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We are using a standard Fuel Safe 22-gallon cell set up in the Factory Five Racing configuration (17.5"). Monty Holt at Bits 'N Pieces Motorsports in Vancouver, WA is the "go to" guy for our fuel cell and fill plate configuration. Monty is a racer from way back, and has provided outstanding support to the industry over the years. His shop was originally located in Huntington Beach, CA before moving to the Pacific Northwest. www.bits-pieces.com. (360) 859-3595.

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I have a BlackBerry Playbook. I think it's a great product and I found a cool app that does effects for photos loaded on the Playbook. I decided to see what I could do with a couple of photos of myCoupe.

I took one of my favorite photos..

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and did some alterations..

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I then used Pencil ...

I haven't done much on the car in a while. I was on vacation and actual work took a lot of my time. Then when I got back from vacation, I had a skiing accident and dislocated my right shoulder and I am right handed. It's been a month and I am getting back some normalcy in my arm. Physio is hell.

So I haven't been able to work on my coupe for sometime now. I have some things that I can do like map out the process that I need to do and some CAD/computer work.

I also ...

All of the originals were a little different. But for the most part CSX2286, 2287 and 2299 were like FFR's placement and CSX2601, 2602 and 2300 were high. I like the high placement because I think it Accentuates the uniqueness of the Daytona's Kamm tail.

As much as I like the vintage looks, I also like Pete Brocks newer interpretation with the single reverse light on the left side, so I will be doing this.
A Lot of thought went into the layout I chose along with how the lights ...

I thought I was pretty much done when I got the manifold on the second donor engine but there was a lot of cleanup to make it presentable. After the inital cleaning, I mounted the lower unit to the engine and installed the 1 in phenolic spacer I got from Summit. It served two purposes 1) it allowed enough space to install and remove fasteners much easier and also allowed the valve covers to be removed with the upper still in place, and 2) it reduced the heat transfer from the lower to the upper ...