In order to finish the wiring, I had to start throwing body panels on, which mean tossing the suspension in. So for the last week of October, things started to move forward pretty quickly.
Adding more Carbon Joe bits
Because of the carbon dash, I’ve removed most of the fresh air venting, and gone back to just the early defrost vents in the corner of the windshield. I 3D printed adapters to go from the 38mm outlets on the fresh air box, down to the 26(?)mm hose that runs direct on both sides to the corner vents. I am a little worried it will restrict the flow too much and burn out the motor, but I have to tell you the
flow through those corner vents is unreal now! I think it might actually defrost :P Gas heater is back in the car for heat purposes.
Rear fenders, taillights, mud flaps. It’s starting to look like the Rally Bug again, even without the black engine and trunk lid.
I mounted the deck lid solo, and didn’t spend a tonne of time adjusting it. This isn’t black deckled that was on the car (I saved that for going back to the Salzburg look), nor is it the one I tested before paint. The one I sent to the paintshop was in really rough shape after they stripped it, so I had the guys run by my house and grab one of the many spares. Unfortunately I don’t think it was ever fit to the body, as the fit is pretty poor. We’ll see if I can live with it once it’s been adjusted.
Another item that will never been seen by anyone, but I had the carbon, so why not duct the oil cooler with carbon?!
I’ve also finally started to program the power system. It’s pretty interesting how in depth you can get with it. If you can dream it up, it should be possible, you simply have to figure out the logic behind what you want to do. Figuring out that logic, though, is a bit of a puzzle. I’m not a computer programmer, I took the very basic And/OR/IF logic 30yrs ago in high school, but it did take me almost 6 hours to get the steering wheel to talk to the turn signals in the exact way that I wanted, plus the hazard switch. Tap the turn signal for a five-count flash (lane change), or hold the turn signal button for a half minute flashing (for turning). Once I’ve got it roadworthy, I’m going to work on having the accelerometer turn off the signals instead of it being simply timed.
Start up screen is rad.
