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  1. absmiami
    The Tamiya 20th sc Climax engine lurks in the background - mine will be the little brother - or sister?
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    Hi terry …
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    By adding about a scale inch to the height of the block i raised the cyl heads and exhaust manifolds - so the exhaust pipes can skirt the chassis panels on their way to the collector above the suspension bulkhead …
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    Have to make the engine as close to 24th as possible - because it won’t look right unless it fills the 25 monocoque - but it also has to fit within the body work - so i’m adding height here and trimmimg there - in the end - my Climax DOHC eight will be scale … fluid …
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    https://www.canepa.com/photo-gallery/1963-shelby-cobra-2897138/ Chass CSX2136 courtesy of Mr. Canepa now THAT'S a Cobra ...
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    Hope this works …
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    While the Tamiya eng is nominally 20th scale engine- its actually downsized to fit within the kit chassis and engine cover - so i’ll try to use the exhaust manifolds - and maybe the exhaust pipes - this way i can figure out the cyl head height - as the exhausts must clear the chass extensions left and right …
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    Fine pl …
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    The cylinder heads need to be staggered - right ahead of the left - Tamiya got this right -
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    Finned Sump - Evergreen strip - about 15 peices - glued together w Tamiya liquid glue …
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    Not just the Tamiya engine - this is a drawing of the engine - as installed in the Brabham
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    hey - who's that guy with the white hair leaning into the eng compartment ?? - looks like he went looking for the engine and just found it ! ... ..
  15. absmiami
    The Tamiya 20th scale engine is decent - its parts will help guide me for basic shape and size - and there are a few 3 view drawings and cutaways that are helpful - plus a side elevation drawing in Bamsey’s excellent Haynes book on the 25 that is small also helpful …
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    No one has ever made this engine in 24th sc - excepting the rare Christian Goul Lotus kit - not Tamiya - not Heller - not AMT - no one …. These engines were found in period Brabhams, Coopers, Loti, Lola - so it’s worthwhile making one …
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    Wait - the 25 needs an engine, right? here’s what the Climax 1.5 litre DOHC eight looked like in the 1962 season 25s - Weber carbed - fuel injection was under development but not yet ready …
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    Modified and used 4 of the gauge housings that i sawed off of the back of the Tamiya casting -
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    This shot - just to show the forward tilt on the dash
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    If its evergreen to evergreen or evergreen to Tamiya plastic - its Tam thin liquid glue - if I’m gluing plastic to resin - it’s CA glue - med or slow -
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    The dash panel is made from .012 plastic sheet - using the Tamiya kit dash as a rough guide -
  23. absmiami
    The frame in its new brackets sits much closer to the lip of the cowling … within a scale inch of where it should be - i’ll take it …
  24. absmiami
    So i had to remove the brackets cast into the each side of the cockpit - a major pain - and make new ones out of Evergreen L shaped strip …
  25. absmiami
    The brackets that secure the frame were too far back on the monocoque - so that the frame was about 4 sc inches behind the lip of the cowling - it’s supposed to sit just under the trailing edge of the cowling …
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