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The Buchka 242 Fake Racecar

It may have been answered already, but how is your engine compartment designed? From your latest pictures, I am having a tough time seeing how you're going to be doing any engine out work. Is this set in from below?

Build is looking great. Quality work!
 
Huh?

That works well for brazed/soldered parts. Not so well for welded ones. Kind of the whole purpose of welding them. They become one piece.

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Lookin' great guys. You may have mentioned it early on -- memory lag -- is it about 6"-8" of engine set back with the Corvette torque tube compared to where (generally) an engine might sit without a firewall cut? That will make packaging stuff in the front a lot easier than it normally is for sure.

Not sure of the exact distance. The front two cylinders of the V8 are more or less in line with the front axle centerline so something like 8" sounds about correct. It does make packaging a radiator and associated ducting easier but the available space for manifolds and plumbing is really tight. Fitting a couple of turbos on this thing down the line will be a pretty tight squeeze.

Put in a batch order for some laser cut bits from a local metal supply. A bunch of taco gusset flat patterns, a sheet metal bulkhead for the rear suspension box, and some other bits for a different project.

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A coworker of mine has a set of dimple dies that I used on the gussets.

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Karl and I spent an evening welding up a tool to bend the gussets in the hydraulic press at the shop. It's a pretty crude looking tool but it ended up working really well.

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The rear bulkhead ties the rear box together and gives some much needed support where the rear toe links will mount. The triangular pockets have already been filled in with brake formed strips, just forgot to get photos of that bit.

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I'm out of the loop so forgive my noobiness but are there any updates on this? My salivary glands have recovered and ready for another round of drool.
 
I guess this should get updated. It's been a while. Here's a greatest hits summary since you saw it last.

Profiled the bellhousing:
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3D printed an intake manifold:
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Got a new transmission (Xtrac 6 speed sequential transaxle from an IndyCar):
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Rode said transmission:
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Measured some stuff:
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Got a new boost gauge:
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Got a couple of Stack dashes:
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Tore the guts out of one of the dashes and replaced it with a custom PCBA and an OLED display:
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Gave the valve covers a haircut:
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Mounted the transmission:
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Did a whole ****load of this (brought to you by Fruit Snacks):
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Chopped some old tubes out of the chassis and drilled some new holes:
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Filled said holes:
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Added new tubes:
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Mounted the fuel cell:
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Got some intercooler cores:
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Got twin turbos:
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3D printed some mockup manifolds:
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Mocked up the twin turbos:
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I guess that's about it. At this point we've fitted every structural tube to the frame and it is 95% fully welded. We're tooling up to add suspension hardpoints, followed by control arms, then uprights. The car should be sitting on four wheels and functional suspension within the next few months.

We're generally pretty good about posting the latest updates to the IG page someone linked above. Peep that if you want to follow along.
 
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