SCCA EMod MGB GT V12 Build

Making fast progress! Must feel great to have it all coming together

loosecannon wrote: This is about 12 hours of work boiled down to a 5 minute video

Until you have done a project of this magnitude, it is hard to understand how much work goes into it.

One of the reasons I keep a build thread of the Molvo is so I can go back and see how far I have come,one small bite at a time, because some days it does not seem like fun.

In reply to NOHOME:

Omigosh, yes. If you look at what you have to do, you would be overwhelmed and never even start. You just have to look at what has to be done immediately and do that the best you can. New video later today-IT'S PAINTED!!

The frame is painted: [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/loosecannon/media/MGB-GT/RIMG0004_zpswrswed3p.jpg.html][/URL]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVpzAdHHsbo

Awesome! Pink dust everywhere now :)

It is awesome, great feeling to see color going on the chassis I'm sure. From where you started, it has come a long ways. Can't wait to see it done.

On a related note, I had thought about doing something crazy like this with my 75 MGB, but after seeing what you have done, I figured it would be better to just use the B as a reference/guide and build a dedicated racecar from the ground up.

In reply to 81cpcamaro:

Yes, it's sad how I put so much effort into the original steel car only to cut it all up and re-do for this version. A big regret is not just saving that car as it was, with V12, and building this car on it's own. I didn't realize how stiff the competition was in EMod. But, that's water under the bridge, I'm really happy with Pink Panther 4.0 and it should be fun and fast

I have started to put it all back together. Some bolts get thread lock, others get anti-seize but everything has to go slowly and carefully so I don't scratch the surprisingly fragile paint. [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/loosecannon/media/MGB-GT/IMG_4746_zpsxkfdd9ww.jpg.html][/URL]

https://youtu.be/OQ4NKb3IDDg

Looks great! I have found paints often take some time to build hardness. What paint did you use on it?

java230 wrote: Looks great! I have found paints often take some time to build hardness. What paint did you use on it?

I took a picture of the data sheet for the paint [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/loosecannon/media/MGB-GT/IMG_4768_zpsdmnfzhda.jpg.html][/URL]

Where did you source the angled neck on your fuel cell?

http://www.jazproducts.com/store/fast-fill-valves

In reply to loosecannon:

Awesome. Thank you.

In reply to loosecannon:

Yeah with urethane's they are moisture cured, so it may take a few days to get 'hard'. High heat and a bit of humidity will help, but it will get there.

I am about 14 hours into putting the car back together, here is where I am at

[URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/loosecannon/media/MGB-GT/IMG_4786_zpsnpicxfxq.jpg.html][/URL]

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIoIa3NUr30 Part 3: https://youtu.be/iMQcIcBJuKM

Maybe I missed it, but what's the wheelbase of pink panther v4?

Mattastick wrote: Maybe I missed it, but what's the wheelbase of pink panther v4?

In EMod, you are required to run the wheelbase of the car you are declared as being. In this case, I am a 1967 MGB so my wheelbase is 91"

You probably mentioned this before, but what program/method did you use to design your chassis?

DaewooOfDeath wrote: You probably mentioned this before, but what program/method did you use to design your chassis?

The frame was designed with Grape and the suspension was with Performance Trends

A few more bits and pieces are on, it's getting close to running again [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/loosecannon/media/MGB-GT/RIMG0025_zps071kqzna.jpg.html][/URL] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0167mxX1Whc

Saw that you're planning to paint the intercooler. If you're going to do so, they make radiator paint that is supposed to minimize the heat transfer hit you take with paint. That said, I'd need a compelling reason to take any hit on that front.

There is a lot of discussion about the topic of painted intercoolers and it generally comes down to: IC's painted flat black show measurable drops in temperature but also show an increase in heat soak. So, in my case, my intercooler does not sit in a hot engine compartment, or where sunlight can hit it or beside a coolant radiator where heat can be transferred-so I'm not worried about heat soak. All that said, I can easily strip it off if my power isn't what it's supposed to be

The car is together and running. The floor was tricky to get lined up properly and I am still having some odd problems with a fuel pressure sensor but it is running a I'll be driving it soon. Check out my custom brake lines [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/loosecannon/media/MGB-GT/RIMG0069_zpszyk8vo3u.jpg.html][/URL]

Part 5 of assembly https://youtu.be/MvmGVstWyCU

Yesterday was hours and hours of tracing wires, re-doing ground cables and testing....all for nothing. I still had the same fuel status fault and the engine would make no more than 7 psi of boost. Today started out the same except I loaded an old tune and it worked, the fuel sensor problem cleared up! It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, check out the video: https://youtu.be/cTeJS-1zlhU

I wonder if the new OS you loaded is expecting the signals in question on different pins?

There is also a possible compatibility issue, that the new OS is not happy with your ECM?