The Cobra Build

Friday, March 23, 2012

Time to get back in the garage!

Time to get back in the garage! I haven't done much with the car since last July. I took the summer and winter off to work on some other projects and was really to the limits of what I could do with the parts I had on hand. I am about to order the engine and transmission so I figured I would get back in to the swing of things.

Updates on the drivetrain to come soon. Meanwhile, here are a couple of pieces I did get to do over the last year.

Finished the brake plumbing. Here is how I ended up routing lines through the firewall. I used solid lines to reduce bulk and minimize leaking. I have not seen this done much, so hopefully it works! The downside to this system is that some fittings are AN, others are OE flare. Also I have a few different color lines depending on where I was when I needed to purchase new brake lines. Oh well, cant see them.

Bulkhead fittings

Lining up with AN to NPT to custom reservoir caps:

Lastly finished design:

Saturday, June 4, 2011

More Brakes

I have to go back to blogging the old way because Flickr is being stupid and its not automatically linking. The good news is the posts wont be one for every picture. The bad news is this method is slow and I hate it!

Bulkhead fittings fitted. I am going to route the three primary lines through these, and figure out how to run the reservoir lines later.

I already showed the picture of the broken hydraulic clutch line. I bought some spare brake lines from Napa, and it turns out they are pretty cheap. I was a bit more careful the second time around and salvaged that piece, but opted to use the higher quality Elderman lines for the brakes. Last night I finished bending and routing the two lines, and here are a couple shots of the finished product.

Overall I am pretty happy with the way they turned out, although I may rebuild the clutch line. I shouldnt care too much, as these lines are not visible after final assembly.