Pearl white coupe revival

[ottawa coupe]

For about 2 days, felt productive cuz things were actually coming together 20260228_083105.jpg 20260228_083123.jpg but as a result of that, i removed everything from the bay....again.... hopefully the last time before i prep for paint???

20260228_142810.jpg I will merge the abs, lighting and ac harness into one grommet. That means i have 11(!) Holes to weld up on the firewall part of me thinks it will be significantly easier to just cut a large piece out???

Also decided to clean up and install bits i had kicking around. One of which was the oil filter. Took a look thru the old one (date code 2021!). Looks like they put gravel in there?!?! Wtf... NOT sparkly though.

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Gonna try and actually relax this weekend now and then get stuck into welding up the firewall...ie i am procrastinating cuz that job is going to suuuuuuuck

[ottawa coupe]

Well, relaxing is boring i guess. Got a coupla hours in this afternoon. Uneeded holes in the firewall filled and got the new one needed drilled and i got the ps lines all secured.

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This week i concentrate on figuring out ac and make a final list of all the electrical connecters i need.

[ottawa coupe]

So, first attempt at brazing aluminum tobes together failed. I think it's the rods i got from crappy tire.... they said they had flux but i don't think it was enough. Got some better material on the way and flux so hopefully it flows better.

Once i figure out how to do that properly i should be able to put it together. It's gonna take a few days to get the material so now it's the happy task of listing all the electrical connectors i need....

[ottawa coupe]

Took the day off to get a buncha stuff done, one of which was to go to the scrap yard as by chance they had a coupla touaregs in there that could donate their intake manifold to my racecar. While there, i took the opportunity to snag a bunch of connectors but more importantly, a pile of AC line ends and connections that i can use IF, by the end of the weekend, i have figured out the whole tube brazing thing. Still waiting for good ol amazon to show up though with the materials.

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The hope for the weekend is figure out how to braze the aluminum tubing, finish one more brake line and run the last of the fuel lines and then i THINK it's all electrical.

[ottawa coupe]

New skill unlocked..... i is a bit uglier but it was the first one that worked sooooo.

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I got a leak free joint after about 20 attempts..... upon success, i decided to proceed directly to level 20 and see if i could braze it to a fitting. Success.

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So, AC is now feasible. I am gonna set it aside for a minute tho as i need to do more measuring and getting more appropriate materials. I need metric drill bits as imperial produces too much slop (tubing supposed to slip in each other but tolerances were off... stupid chinesium) and i think i wanna use propane as map burns too hot and easily melts the aluminum if not careful.

[ottawa coupe]

That corner got crowded.....

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Ran out of tube to splice the high pressure side but i have a plan to get from the evaporator to condenser and added a service port. Gonna put the 2 pressure sensor on the section that runs under the headlight to the condensor. I need to clean up the saddle i cut off the tube for the low side service port, then i'll get that on to the original low side pipe.

It'll take time to sort and i need to get more consistent with my joints (3 outta 4 went perfect) but for the first time since i got the v8, i can say definitively that AC will happen which makes me (and my wife lol) happy.

[ottawa coupe]

Express delivery from china. 3 variants of my upper rad connection. Kinda wanna redesign the lower one now.

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[ottawa coupe]

I THINK i have everything i need from a mechanical perspective except the tone ring for the speedometer (waiting 4 months now!) so attempting a "final" dry build. Going to get it all together and then do the final electrical work (connectors flying in from all over the world for that) and i can MAYBE try n fire it. It'll be a coupla weeks yet but possibly on the home stretch.

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[david1980]

Where did you order the tone ring from?

i was thinking about doing a v8 but i think ill go with something else

[ottawa coupe]

Ultra performance.

I'm not on youtube so i guess i'm not worthy.

[david1980]

Normally he's quick with everything, I'm glad I got one a while ago, maybe at some point I'll actually use it.

[ottawa coupe]

I have thoughts on the matter but trying to keep a lid on it till i get my part

[Alex20v]

Express delivery from china. 3 variants of my upper rad connection. Kinda wanna redesign the lower one now.

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looks nice!
Where did you order them?

[ottawa coupe]

I went thru craftcloud

I feel i may be too optimistic when i say it, but the heavy fab is finished? I gotta do a buncha **** for battery connections and ac lines but other than that.....just electrons....

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[ottawa coupe]

Got up early today and got going.... the drivetrain is bolted in now. mechanically at this point the only things left are the front axles and a leaky coolant pipe (steel so caveman me can fix it lol). I don't need to get under it again now except for exhaust.

I filled the hydraulics and i have a good brake pedal but i have doubts about the clutch, it doesn't spring back all the way and i don't think it's an air issue. Perhaps the decade this car sat in a field didn't do the clutch master any favours. I probably have enough to get things working on the stands though.

The ps plumbing is gonna need a rethink if i want to get the ac drier mounted on the frame rail rail. As well, the lines need a heatshield as they get awfully close to the exhaust manifold.

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gettin somewhere though.

EDIT: which clutch master do i want? 893721401D or 8A0721401? are they the same piston size? part of me is wondering if the issue is an incompatibility between master from an 01A and slave from an 02X?