build diary

March 28, 2006: I spent some time fooling around with wipers last night.
Those who have read my book will see a reference to the wipers being installed. Well, that was artistic licence. I've had the parts for some time but never installed them on the car. I received an education in the mix-and-match Lucas wiper system. It turns out that if I try to use all my undamaged parts, I'll have less than 90 degrees of sweep. This is due to an early wiper motor and late model "wheelboxes". The combination of gearing is all wrong. I'll poke around and see if I can find the parts I need to make this work. After striking out on the wipers I cut the foam for the fuel tank and spent some time cleaning out the holes so all the fittings can be installed. Now it's just a matter of the final bracketry and then paint. Hopefully tonight.

Andy from Titan Motorsports showed up again today with a truckload of very sexy parts. Most of them were for various Miatas we have at the shop but a set of roller-barrel throttle bodies would fit the Seven nicely. Time for some dyno fun!

Chris Fiaccone suggested that my backwards louvres could be solved by cutting out the offending parts and inserting some mesh. Not a half-bad idea. Mark Rivera (who is showing amazing daily progress on his car) is going to send me a pre-punched sheet of aluminum that I will bend up for a new hood. But in the meantime, I might give Chris' suggestion a try.

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