Fuel Level Working on Motec

It took me longer that it should have but I now have the MOTEC digital dash/data logger displaying fuel level in the fuel tank. It has 0.1 gallon resolution and appears to be quite accurate. If I had called MOTEC's excellent tech support people when I first had trouble getting it working, I'd have saved hours. :)

The MOTEC now has alarms set up for:
Low oil pressure with different thresholds that depend on RPM and oil temps
Low and high battery voltage, with different thresholds for RPM. This monitors the alternator output
High coolant temp
High oil temp
Low fuel level
Over revs
Shift lights - (Progressive)
Knock Retard (KR) is set up for alarm but I have not yet figured out the correct coding to monitor it.  This will probably need another call to MOTEC.

E. T. In Flames?

We finally got around to taking several pictures  in semi darkness.  The goal was to show off the reflective properties of Ugg's Flames. Suddenly we saw ET! He was even smiling at us.

Uggs is no longer ugly

A while back a gentleman at a local cruise night car show commented that my D2 was ugly without a body.  I said that the body would arrive sooner or later. He then smiled and said that it was an ugly duckling but would become a beautiful swan when the body arrived, was painted and had some graphics added.

A week or so ago Chris at Friendly Ford's show car paint shop painted the body which was subsequently installed. Today Steve at Extreme Graphics finished the graphics.

See below. Uggs is no longer ugly.  The picture was taken in twilight in an attempt to show the reflective properties of the flames in red, yellow and blue. The picture does not do it justice. More pictures soon. Also lots more to do. Although I now have the odometer function working in the Motec Data Logger.

Fenders, wiper, more stuff

All 4 fenders, windshield and wiper are now all mounted.

Note how the paint color seems to change as the angle of the sunlight varies.

More windows, rear wheel toe adjustment link supports and Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS) electronics installation are next. Then graphics application to begin next Monday.

More Progress

All 4 fenders are now installed. We drove the car to our new home in Valparaiso IN today to check out my new workshop which is under construction. We cannot move until "Taj Ma Shop" is completed. I could not resist a detour over some nice roads on the way back to our existing home. Almost 200 miles total today. Great fun. 

Also went to the regular Elmhurst IL Wednesday night car show but for an unknown reason it was not run tonight. ?

The next step is to reinstall the windshield wiper and finish the installation of the windows. DP provided 6 full automotive safety glass panels that are supposed to be glued in place. The windshield is presently 1/4" Lexan that I fastened with removable 10-32 screws.  I will probably use 3/16" Lexan for the other windows and also make them removable.  Lexan is about 1/2 the weight of glass and it is possible to drill thru it for the screws.

I'll post pix of the car with fenders when I get a chance.

In addition we made an appointment to have the graphics installed a week from Monday.

Please use the comment feature and let us know your thoughts about the color we chose?

Right side pod/Car Show

The right side pod is now mounted and we went to the Sunday Night Car Show at Uncle Harry's.  The left side pod mounting will be next. The epoxy  for the inlet air screen was not cured in time to get it mounted for the car show.

The fenders will be next.  Then graphics.  Lots more to do.

Nose and tail of body mounted with Pix

The body parts are painted and the nose and tail are mounted.

Got another PFP yesterday with more wiring and the screens for the radiator side pods. I'll epoxy them to the side pods and hopefully get the pods installed this weekend. Also windows.

Progress is being made.