Ahh, the sweet smell of progress is in the air. Been putting major hours into the project, here is an update!
Got the gauges in. It is made from a company in Canada called KOSO.
It is really cool looking, it has everything in one spot, speedo, tach, turn signals, temperature readings, even things like high beam indicators and a check engine light.
Finished up the header and the oil cooler lines.
Those little arms that I had holding the rear suspension straight didn't work. When the suspension would go up and down through the travel it would bind up. This was happening because those bars were traveling on a tight arc where they would need to move both in and out quite a bit. The solution is the long bars on the bottom of the picture, they will pivot from the middle of the car just like from the factory. I also decided to use Polyurethane bushings instead of heim joints. Heim joints tend to squeak really bad on the street.
This the stock Smart Car fuel tank and fuel pump assembly. I am going to run an external Aeromotive Pressure regulator with a fuel return that will go back into this tank. The bike runs on 44 psi and I am almost positive the Smart pump puts out at least 60PSI.
I had decided to just go ahead and send the wire harness out to get modified. I called a couple companies that do this sort of thing and decided that I could do it just as good if not better. I have started cutting out excess wires, tricking sensors with resistors and such, hooking up the gauge harness and adapting it all to the smart with nice weatherpack plugs and everything. here is the work in progress.
This is my helper, she really likes Smartbusa's
Also, lots of things are sent out and getting worked on as we speak.
Mark Williams Enterprises are making chromoly axles.
Hel brake lines are making a braided clutch line.
And Barnett is making a custom throttle cable.
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