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[Arizona Vipers]

What's the latest Pappy?

[Pappy]

What's the latest Pappy?

As you know I got slowed up installing the fuel cell. It had the wrong flapper valves in the collector, so I had to wait for the correct ones - NASCAR billet aluminum with O-rings. I am finishing up a little fiberglass/carbon work installing a fuel filler door in the trunk lid so I don't have to open the rear deck lid every time I refuel. Still hope to finish this thing this summer.

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Then I went to Sonoma to watch a buddy's new TTU, tube-chassis, LS-powered TTU car. It was a combined TransAM/NASA event and the field was packed. I saw a couple of Vipers - one Comp Coupe and a white Gen V.

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Pappy

[Arizona Vipers]

Post pics of the pics of the custom fuel filler through the trunk!

[Pappy]

Post pics of the pics of the custom fuel filler through the trunk!

Hey Cable. Here's a construction shot. With the wing on the deck lid with supports that go through to the frame, I didn't want to have to open the deck lid every time I refueled, so I put a door in the deck lid above the fuel receptacle. The "shield" on the bottom of the deck lid keeps spilled fuel from going into the trunk.

Pappy

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[Arizona Vipers]

Very cool!

[Pappy]

Update. Finally got the motor moved back as far as I could and still have a space for a driver - #1 plug is 19" behind the front axle centerline. Rebuilt the frame X-member to accommodate the set-back, movement of the motor to the right, and the rear-mount starter. Mark Williams built a really nice 18" 7075 aluminum drive shaft. Firewall, Tilton 900-series pedals, and Woodward steering shaft going back in this week. I also added an OMP HTE-R Carbon seat. Making some progress.

Pappy

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[Arizona Vipers]

We need more updates and pics Pappy!!!!

[Pappy]

Switched from StopTechs to AP Racing brakes. Ryan Linder is finishing up the headers (SS, 2.25" tubes, SPD merge collectors). This coronavirus thing isn't all that bad - traps folks, myself included, in the garage - maybe I'll get something done. I had to add a gantry crane to the garage - the motor is now so far back that a boom engine hoist won't reach.

Pappy

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[Arizona Vipers]

Switched from StopTechs to AP Racing brakes. Ryan Linder is finishing up the headers (SS, 2.25" tubes, SPD merge collectors). This coronavirus thing isn't all that bad - traps folks, myself included, in the garage - maybe I'll get something done. I had to add a gantry crane to the garage - the motor is now so far back that a boom engine hoist won't reach.

Pappy

WOW! Works of art!!

[Pappy]

WOW! Works of art!!

Thanks! They look even better welded up.

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[Pappy]

These should stop it! Finspeed is building me a second set of wheels. Had to use a Corvette DP forging on the rear to get the backspacing I needed.

Pappy

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[Arizona Vipers]

Can't wait until this is done Pappy!!!!

[Pappy]

Got a 6XD sequential on order. I am going to stay with a stick shifter with the hi-res load cell for WOT shifts for a while - might consider a paddle upgrade later. X-ineering will do the integration with my MoTec ECU. JJ Furillo (Ultimate Performance Speed Shop) is building my JRI shock/spring package. Should have them in a week or so. Also decided to sell my OMP seats (HTE-R carbon and WRC-R carbon). The head support on the HTE-R is just a little wide for my roll cage causing me to lose a couple of inches of leg room. I will probably contact TKO and see what they have available. Looks like I could get this thing finished by late fall.

Pappy

[Pappy]

A couple of new things. I got my JRi shocks - Pac spring bump stops and 550# springs for a starting point. I also got the BMW throttle drive motor installed. It hooks to the Wilson TB with conventional linkage and is controlled by a GM DBW throttle. That allows me to get an ignition cut for WOT, no-clutch upshifts and a "smart" auto-blip through the MoTec ECU for no-clutch downshifts.

Pappy

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[Pappy]

6XD sequential transmission initial install. Rear-mounted starter cleared just fine (had some initial concern). Since my motor was pushed back so far, the normal shifter would not work - too far back. RTS provided me with a prototype C6 shifter that I could install further forward. Built brackets off a frame crossmember. Need to install the heim'd shift rod from the shifter to the back of the transmission. Mark Williams is building a new driveshaft since the one for the Tremec I took out was a little short. My MoTec harness is currently being modified to accommodate the shift load sensor, gear position indicator, and DBW throttle so I get an ignition cut for WOT, no-lift upshifts and no-clutch downshifts.

Pappy

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[Pappy]

Come on Viper, show me what you got.....

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Pappy

Edit: It fit....barely.

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[Arizona Vipers]

Holy mother mary of God! LOL! Badass!!!!!! When does it fire up?????

[Pappy]

Seat from TKO Motorsports going in.

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[Exhlr8n]

What an awesome build. Love it. Hope you get it on the track soon!

[13COBRA]

I forgot all about this thread...

Pappy, what's the completion ETA?

[Pappy]

I forgot all about this thread...

Pappy, what's the completion ETA?

I'm getting close to getting it on a chassis dyno to finish setting up the drive-by-wire throttle and ignition-cut/auto-blip for the sequential, as well as a final engine tune. Then I need to clean up some of the aero and some cosmetic stuff. I hope to get out to the new "Paddock" track with Cable for test-and-tune this Spring. Since everything is virtually brand new and untested, there will be a lot of break-in and chassis tuning to do. Getting close.

[13COBRA]

I'm getting close to getting it on a chassis dyno to finish setting up the drive-by-wire throttle and ignition-cut/auto-blip for the sequential, as well as a final engine tune. Then I need to clean up some of the aero and some cosmetic stuff. I hope to get out to the new "Paddock" track with Cable for test-and-tune this Spring. Since everything is virtually brand new and untested, there will be a lot of break-in and chassis tuning to do. Getting close.

This is exciting, thanks for posting progress pictures. Definitely looking forward to how you end up with it!

I'm looking into ignition cut/auto-blip for my VCC. Not a lot of options for a mechanical throttle body.

[Pappy]

This is exciting, thanks for posting progress pictures. Definitely looking forward to how you end up with it!

I'm looking into ignition cut/auto-blip for my VCC. Not a lot of options for a mechanical throttle body.

Ignition cut is not a problem, but for the auto-blip I ended up adding a BMW throttle drive motor to my Wilson Dominator throttle body. I did see a couple of stand-alone auto-blip systems that use a separate, programmable solenoid on the mechanical linkage to activate a throttle blip. The ignition cut is essential to enable WOT, no-lift shifts with a sequential, but as far as I am concerned the auto-blip for down-shifts is a nice-to-have. Heel-toe works and you are off the throttle, so speed of the downshift doesn't really affect lap times like the up-shift does.

[Arizona Vipers]

I'm getting close to getting it on a chassis dyno to finish setting up the drive-by-wire throttle and ignition-cut/auto-blip for the sequential, as well as a final engine tune. Then I need to clean up some of the aero and some cosmetic stuff. I hope to get out to the new "Paddock" track with Cable for test-and-tune this Spring. Since everything is virtually brand new and untested, there will be a lot of break-in and chassis tuning to do. Getting close.

[GTS Dean]

What a magnificent effort. Truly amazing!