A whole day spent in the garage today, and all I got done was dick.
This is the only new thing that I did.
Yes,...I cut the upper radiator saddle out. Getting the engine back in will not be a problem now.
But that isn't why I did it.
I cut that upper out because I'm moving the radiator forward in front of the saddle because I'm gonna put a much better shrouded cooling fan on the back of the radiator and there is no room for it as it is now..
So.......two birds with one stone.
But you gotta be thinking that that couldn't have taken all day....MOF cutting that saddle ( and the wires that were inside it) couldn't have taken more than 10 minutes tops.
You'd be right...and yep, I cut right the hell through the 5 head light wires that were inside that top tube.
So then...what took all freakin day Mike?
That one,.........stinkin,..........seat.
Try as I may, I could not make the seat sit down far enough by modifying the bracket alone. When I built the car, I added a 1x1 bar across the front seat mount to raise the front of the Scat seat high enough so that it wasn't "on the floor" so to speak.
Now, the Corbeau was already about 1-2" higher than the Scat, and this 1x1 was making it impossible to lower the new seat to a similar ride height that I had before.
So I had to cut out that bar...in a car with a full interior..with a hand held band saw.
Then modify,..and re modify,...and re modify the remodified bracket until I got the seat where I wanted it.
The seat was in and out of the car so many times, I was ready to throw it..
It's in now..annd it's still not where I want it. The front of that heavily bolstered set hits the tunnel,..it won't go anywhere other than where it is...and right now, .....it only fits me.