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For the Viper's trailer I am going
to use an old 50's caravan trailer, a little rusty
but a sand down and a coat of hammerite will do the
job nicely.
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The reason for
the trailer choice is the coil spring suspension which
you don't find on many modern trailers, in my view this
type of suspension is far superior than the modern indespension
type units.
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The start of the support frame for the Viper.
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Here you can see that the trailer frame has now been
cut down to a sensible size and a new A Frame built.
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The pillow block bearings that support the engine allowing
rotation if required. I made the Vipers supports from 35mm
solid bright bar and 12mm plate.
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Today I worked on the trailer a
little more, its now had a coat of paint, 2 new tyres
and the hubs have been sanded down and primed and painted
in a dark grey colour to look military-ish. Also some
reflectors have been added for safety.
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Now that the trailer is pretty much
completed, its down to the nitty gritty of getting the
engine to run. The first
job is to mount an electric starter to fit on to the
front hub assembly, for this I'm going to try and adapt
this 'new old stock' Bendix starter.
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This is the starter in its basic
form, the planetary gears and case have been removed.
Looking at it now I hope that its going to be powerful
enough to start the engine as the initial start load
is quite high, maybe a 2 stage soft start system will
have to be implemented?
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I know not a lots happening with
the Viper, but I am chugging along with it slowly.
Today I made a note of the wiring harness connections
as per the image above.
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I also have fitted the port side
igniter box to the top of the engine frame and wire locked
the connections in place. I have yet to find a duplicate
box for the other side as there are two separate igniters
plugs used on the viper.
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Today I have started the control
box, I made a basic bracket that is fixed to the trailer
and the box sits on top of that. I will post a wiring
diagram when I get chance. I still have a few components
to buy yet, eg. RPM & Tacho Gauges, I will order
these tonight. I am also in correspondence with a nice
chap in Belgium called Luc Conrardy who is also in the
middle of a Viper 102 project, this is handy as we can
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There we go, control panel nearly finished.
From the top left..
Oil Pressure Gauge
Red Lion Thermometer (EGT)
RPM Gauge
(Rated to 20,000)
Then the switches..
Low Pressure Fuel Pump, 2 Stage Starter,
Ignitor, Fuel Starting Valve, Fuel Reset Valve.
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