Coupe Build Weekend #3 Recap

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Progress after 10 total days of work on FFR#48 Gen 3 type65 Coupe R build. Starting to look like a racecar!

Another fun packed weekend with the goal to finish wiring, fit body/doors, seat, window net, exhaust, hood hinge, and rear wing uprights. We got most of that list done.

New rear wing uprights look great

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Modified gas pedal to shorten it up

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Mark cutting out for hood louver install

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Nose with all of the aero bits added (hood louvers, splitter, and cannards)

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Wiring all done finally. Brendan and I stripped the chassis harness eliminating a bunch of un-needed junctions/unions. Mark worked on getting the roadster exhaust shoe-horned into the coupe, and will get that done next build weekend.

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The car looks spectacular! We worked a lot on the hood hinge mechanism retrofitting a BMW E30 hood latch mechanism allowing the nose to pop up 3 inches then hinge open hopefully allowing splitter to clear the ground. Some great engineering done by Mark here. Chris Allen, fellow NASA racer and coupe owner, came by to check out the build and try out the seating position! some enduros may be in order with this beast.

Recap video:

Pictures from weekend: http://www.johngeorgeracing.com/gallery/index.php?/category/390

Next build weekend Feb 10-13, 2017. Stay tuned for more live streaming. 50 days left till we are on track!!