Lonnie-S wrote:
1) Did you use the same templates for the scuttle on the #2 build as you did on the #1 build?
In a way yes, I have a plywood "form" so to say of the scuttle that I use to Cleco the pieces of the scuttle frame to for welding.
EDIT - See page 13 of my first build to see how I cleco the metal to the form. Once I have all the pieces tacked up I remove the clecos and take the form away from the metal scuttle.
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Lonnie-S wrote:
2) Did you shape your scuttle to fit and be compatible with your fiberglass nose shape, or did you just pick a shape you liked and hope you could blend the hood to match up with each end (scuttle and nose) when you formed it?
Lonnie-S wrote:
3) Did you use radii and shapes from one of the Locost books to determine your scuttle, or make them up yourself?
Both, it took a lot of eyeballing and shaping the plywood form for the look that I wanted. I ran string from the nose to the rear of the scuttle form to determine the proper aspect of the front scuttle form. I also sloped the sides in a bit for looks. I used the same form for both previous builds, I just adjust the width for the frame. Can't really remember using any info from the books.
Lonnie-S wrote:
4) I see your 5.0L is mounted lower than my V6, but it is very tall too (like my V6) and your hood clears it without problem. Is that coincidental or did you make you scuttle tall enough to clear the EFI manifold by design?
I adjusted the scuttle height to clear the intake. I also had increased the height of the frame by 2" to accommodate the taller engine. I also did this on my current build. On all 3 builds the engines sit 1" lower than the frame. I've had no problems so far with the first 2 builds and I've gone over some good speed bumps in parking lots, just take them at an angle.
Lonnie-S wrote:
5) How many hours do you think it took you do design, form and fab your scuttle and hinged hood?
If I were to guess I'd say 2 weeks (80hrs) more or less, the end result - priceless
Remember, you are in control of your own build. You can differ from the book. A lot of the way I build the pieces like the scuttle, the tunnel, and hinged hood is to blend it all together so it "looks" right, that's the secret. On my current build, I adjusted the front frame width to fit the steering rack and the wide mouth nose. This is based on a lot of people commenting on how they like the wide nose look as compared to the narrow nose on my first build.
As long as it's built so that it looks like it should have been built that way wins every time, even though the proportions vary from the books.
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