So, I have got most of the engine compartment sorted away, but still all those niggling little details that are not easily rectified. A simple little thing like valve cover breathers and a catch can. Just connect a tube up to the breather port and then to the catch can...simple...no muss... no fuss. But what if you don't like the way the tube obscures the beautiful cobra emblem on the valve cover, and what if you don't like the way the hose needs to bend to get to the catch can....Aghhhh another plumbing problem. I haven't got this particular issue figured out but will keep kicking it around a little.
I needed to get the body on to make sure that general dimensions are going to work and there are no obvious huge mismatches.
Well guess what, the side pipe on the left does not fit the cut out...too high and forward...I think the engine mount needs some tweaking - so tweak it is this coming weekend. The passenger footbox is also slightly long and wide at the tip and more tweak coming.
But the good news is that the engine runs and I can drive it in all gears, and judging from my go-karting I am getting some really good mileage...maybe 2 or 3 miles to the gallon.
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