The Miura project begins (Page 59/84)
Jim88GT APR 01, 09:05 PM
It's almost getting to be an LS3 assembly line up there! Great work!

Jim
katatak APR 03, 10:47 PM
Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel yet?

Pat
whodeanie APR 04, 09:35 AM

quote
Originally posted by Archie:

We've spend all of this week so far hooking up the wiring, cooling system, finishing up the fuel fill, building the exhaust & a few other things for the LS3.

Today, just before 5pm, we fired up the engine for the 1st time.

It fired right up & I got video of it.

However, You Tube is out of service right now, so the video will have to wait.

For now, you can look at a picture of Rob & Kris taken right after we started it up.



I'll post the video up as soon as I can.

Archie




Looking great Archie
What did you do to Kris? punch him in the nose? LOL

Archie APR 04, 11:22 AM

quote
Originally posted by whodeanie:
Looking great Archie
What did you do to Kris? punch him in the nose? LOL



Dunno, he said something about a tree, a dirt bike & the fact that the dirt bike, with the help of a tree, will stop on a nose.

Archie
Archie APR 04, 11:53 AM

quote
Originally posted by katatak:

Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel yet?

Pat



YES, the light it a lot brighter after all the stuff we got done last week.

We got all of the driveline in the car this week. It still needs some detailing & a bunch of test driving but the driving will have to wait 'til we get a bunch of smaller things done.

We still have to do the wiring for everything in the interior & all the lights. We've already started wiring up the gages.

We also need to find & mount some struts to aid in opening the front & rear clips. We have to build some wheel well liners to cover a few open areas under the car. We've got to undercoat/insulate the underside of the body with some lizard skin. Mount the mirrors & screens. We have to make some slats to copver the 2 openings in the hood, make a shroud for the radiator, hook up all the door & window hardware we made. We have to modify the seats to try to get them a little lower in the car. We have to make some adapters to mount the spinners to the wheels. We have to mount the exhaust tips we picked out & send the exhaust system out for ceramic coating. I already have the rear window made for the car & we have to mount it. We don't have any OEM windshield rubber , so one of the big things we have to do is mount the windshield.

So it still looks like we have a lot to do but we can see the light.

Archie

[This message has been edited by Archie (edited 04-04-2010).]

whodeanie APR 05, 10:01 AM

quote
Originally posted by Archie:


Dunno, he said something about a tree, a dirt bike & the fact that the dirt bike, with the help of a tree, will stop on a nose.

Archie



LMAO! not recomended. glad he is ok now tell him to get back to work on this car we want to see it done
I can not tell you how much I like this car, one of my all time favorite Lambo's.
D.
Theo_nr1 APR 27, 06:21 PM
LOOKING GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wasn't here in a long time, now it's almost finished GREAT !!

hm any idea if there are Fiero V8 conversions running in Netherlands ??
Fiero is a good option to built the Miura on.

Regards, Theo
clouder APR 29, 02:33 PM
Archie,

I agree with Theo, a V8 powered, fiero based Miura would be very desirable in Europe, it's a shame you guys aren't going to market it as a kit.

Anyway keep up the good work- waiting desperately for your next installment!

Clouder
Archie MAY 02, 11:15 PM
Time for an update...

We spent several days wiring the car to make all the light, instruments, A/C systems operational.

We did a final fit of the exhaust & fitted the tips. The exhaust aill be going out for a Black ceramic coating before final install.







It would be too visible if it was silver.





I'm also working on the strakes for the hood grills, I'll show you that project soon.

We've got the antenna mounted....



Here the exhaust system has been reinstalled after ceramic coating...



Wiring on the interior continued. Here's the overhead console with all the switches hooked up.



Also wiring stuff up behind dash..... all gages, overhead console, front & rear clips will have plug inson their wiring so they can be removed for servicing if needed.



Final prep on headlights....











The rear window has been made & installed.



.........
Archie MAY 03, 12:26 AM
We had to mess around to find struts that we could use to help lift the front & rear clips & figure out where we could mount them so they wouldn't be too strong or too weak.

Here are the gas struts mounting on the rear clip.





The underside of the front clip was pretty rough. We are putting on Lizardskin, so we wanted it to look good so we did some sanding & filling to make the surface a little smoother.





Here we're working on connecting the inside door release handle.



The door release handle is on the inside of the window while the bearclaw latch is on the outside of the window. So we needed to use a cable operated setup.





No one makes a cable for this job, so we had to find one that would work & be durable. We ended up buying 2 Lokar Throttle cables & making mountings to make them work.











After the bodywork on the inside of the front clip....





Spraying on the Lizardskin. This stuff is really thick & you have to buy the spray gun kit from the supplier. You'll never put it on with a normal spray system.









We also needed to make some adapters so we could mount the spinners to the wheels & still make it so we couls still get the lugnuts on & off.

Starting with a chunk of 6061



And an old lathe













We also worked on putting Lizardskin inside the trunk, inside the deck lid & on the underside of the rear clip.....













We have the inner wheel wells glassed into the front & rear clips. However, they done't cover everything. So Kris is working on closing off the open areas.





These will be removable if needed for service.







Archie