Build Day 3/6 We Start Bending!

Jeremy was in town today for our first cage day. Greg will need to share his photos of the cage, but we got the main hoop and halo bent and fitted. Greg and Jeremy bending:


Matt worked on gutting the driver's door. This took about 20 lbs more out of the door. We ran out of cutting wheels and still have the side impact beam to remove and start gutting the passenger door.


We finally got an accessory belt that fit the modified pulley routing and got it installed:


And with that we finished putting the engine back together. We replaced the idler pulley with one from the junkyard that was in better shape. The radiator hoses were reinstalled, and the reservoir was also reinstalled. The LS400 has two pusher fans mounted on the AC condensor in addition to the engine mounted fan. I picked up a pair of these fans and mounted them directly on the radiator. In testing, they seemed to move plenty of air.



With the hydraulic fan removed and pusher fans installed there is a huge amount of space between the radiator and engine. It looks a little weird, but will allow plenty of airflow. We should be ready to start the engine shortly.