clear, easy to follow. The pictures of some of the connectors may be improved. Luckily I had most of mine labeled.

 

[BAR-AIR]

Evening Dan,
Hope the family is doing better... I found with doing the harnesses get them into the car before you start to really bind them back together. I probably ended up redoing them at least a half a dozen times before I got them to sit right. I put together some notes in an earlier thread with regards to the wiring blocks hopefully you can add to it. (BAR-AIR's build logs).
Bruce

 

[DanPerryy]

Thanks, I figured that out too from looking at your posts. Lonny and Adam lent me a harness for me to copy. Regardless I figured that a few tie wraps before installation would help but not wrapping the entire thing until fitted.

 

[DanPerryy]

Thansk for asking about the family. Going to see my daughter-in-law and son and 4 grand kids - leaving tomorrow. She is out of the hospital less a big piece of colon but she has cancer in her liver and spleen. Have to wait to do chemo until she heals from the surgery.

 

[TomsGarage]

Thansk for asking about the family. Going to see my daughter-in-law and son and 4 grand kids - leaving tomorrow. She is out of the hospital less a big piece of colon but she has cancer in her liver and spleen. Have to wait to do chemo until she heals from the surgery.

Glad to hear that your daughter in law is out of the hospital, hopefully she has a speedy recovering and quick remission for her liver and spleen as well.

 

[TomsGarage]

Thanks, I figured that out too from looking at your posts. Lonny and Adam lent me a harness for me to copy. Regardless I figured that a few tie wraps before installation would help but not wrapping the entire thing until fitted.

I'll have to see about doing that as well, looks daunting!