Captainphx's build

[captainphx]

Paul,

congratulations on your purchase - nice combo! I am interested if John gave yu any indicative cruise figures for the Sti and 915 combo?? I have been waiting with interest to hear about all the performance figures....

John said about a 120 mph cruise.

[Flyboy66]

These are the things I am glad I ordered ahead of time.

60 ml syringes
More Dixie cups (waxless)
Numbered drill bit set.
9/32 drill bit (for door latch holes. Manual calls for a .280 hole)
#30 drill bits (a dozen)
#40 drill bits (6)
A couple hundred popsicle sticks
6 foot level (for setting dihedral)
A few rolls of painters tape

Cloth swatches. ( I cut hundreds from T-shirt material). I use them for cleaning up after applying hysol to everything. Paper towels will work, but leaves behind bits of paper.

Dremmel tool and about 40 of the reinforced cutting wheels. The regular cutoff wheels wear out way too fast.
10 to 15 of the larger drum sanding parts, and 10 of the smaller diameter sanding drums.

Scotch sanding pads (7447 I think, they are maroon colored)

[captainphx]

Wow, great list, thanks Flyboy!

[Flyboy66]

Someone else had a builders wishlist here. I just added a couple things.

[ken nougaret]

Funny, I was never a fan of green til I saw the s7 speedster that Kyle Franklin flew. And your powdercoat looks like the same green. It's beautiful.

[captainphx]

Yes, and when you decide to do a color like this, you have real second thoughts, doubts, but... I have a vision. We'll see how it works out! Thanks.

[aviator79]

I do like the green powdercoat, but I'd consider painting the tubes a dark color where they will reflect off the interior of the glass.

Holy cow I'm jealous of your build space. I think my paint would have turned out better if I'd had the space to construct a proper paint booth.

[Meyer]

Nice setup and it's coming along nicely!!! I grew up in Yuma!!

[captainphx]

Yes, I have read on this forum about the reflections. I'll have to wait and see if that bothers me or not.

[captainphx]

My bearing press:

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