Waiting for HM1103. Might as well build a motor!

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Just in case you don't believe it, here's a link to the video.  

http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee11/kmsidoti/?action=view&current=HM1103BreakIn06.flv

Yeah, we know, the rocker arms need adjustment. we'll fix that later.

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Well, we decided to downsize the project a little bit.  

No, seriously. Our neighbor showed up with his tractor and asked for our help.  

He gives kids rides around the neighborhood when the tractor isn't being used as a beermobile.  

We'll work on anything that's silver.  

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Ok.  So, now we're fixing it later.  Here we're setting the valve lash again.  and again. and again.  and again.  

I'm getting really quick at it now and I'll never forget the firing order.  

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And we still can't get rid of that pesky little click.

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The IRS continues to have issues.  

Here we've marked how much of the gusset needs to be trimmed to clear the control arm.  We will have to move the shock and spring for clearance also.  

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Gusset trimmed. Fingers almost lost. New edge finished with paint. Shock mounting spacers readjusted.  

Now the control arm has clearance to go up to the main frame.  It's still really tight and the flex in the uerathane bushings may still let the control arm hit at times.

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There was excessive play in the hub bearings. They had to be re-pressed.  Harbor Freight to the rescue again.  

There are 2 areas to press:  The bearing into the hub.  And the wheel flange into the bearing.  This tightened things up.  

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The upgraded Wilwood brakes for the IRS did not have the e-brake cabling system worked out.  There was no bracket or cable stop at the caliper end.  

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After a few months of silence from Hurricane, I decided I had to fabricate a bracket myself.

With a little help from some of the other owners and the FFR owners forum, we came up with these.  

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Kerianne came up with a new racing seat.

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Instead of watching paint dry, we dedided to test fit the roll bars and prep them to drill the mounting holes.  

Hurricane told us the bars did not need to be bolted to the frame.  I don't think so.  With the track time this car will see, we need the rollover protection.  As some of the other builders have discovered, the bars need a little work.  

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We're reassembling the IRS. For the fourth time.  

This shows where the e-brake bracket lines up.  During reassembly, the wheel flange popped out of the bearing race and was loose again.  The bearing stayed firm in the hub though.  

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Much like our Wilwood front brakes, installed earlier, the rear brake calipers need to be aligned with the rotors.  The caliper does not float, it is static - so it needs to be perfectly centered on the disc.  

If there is play in the wheel flange, we can't align the brakes properly.  So we need to tighten up the wheel flange.  Which means 250 ft lbs of torque on the axle nut.  

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To generate that much force on the axle nut, we needed to put the wheels and tires on, drop the frame and chock all 4 wheels.

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The axle nut needs a 1 3/8" socket and a big ass torque wrench.