Now that you've taken the alien that far, you have to theme the car out even more..

Green ghosted aliens, and gauges with not of this Earth markings, lic plate: ROSWELL

I dunno.. glow-in-the-dark intake runners..


M

I'm conflicted. I started out to do this car to appear to be a flared 4 or 6 cylinder car. Kind of a sleeper. I dont really mind the trunk pan mod because I needed to put something back in there. But I really dont want to take it too far. I had a friend over last night helping with the trunk pan. We finished it up and he asked if I was ready to do the front lid next!

I'm Having fun with it but If I had a stock trunk floor around here I would hang the alien on the garage wall and put the stock piece back in.

On the other hand... My son was talking about glowing green digital gauges, wild stuff all over the place.

Rich. The sleeper idea sounds like a great one. I'd leave the rear trunk the way it is, heck the top covers it anyway! Green light's in the guage's would be cool and you would only see them when you turn the headlight's on, it would kinda personalize the car with a couple of sleeper mods(bad joke).
Eric

Fine then.



I'll find someone else to influence!


M

Progress

another angle.

one more.

Hi this may or may not help. There are flexable dipsticks/sleeves available. You can mount them anywhere within reason.

I'm 5'7" with a 32" inseam. I have about 4" behind the seat to the new firewall.

I'm sure you've said this before, but how much leg room are you losing because of the firewall re-engineering? Probably only a problem for drivers over 6 feet tall (and we all know aliens is shorty folk anyways).

Thanks, I'm looking for a way to avoid having to remove the firewall to check the oil. I'll come up with something.

The top of the new firewall is only like having a cage with a cross bar behind the seat.

I think dipstick -thru- the firewall would be trick. Check your oil without leaving the comfort of the cockpit.

Rich,
I'm highly impressed with your frankenstein creation. That car is going to be wicked no doubt about it. Goodluck and I hope all your problems will be few and are quick to resolve. I look forward to seeing it at Barber Dave's meet. I'll be bringing mine out for the first time also.

Things are starting to come together. Funny how that happens when you actually go out to the garage. I have two events I want to attend this year. The 914 WWC and Barber Daves Gathering. I'm trailering the car to California. I'm planning on driving to Barber Daves Event. I thought I'd try to hook up with some of the Michigan group for the trip. I heard about a ferry boat that will make the trip shorter. That will be coool.

I'll hook up with you somewhere in Wisconsin if the car is still running. To add some content to your thread, your work looks great. I know full well how projects get started during the long winter up here.

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Hard to get any work done tonight. Had to shovel snow!
Still got 4 DZUS fasteners on.
Woo Hoo!!

BTW: map quest says about 250 miles of two lane black top. to Mosinee from here. I'm not sure what route I'd take yet. But I'm sure I'd just jump on US 35 in Superior. Well se what happens.

We've got a big driveway so we use the quad with snowplow. It's fun for the first 10 min. Mosinee is way out of the way...we'll meet up somewhere along your path. I know it's still months away but it's fun to think about while my car is still running.

P.S. If you come i won't be winning the long distance trophy this year !

DZUS fasteners done. Next radiator shrouding.

Back to business! I have a lot of finish welding to do but everything is welded in!

I can hook up with you guys in Madison?

Or tell more about the ferry boat ride?

Anything to miss the Chicago trafic on the way back.

I'll do some research on the route. I heard about some ferry boat ride from the Michigan group. They said it would cut the trip a little. I wouldn't care if it cut the trip, it just sounds like a cool thing to do.

Here's the link, boys:

http://www.carferries.net/

the S.S. Badger

Rich

I did the comparision on mapquest, says it 1/2 hr more driving time for me to take the ferry.

Funny thing Mapquest says it's a 3.5 hr drive from Winnipeg to the US border, a distance of 60 miles.

Man, that would be great to come over for some MI events, I'd help out with that.

I live about 2 hrs east of Detroit and about 3 hours south of Ludington (where the Badger calls home).

Let's do it!!!

Tom

Rich,

On your new firewall, how did you form the stiffening ribs on the flat panel? I assume there a machine that does this?

Mike

Thanks for the info. As the event gets closer I want to plan a route. I thought it would be cool to do the ferry ride some day.

I have a bead roller. It's a set of upper and lower dies that press a step in the panel There are many different shape dies.

the photo doesn't show the crank handle on the left.

heres a coool photo.

Rich: The ferry across the lake sounds like a plan to me. Let me know a month before my meet ,Aug. 7 & 8th. I have the E-mail of about 15 Wiss. and Minnesota 914's . We can get a big caravan going.
Dave

That sound Great! I'm just in taking a break from working on the car. I'm really pushing for this year.

Made custom brake lines on my BMW 2002 4 piston calipers tonight.

Installed the calipers.

Started to polish the plumium tonight..

working on the shrouding and baffling for my Howe double pass radiator. It's made from thermo-formed ABS plastic. Still not done but getting closer.

Made a vacum form for the fan shroud.

after trimming

Starting to heat the ABS in the form. We used a shop vac to pull in into the form.

Rich,

Thx for posting these pics! It's cool to see how some of this works, even if I'm not going to do this in my garage anytime soon!

kim.

That's pretty impressive Rich. More pics!

Hi Rich,

I love the trunk floor! Your car is going to be real machine.

John www.ghiaspecialties.com

The crew is busy filing, sanding, and polishing...

Mached up...

I LOVE 928 ENGINES!

What's the length of the 928 engine itself (front to flywheel) and whats the over all length of your complete powertrain?

28.5 from the crank nut to the back of the block. 25. from the crank nut to the tail.

just got the red silicon hose.

painted fuel lines

Sweet! I don't like red, but I appreciate how it all ties together! Well done. I can't wait to hear it burbling and rumbling at the WCC! You've got my vote for Best Transplant.

I didn't understand your measurements. Please double check your post.

Picture the red against the polished in a black engine bay looking through the mesh... Envision the Alien beast from the movie "Predator" or the polished chome skeleton from Treminator...


Ya, It was late The motor is 28.5" from the crank nut to the back of the block. The total lenth is 52.5" from the crank nut to the tail. I don't think the motor is actually all that much longer than the chevy but it's very square. the cam pulleys are way out there.

When you put it like that, I "get it". You got the vision man!