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While at Heartland last weekend, the HVR members gave my car a unofficial tech inspection. The largest glaring item was the inner quarter panel openings...a clear path for flames from the trunk on either side. So I addressed those this weekend.

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Fabman

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Pleasanton: 1/2 way between Sonoma and Laguna Seca
Also fabricated a new rear fuel line to eliminate two of the 90’s from the system. It’s running out of fuel between 6500-7000 RPM on long straights. My carb builder told me every 90 yields a 12% loss in system volume. I’ll see if this helps.

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I have a similar ATL cell, some of the dual outlet models have one duck foot fuel pickup per outlet, so if that was the case connecting to one of them would only let you pickup fuel in one direction when levels get low...Not sure if that's the case here but might be worth a look if you don't already know for sure.
 

Fabman

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Pleasanton: 1/2 way between Sonoma and Laguna Seca
I had a surge tank added to mine when I ordered it for this very reason.
It would be worth a look if you don't know for sure. Maybe you ordered it with the surge tank already, but just in case you didn't...your cell is listed below:
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Huntsville, AL
I believe you are correct and I have the fittings to connect the other outlet and tee it into the new hose. So far, the new hose without the 90’s seems to have resolved the issue. However, I haven’t been back to RA for the true test.
 

Fabman

Dances with Racecars
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Pleasanton: 1/2 way between Sonoma and Laguna Seca
I believe you are correct and I have the fittings to connect the other outlet and tee it into the new hose. So far, the new hose without the 90’s seems to have resolved the issue. However, I haven’t been back to RA for the true test.
If you connect the other outlet you will need a second pump, otherwise if you just tee them together you will pull air from whichever pickup becomes un covered first. This is why I opted for the slosh box.
 
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Huntsville, AL
Didn’t think about that. Path of least resistance. Good point. I suppose if the new hose doesn’t work at RA or somewhere else I’ll need to investigate the surge tank.

I suppose they can be added through the plate?

Thanks for the guidance...BTW.
 

Fabman

Dances with Racecars
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Pleasanton: 1/2 way between Sonoma and Laguna Seca
Didn’t think about that. Path of least resistance. Good point. I suppose if the new hose doesn’t work at RA or somewhere else I’ll need to investigate the surge tank.

I suppose they can be added through the plate?

Thanks for the guidance...BTW.
Check with ATL about that. I had mine added at birth.
 
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Huntsville, AL
Trying to get better at heel and toe pedal work. Adding the missing spring to the OEM pedal helped, but I was still having trouble rotating my foot enough to be effective. So I made some modifications.


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Also designed a new bracket to move the fuel filter to the trunk. Will hopefully get it formed at work tomorrow.

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Fabman

Dances with Racecars
6,519
8,154
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W2W Racing
Exp. Level
20+ Years
Pleasanton: 1/2 way between Sonoma and Laguna Seca
Trying to get better at heel and toe pedal work. Adding the missing spring to the OEM pedal helped, but I was still having trouble rotating my foot enough to be effective. So I made some modifications.


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Also designed a new bracket to move the fuel filter to the trunk. Will hopefully get it formed at work tomorrow.

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Excellent!
had a fat gas pedal like that (from Steeda) when I first put the car together....every time I hit the brake I hit the gas at the same time so I had to delete it and went to a Blip Shift which worked great until the Coyote...for some reason they don't talk to each other and I am with you, figuring a way to get the job done manually. Nice work!
 
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Autocross
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3-5 Years
Utah
Broke my grille leaning on at the track. So I made a multi-purpose piece...to keep my fat a$$ from doing more damage.

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What rivet gun are you using? That's some clean sheet metal there. And I take it that is a an engine oil cooler in front of the radiator? Do you have one on the tranny? And what kind of tranny you running with? I'm most likely going with the new TKX hoping G Force or any of the other groups come out with gear set and fork upgrades.
 
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Huntsville, AL
Rivet gun is a commercial grade Stanley.

Yes...Derale engine oil cooler.

No cooler on the trans.

Ford Toploader 4 speed.

Having access to the right tools makes things a lot easier to look like it was done right.
 
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Time Attack
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5-10 Years
SoCal
What rivet gun are you using? That's some clean sheet metal there. And I take it that is a an engine oil cooler in front of the radiator? Do you have one on the tranny? And what kind of tranny you running with? I'm most likely going with the new TKX hoping G Force or any of the other groups come out with gear set and fork upgrades.
Check out Liberty Gears - they offer the TKX with faceplated 1-4, bronze shift fork pads and billet 3-4 fork.

https://libertysgears.com/our-products/tremec/
 
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Huntsville, AL
Still having a full lean condition at WOT on long straights. So I eliminated a few more 90 degree fittings and changed from a 180 degree canister filter to a straight through AN filter. Keep chasing this ghost until I find it…

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