build diary

July 1, 2004: Happy Canada Day!
Last night was spent making brackets and cutting things up a little. I'm going to modify the water pump inlet to give me maximum room for the exhaust system so that got cut in half. Fittings for the fan brackets and radiator brackets were also put together. The fan I'm using is a Permacool 12" "high performance" fan. It's not as strong as the Spal fans that we use on our super Miatas, but it should do the trick nicely in conjunction with the massive radiator. I can set the trigger temperature of the fan to anything I'd like so it can come on quite early.

While looking for photos of roller barrel throttles I came across this build diary - a seven-day Caterham R300 build. It's a fun read - and check out the complexity of that header! I have my work cut out for me. There are lots of good detail shots of how Caterham puts various bits together. The diff is a nice little piece that's not mounted in any exotic way, but all mount points are ahead of the driveshafts and perhaps that's the key - check out day 2 for a good picture.

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