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posted on March 27th, 2009 at 06:17 PM



Dont you love it when new bits and pieces arrive, no matter what they are. Mick, just a question about the water pipes under your car. Are they temporary things holding the pipes in place to the floor or the final bolts. Its just that they look very long. Keep the photos and updates coming.

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posted on March 27th, 2009 at 06:34 PM



They're Cleco's holding the pipes on, used in aviation for holding two pieces of sheet metal together before riveting. But they are very handy for other uses also.



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posted on March 27th, 2009 at 06:48 PM



Yeppo, supporting the pipes.



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posted on March 28th, 2009 at 01:30 PM



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still heaps to go ,but still moving along.
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posted on March 28th, 2009 at 09:31 PM



Nice work Brad:yes: hmmm....



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posted on March 29th, 2009 at 08:14 AM



Far out. You are giving me bad (good) thoughts that the wife would divorce me over. Looks like Brad has done this before and knows exactly what he's doing. Great job Brad, Mick and the boys at Westside.

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posted on March 29th, 2009 at 10:27 AM



Those are yours aren't they Brad.



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posted on March 29th, 2009 at 10:31 AM



well they wont fit on the EJ20 :lol::lol:



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posted on March 29th, 2009 at 11:17 AM



Cool, man this thing is moving quickly.

One question can someone explain this fuel tank setup for me ?

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posted on March 29th, 2009 at 08:38 PM
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posted on March 29th, 2009 at 08:45 PM



Brad the round section over near the middle of the tank is a surge pot that westi has added to tank instead of a seperate one
alot neater too but i dunno whats goin on with the EFI pump attached to the tank tho??
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posted on March 29th, 2009 at 10:17 PM



Hi

I was over at Westis shop the other day, the pump is mounted on the tank for tight packaging purposes, we all know as you add more things to a bug you run out of space.

I'm going to get Westi to do a similar thing to my tank, then I can do away with a lift pump and surge tank, KISS at its best.

I will also get him to fill in the bottom of the tank where the LHD hump is, should give me a few extra litres capacity.

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posted on March 30th, 2009 at 06:39 AM



Some nice custom work there done by the boys at Westside.

shame another car has gone to the dark side tho....:ninja::ninja:




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posted on March 30th, 2009 at 09:52 AM



Some more fuel tank shots.



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posted on March 30th, 2009 at 11:25 AM



yeh nice idea on the tank there.....I done a similar idea on a my custom tank for my car.*:cool:
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posted on March 30th, 2009 at 11:41 AM



yeh we havbe been doing this for ages,saves having extra lines and pumps.much neater.



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posted on March 30th, 2009 at 11:44 AM



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Ok so you put a surge tank into the factory tank, that is fine I get that, but what is the go with the fuel pump ? Is it just mounted there and now you will run a feed line to the surge ?

I just though you might be doing something funky inside with lines or some special sort of pump.

Do you get any issues with hard mounting the pump like that ?




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posted on March 30th, 2009 at 01:13 PM



it would have to be rubber mounted, it lookls like a 044 and they are noisy :) they can also get a bit hot and I'm guessing the radiator in front of it will not be helping. I mention this crap as this is the logic I've been working with and why I have not mounted my pumps on the firewall. Also on a tangent what size lines are you going to be running? I'm running AN-6 high pressure and AN-8 low, off on a tangent question, can I run a fuel cell legally? I hope so or I have one for sale lol

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posted on March 30th, 2009 at 02:21 PM



guys please take not most of the pic's are of things in the process of being built.nothing is set in concrete yet.

once the rubber is in place and the pump is actually mounted ,noise shouldn't be a problem,these pumps are quiet compared to edelbrock ,carter ,facetblah blah blah.
6 is a return size 8 for supply.6 each way is also fine.
as for the fuel cell all engineers have there own interpration of the rules.but no from my understanding unless it has an internal bladder.
as for the solid mounting of the pump ,never had a problem.you can run the intank. but i preffer a pump that is going to be siuted to any mods done in the future. i will post up some more stuff tonight.air ducting for the radiator is lokkin pretty cool.

anyone else got pic's of how they have ducted there air into the radiator.i would like to have an idea how everyone else does there's.you can never have to many idea's.




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posted on March 30th, 2009 at 02:29 PM



I've seen a guy use the little grills on the front guards to direct more air in - don't know how much it helped but i think he said it made a difference - i think it was posted here...



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posted on March 30th, 2009 at 02:36 PM



http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=35720&page=3 

thats the link to the whole thread - page three is about the cooling from the vents. Looks a little crappy, but the idea is there and can be made to look better.




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posted on March 31st, 2009 at 09:26 PM



A few more shots.

Really is looking the goods.

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posted on March 31st, 2009 at 09:29 PM



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posted on March 31st, 2009 at 09:34 PM



Some shots on the gearbox mount - only the beginning.


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posted on March 31st, 2009 at 09:37 PM



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posted on March 31st, 2009 at 09:38 PM



Will have some more shots in the morning.



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posted on April 1st, 2009 at 08:16 PM



Thanks for the pics Mick, Im enjoying watching the progress.. :)
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posted on April 1st, 2009 at 09:47 PM



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posted on April 2nd, 2009 at 07:00 AM



Hey guys, thanks for the comments.

Good to know people are enjoying the photos and i'm not wasting my time showing you all.




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posted on April 2nd, 2009 at 07:07 AM



Some more for you!

You'll love these shots - i do!


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