Neil's Aventador build (Page 48/74)
Neils88 OCT 21, 06:17 PM
I've been a little lax this week...really didn't feel like getting into the garage until today.

Now that I have the passenger side regulator finished, I need somewhere to put it.... Time to build a door....

The main framing and crash beam:



Also starting to get the hinge put together. Basically I put the hinge bearing blocks in place, get the door in place, then connect the two parts... always sounds so simple...


Neils88 OCT 22, 04:35 PM
I now have two functional doors. It took a few attempts to get the door angle correct, but I think I finally got it. Of course then I ran out of welding wire....
Dubuc SLC OCT 24, 11:21 AM
Wow Neil great work ...Nice pic..
2.5 OCT 24, 12:09 PM

quote
Originally posted by Neils88:


Phase III of the project is going to take care of all the weight issues, lol. Current plan is a longitudinal twin turbo V12 (BMW 760Li) ... but I haven't measured it for fit yet, so that may have to change. But I promise whatever ends up in there will put a smile on my face



Sweeet
Bozzie OCT 24, 04:28 PM
Looking GREAT Neil ! Super Sweet job on the doors. Really coming together and looking like a picture. That's funny about the welding wire......sometimes after going and going and going it takes something like that to make you stop for the night !

Boz
Neils88 OCT 24, 05:12 PM

quote
Originally posted by Dubuc SLC:

Wow Neil great work ...Nice pic..



Thanks Mario. Slow work....but getting there.


quote
Originally posted by Bozzie:

Looking GREAT Neil ! Super Sweet job on the doors. Really coming together and looking like a picture. That's funny about the welding wire......sometimes after going and going and going it takes something like that to make you stop for the night !

Boz




Thanks Bozzie! Of course the welding wire just bit me in the a$$.... Was outside changing my wife's car over to her winter tires. On the last one, the key for the stupid locking lug nut sheared apart. I couldn't get a pipe wrench onto the lock-lug so I figured no problem...I'll just weld a nut onto the end and take it off. Set everything up....and then...oh yes....out of welding wire.... Hopefully I can pick some up soon, otherwise she'll have to take it in somewhere to have them all changed.
Neils88 NOV 11, 11:03 PM
It's been a couple weeks since my last post...and actually not much progress made. I elongated the bolt holes for the hood hinges, allowing me to properly adjust the hood alignment. I will still need to fine tune the gaps, but that'll be done with a little Bondo when I'm doing the actual bodywork. After the hinge adjustment, the front gap was mostly eliminated. I also started to attach bonding fasteners to the driver's side rocker panel. I had a little trouble with these so I may have remove some of them tomorrow and redo them. Lastly, I've start to work on the rear bumper. The molding that I have needs to be modified to fit the centeral exhaust, and needs the lower diffuser built.
Neils88 NOV 12, 05:47 PM
I trimmed the center portion of the bumper to make room for the OEM exhaust shield. After getting the shield lined up where I wanted it, I made a bracket to allow me to bolt it to the frame. (The shield is bolted to the bracket, and the bracket is welded to the frame). I may have to tweak the shield angle slightly, but it looks pretty close to stock. Obviously the exhaust pipes will sit inside the shield. The OEM pipes are normally some sort of square shape. However, there are a number of aftermarket versions of the Aventador exhaust that use four normal 3" exhaust pipes sitting in the shield...I'll go that route since it is much simpler to build. I need a little more trimming for the fiberglass, then I'll add an aluminum mesh grill on either side of the shield and a lower fiberglass diffuser panel that goes under the shield.
Neils88 NOV 19, 04:55 PM
A little bit of creative fiberglass work today... Started to put together the rear diffuser. Not exactly oem, but hopefully it'll have a similar feel when viewed from behind. I'll need to cut the opening for the exhaust shield once I finish the fiberglassing. Once in place I'll be able to see if it works as is, or if I'll need to make some adjustments to it.
Fieroking NOV 20, 03:20 AM
Here is the website with the gas pressure adjustable door shock.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#gas-shocks/=135piyz
Type 6465K7 in the search box (upper left).

I used these in the Reventon I'm building. You will be surprised how quickly the weigh of the door will add up.

Joe Sokol

------------------
85 SE Daily driver with a 3.4 DOHC OBD II
88 Formula/GT 4.9 Allante Intake (My Baby)
www.fieroking.com