Chassis and Drive Line Finally Finished.

Quite a bit has happened since my last post. I have read several article about Coyote engines passing quite a bit of oily vapor from the right hand side crank case ventilation into the inlet manifold and through the injectors. Not that a lot of oil escapes this is just something I can do without. The easy solution to this was to mount a filtered catch can in the ventilation line and catch what ever oil tries to pass through.

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As I was not going to install a heater I had to connect the heater inlet and outlet lines to continue the flow of coolant through the cylinder heads. The engine inlet and outlet in this case were 3/4" but had to be restricted to 5/16" to provide the correct coolant flow as provided by going through the heater. The heater fittings from the engine were of the quick connect type and I really needed to use this type as the connections stood straight up and I didn't have enough room to just press a hose on and loop across the manifold as it would stand too high to get the engine cover on. The only real option I had was to find some right angle 3/4" to 5/8" quick connects and connect that way, sounds easy doesn't it until you go looking for them. I couldn't find them in Australia but my local Ford Dealer offered to supply moulded heater hoses with the correct fittings which I could cut out of the hoses but at $80 each I looked for an alternative. I found the correct fittings on Amazon delivered for $30 and they arrived 6 days latter, these worked a treat.

I was supplied with a windscreen washer system comprising of a plastic bag with a motor attached similar to the early Falcons and Fairlanes, I would not be surprised if the original Cobras had this system as they were originally branded under the FoMoCo logo but their is no way this system would fit my car so I found an Aluminium unit from a local supplier at a great price so I grabbed it and set about fitting it and to say the least, I am mightily impressed with how it turned out, even more so that the chances of it ever being used is absolutely zilch. The only error I made was to have the washer hose enter the chassis right where the windscreen post sits, oh well, these things happen. I have changed the entry point to another location.

I am virtually at the end of the chassis work with the fitting of the front inner guards and the rear boot infill panels. These infills must be fitted and all holes drilled then removed prior to fitting the body as you can't get in to drill the mounting holes with the body on. This is also the time to fit the fuel vapor system temporarily as it also needs to be removed to fit the body.

With the chassis complete, I have now started on the electrical side of the build and I don't mind saying that my knowledge of electrical things is non existent. I am currently sorting out the lights and have some mods to do to the tail lights as they incorporate stop lights, indicators and reversing lights in the one unit and this requires a bit of work but all will be revealed in the next instalment.

All the best for 2016 and happy Cobra building.

Cheers

Russell