Shell Preppin '74 EMS

saab90089 · Postby **saab90089** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:46 pm

Very cool!

Ian

GRMPer · Postby **GRMPer** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:26 pm

Is this beast going to be ready for Rally TN or STPR?

Postby **matt** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:37 pm

Luke wrote:

I NEED A HANDLE OR YOU GOT TROUBLE![/img]

Postby **Luke** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:39 am

GRMPer wrote:Is this beast going to be ready for Rally TN or STPR?

Hopefully!
Maybe?

I'm going to try to coerce the gang to come out for one more weekend to get it going. Its so close but I dont even have the hood or trunk fabricated yet and the doors are not painted. There are nagging wiring issues that need to be dealt with also.
Then Theres also all the chassis setup stuff like alignment etc that needs to be done. Finally theres the small hurdle that I don't have the car titled, registered or insured

GRMPer · Postby **GRMPer** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:50 am

Meh, A Saab 99 is a Saab 99

:twisted:

Postby **Jordan** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:22 am

Luke wrote:
GRMPer wrote:Is this beast going to be ready for Rally TN or STPR?

Hopefully!
Maybe?

I'm going to try to coerce the gang to come out for one more weekend to get it going. Its so close but I dont even have the hood or trunk fabricated yet and the doors are not painted. There are nagging wiring issues that need to be dealt with also.
Then Theres also all the chassis setup stuff like alignment etc that needs to be done. Finally theres the small hurdle that I don't have the car titled, registered or insured

Dude, when do you ever have to coerce me to come out and help!

I'm down for making some composites and creating more wiring issues.

I think getting it in drivable form to showcase at Carlisle is doable.. just let me know when to show up.

Postby **Luke** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:49 pm

Dude, when do you ever have to coerce me to come out and help! I'm down for making some composites and creating more wiring issues.

What are you doing this weekend?

Calipers came in the mail today and I just ordered the rest of the stuff the car should need to run.. have full intention of driving a hoodless, doorless, trunkless 99 up and down the road on sunday :rally:

P.S flashers only blink left side and turn signal (both right and left) blink all lights, lol.

Postby **Jordan** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:53 pm

I might be able to make it this weekend.

Luke wrote:P.S flashers only blink left side and turn signal (both right and left) blink all lights, lol.

It was you're diagram! Does the dome light come on too? :laugh:

Postby **Luke** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:41 pm

Another successful weekend of turning 20 minute tasks into 8 hour ordeals!

Jordan and I attacked the car and accomplished the following:

Fixed all electrical bugs and wired a few more circuits
Wired fuel level gauge
mounted latches on fuel pump cover
mounted latches on fuel cell cover
mounted fuel cell straps
Mounted and adjusted shifter with custom shifter rod
fabricated custom throttle linkage system
Connected all soft brake lines and covered with sheathing
Final mounted all rear shocks and springs
Adjusted front shock mounts and welded in spacers on bolts for ease of service
Assembled/installed axles with brand new CV's, redline grease and new boots
Mounted front calipers and pads
Mounted intercooler and mounted bracket to hold
Mounted intake plumbing
mounted oil pressure sender
Mounted master kill switch between seats
Bled clutch
Mounted intercom
Wired Rally computer

Postby **Luke** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:11 am

Some updated shots of the aftermath of the weekend:

My custom coil over hats were sent out with the brake adapters, now they are annodized

Heres what I spent the better part of sunday on....

Its a linkage system that sits on top of the fire wall and converts the rod linkage off the pedal into a cable pull to work the throttle, meanwhile circumventing clearance issues with other stuff. This is a good example of the domino effect... how moving one simple thing results in having to make 18 custom parts to make everything else work.

Here are the rear brakes all plumbed... will probably get swapped out for the wilwood setup eventually (now that we have adapters).
We still need to build a wheel scraper setup to prevent excessmud buildup prolems we have had in the past.

Here is the front suspension and brakes all assembled and ready for action:

The shifter and linkage installed with a nice little grommet for the firewall pass-through:

The intercom is installed:

Postby **Jordan** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:34 am

The highlight of the weekend was when we tried bleeding the clutch and Luke tells me to push on the pedal. I naturally heard "push on the brake" :oops:

, and he continued to open and close the bleeder on the clutch and push on the brake pedal until Luke gives me a puzzled look and realized what we were trying to do.

That and Josh's interpretations of the "bicycle song".

I was thinking on the drive home about the fact that besides the body shell, axles, wheels, internal engine components , block, and a few windows... every single part on this car has been either hand built, or an aftermarket part that uses some kind of hand built adapter. Ridiculous!

saab90089 · Postby **saab90089** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:55 pm

This project is coming along quite nicely. After seeing all the pictures of it coming together I think it will be pretty cool to see the end product in person (STPR? Carlisle?).

Ian

The Josh · Postby **The Josh** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:47 pm

lukes got trouble!

Jordan has no handlebars

TRAILINGTHROTTLE · Postby **TRAILINGTHROTTLE** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:07 pm

that boy (The Josh) ain't right.

The Josh · Postby **The Josh** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:04 am

TRAILINGTHROTTLE wrote:that boy (The Josh) ain't right.

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