Today I removed the cluster AGAIN and removed the temperature and fuel gage unit to send out to another PFF member for checking and calibration. It's not easy to remove the cluster in a cold shop when your breath clouds up the windshield!
New dash cluster bulbs arrived from Rodney and made huge difference. Night time display was perfect. Six speed sticker arrived from Rodney, too.
Meanwhile this thread seems to contain unrelated but maybe helpful topics like this: In another thread during the initial powering up of the resurrection of this project, the heater blower resistor ignited a fire and I thought the whole barn and car would go up in smoke due to mouse nests. So now I need source a new blower motor and wheel as well as disassemble/clean that front hood panel.
Calipers are all rebuilt along with new e-brake cables but I have trouble adjusting the e-brake. I bought a cheap door spring compressor tool and for under $10 and it's a real time saver. Next step is to check and re-clock the actuator screws.
F40 - The master cylinder is extended out with spacers to the limit but chassis dyno shop thinks maybe over extended TOB in F40. Am not sure, so I ordered an adjustable clutch banjo rod from Rodney and take of that issue too. I think the chassis dyno shop was overly cautious but when you consider the labor to remove the drive train again to replace the TOB, now is the time to pay attention.
One headlight motor cannot sustain the erect position or reach it without flopping around. Ordered two kits from Rodney.
Once all the lights and gauges work along with e-brake, I'll be ready to register the car and drive it, BUT....in MA we need a front plate. I will weld/fabricate a mounting device that will extend from under the car to the nose, possibly offset like my daily driver/company car. Maybe a new thread for the front plate mount.
The good news is that the 355 with Holley multiport runs great, 320WHP, starts at 20F, smooth idle, etc. The custom motor was delivered roughly 2 years before the December startup. During that time the cylinders were injected with extra oil for protection and the motor was manually turned over during the course of the build on the bench. It's got some blow by coming from the valve cover vents and both the motor builder and the chassis dyno shop are confident the ring seating will resolve itself with more hours on the motor. They both have experience with blow by after storage. No smoke from pipes. The car is really awesome and will have no decals of any kind. I tried to mate the OEM twin tip outlets to the 2.5" diameter exhaust but a simple area calculation shows there's not enough flow area. So for now, it's just one simple pipe on each side.
Here's the car:
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