Use Evans Coolant and never change it 
Looking great Lane.
How’s cabin and engine temperature control with this mid-engine configuration? I’m sure a heat insulated box/enclosure can take care on the interior temp. I’d be more concerned with enough air getting to the engine. Mid-engine sports cars typically have side or roof venting channeling air (I.e. Porsche Cayman) Into the engine compartment or loads of direct exposure to outside air (I.e. Toyota MR2). Anyone done a long road or track trip?
Should have a good center of gravity. Thanks, Chris
That’d be a good question for Carey (@chines1). It was cool when I drove the prototype last year, and stayed very comfortable in the cabin. Between the cool ambient temperature and the relatively short trip, my experience isn’t a good data point.
He will need a Vintage Air Conditioning setup for sure and also he might need a seperate fresh air source like early 911's... all things that can be done if one so wishes.
Look up the Davis IM car fresh air system Lane it might be a good vantage point.
The Factory Five Racing 818C is a mid-rear engine Subaru-powered kit car. Check out the roof engine air intake below. Seems like this would be a funnel in a heavy rainstorm. Your engine would definitely be “water cooled”:
https://www.factoryfive.com/818/818c/
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The car will certainly have A/C. I challenge any human to experience a summer in Charleston, SC without it. We’re just not as tough as our forebears.
@Lane Anderson posted:The car will certainly have A/C. I challenge any human to experience a summer in Charleston, SC without it. We’re just not as tough as our forebears.
Over 30 years ago I lived in Florida and drove Beetles and Karmann Ghia's year round. Talk about hot summers, I wouldn't do that again!
I've been told by some Florida friends that it feels worse here in July and August because we don't have a sea breeze by that time (ends in June). Don't know if it's true but it makes a good story 
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I lived from September 1995 through March 1999 in central Florida driving a 1984 Plymouth Reliant with no A/C. Three. Full. Orlando. Summers.
Ewww. That couldn’t have been fun. We’ve been here for 18 summers, soon to be 19. We’ll be here a few more before I retire (hopefully no more than 5), and then we’re going inland and gaining altitude. Mountains here we come!
Lane, we're starting to actively look for land or land with a smaller, older home and lots of room to build another home on.
@DannyP posted:Lane, we're starting to actively look for land or land with a smaller, older home and lots of room to build another home on.
We need to start that process as well. Let me know if you find some good bargains. It’d be fun to have “family” close by.
I've had the Knoxville/Pigeon Forge Zillow bookmarked since the start of "the recent troubles".
@DannyP's idea of buying a buildable property with the infrastructure already there is a good one. Bare ground is an expensive way to build, as the utilities are where money goes to die.
Yeah Stan. Coming from my utility point of view, put it all in a trench. Use bigger conduit than you need, and a couple extra.
Conduit is cheap, especially when the trench is open. Even if natural gas isn't available, put the plastic pipe in the ground. It may eventually be used or not, but you'll have the option.
One suggestion.
Don't trust Zillows valuations on property. The method they use to calculate values is inclusive of way too many properties some not particularly comparable to really be of much value.
Often it's a WAG on their part at best.
You really need to get down into details to arrive at proper valuations.
The "Zestimate" feature is a joke here, and I would assume everywhere.
Davie, Florida summer of 1972 I worked in a junk yard cutting cars all day, between the 100 degree plus sun bouncing off the cars and windshields, grease and cutting I was black as the ace of spades.
Try as you may tans don't wash off.
Lane, is the air conditioning going to be noticeable? Where would the unit and the vents be?
Hope Carey makes it like the standard beck ones
The “standard Beck ones” are for a Speedster dash, which is shaped differently on the bottom, so that won’t work. I trust them to integrate it well, but I expect to see the vents. You’d have to for it to work well.
Agreed. Maybe they can put them into the dash like IM does. I really like how Henry does that feature/detail.
Yes but a modified version of what Beck does should work but it will have to be a panel unless of course you take a lesson from Mike the islander who placed one right in the dash of the speedster.
I do think his idea of making a plenum and sending a lot to the footwell is really good but his is custom made. I have a Vintage air and the under dash unit has footwell output that works quite well. My issue being that you have a coupe is that you must recirculate the air so a Vintage unit does that quite well but in Mike's case he drives top down so he just sent all the Ac to the lower foot well compartment pretty much, I think. Great Job Mike.
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The roll bar is now painted to match the body and ready to go back into the car. Carey's plans for next week include completing the cooling system and dash. He's an energetic fellow, isn't he?
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The latest from the busy Mr. Hines. The headliner is now in and the dash is almost finished.
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I know it's been a long wait, but that's a beautiful automobile, Lane.
Well done @chines1.
Beautiful, Lane. In all your excitement, hope you are exercising your left hand...
(for the ignition key, that is).
Nice Nice.
Lane.....Will your roll bar be mounted more vertical than the position in the paint booth ? ................Bruce
My question, come to think of it, is along those lines. How much steel support is there in the windshield frame?... just wondering as I cannot see it in the picts.
Love the headliner, what am I saying. Love the car, the colour.
It would have to be more vertical, or it wouldn't fit in the car.
@aircooled posted:Lane.....Will your roll bar be mounted more vertical than the position in the paint booth ? ................Bruce
Yes, it'll be mounted with the main bar vertical. The rear supports mount to a higher spot on the frame. See one of the earlier pictures with the roll bar unpainted for reference (previous page).
@IaM-Ray - If you look closely at the inside of the A-pillar you can see a steel bar that looks to be 0.5" - 0.75" in diameter. You can also see the whole framework on an earlier picture (also previous page) before the headliner was installed. It's not meant to be a roll cage, but It will provide plenty of support for anything short of a rollover.
My point was only that the speedster frame offers little crash support so J was wondering what provisions if any the coupe could have without a Full bar to hit your head on
Beautiful build, and love the blue. Does this reflect an OEM Porsche color ? Royal blue ? What is your latest ETA ?
It is Oslo Blue, which technically wasn't available on the 356 after '63, but I don't care about complete authenticity. It's my favorite Porsche blue. In some of the pictures it looks closer to royal blue than it actually is. that's an affect of the fluorescent lights in that part of the shop. Some of the earlier pictures show it with more gray in it, which is correct.
Carey says it will be delivered before Carlisle, which is in mid-August. Gettin' close!
Just read through this entire thread. It never ceases to amaze the quality of work Carey does.
Lane, have you settled on an interior color yet? We are really fortunate to have one of two known Bosch distributor experts in SLC. After a conversation I had with him last year wrt imprecise timing and advance issues with my (turns out to be) Chinese 009, he found a German one in his scrap/parts bin and agreed to rebuild it for me.
Point being, he had an Aetna Blue/Red Karmann Coupe. I was so gobsmacked by the color combo I was dreaming about it for weeks, including contemplating a respray of my Spyder to match. I finally settled on getting some blue vinyl darts like Scott's car.
I think your "Oxblood" idea is great. I think "Medium Red" or "Cardinal" from Carey's swatches woukd both look great with your blue. Given how your blue is darker, maybe the Cardinal.
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I decided to go in a different direction and am going with “cognac,” which is a rich saddle brown. The reds can be striking though, cant’t they?