Alignment

Today I brought the car to Performance Wheel Alignment in Bloomington. John, the owner, has owned the shop since 1990 and has been performing this work for over 20 years. He does everything from special interest vehicles like the Cobra, all the way up to large commercial trucks. A lot can be learned from talking with him about suspension geometry and handling and he was definitely the right guy to go to for an alignment. Id recommend him to anyone in the area. We put the caster and camber angles close to the Factory Five specs (caster about 3.5 degrees and camber -.5 degree.).



John at work:


He mentioned the car was so low you can tell if a penny is heads or tails when you go over it.


We're having one small difficulty with the toe-in. We can get the spec where we want, but not with the steering wheel at center position. And the wheel cannot be simply adjusted. John ordered some different inner tie rods and that should do the trick. He'll have them in the next couple of days. We took the car around the block and it drives nice and straight with no abnormalities.

Wiring and Misc.

Today I torqued down the motor mount bolts and then Scott and I cleaned up the wiring in the interior. We mounted the ECU and tucked all the wires away so the dash is ready to go in (as soon as the body is on). We also took care of the wiring in the driver footwell.

Chassis Back..

I got the chassis back while Brad paints the car. Once he has the body painted Ill bring the chassis to him and we'll mount the body, hood, trunk and doors on the car and make sure everything goes together smoothly.

Today I started by laying dynamat in the footwells and on the outside of the footwells where the exhaust is closest. Once I have the body back I can finish the other areas with dynamat.






Then I painted the upper radiator panel, hood hinges and door hinges.



We also got brake fluid through the Cobra's system and bled the air out over the weekend.

Almost Painting..

Everything is now straight and all the hinges, locks/latches have been mounted. All the seams are sanded down and Sunday is the final prep. I should have the chassis back mid-week!

Trunk fitted!

Brad managed to get all the lines/curves on the trunk where they need to be and fitting/operational. He had to take off some material in certain areas and pull the bottom together with the latch bracket.




He also put the latches on the doors making them operational and fitted.



Tomorrow he will be doing the latches for the hood and license plate fitment. Then its just mudding/sanding and paint!

Body Work Almost Complete

Our new trunk fitment was the same as the old, but Brad made some adjustments and is almost ready getting it to work with the rest of the car. Otherwise he just has to round the edges and finish the prep work with all the fine detailed parts. I should get the chassis back this week while he finishes the last body work and paint.