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WHOOSH, what was that, oh nothing, just Teresi flying through another build.............and doing it beautifully I might add. cheers, tim

Gorgeous Dave, the entire car is fantastic but I especially like the paint job you did. Cheers, Tim

MANY thanks to each of you. Couple pics of the blower base plate that I machined. Took 2 attempts to get it right as the tolerances were down to .1mm in some portions. I machined the plate with holes in it, then added s/steel tube & T2M bolts installed......the rear finned blower plate with bearing cover is next. Inching up on it. Again thank you!! Cheers, Tim

Just back from family vacation. Got the blower body parted off and a few quick mock-up pics.....next is the blower base, front and rear covers and almost ready for some final assembly of some of the motor. cheers, tim

In his best sing songy voice............"So, whatcha been doing?" cheers, tim

Calling all cars, calling all cars, be on the look out for a nasty 37' Chevy that isn't street legal (yet) that has been terrorizing the neighborhood. Your job is to arrest him and cuff him to his workbench and leave him there until he does something on this dragster build. He gets 3 hots and a cot a day plus 2 Sailor Jerry cocktails until his "community service" is fulfilled. CHEERS, Tim

Okay Clay, it's been a week now since your last post......................pics please.......I did say "please". cheers, tim

Nice to see what you've got on the bench now John. Count me along too. cheers, tim

Thanks guys. Chris, you know me too well, of course I went back and fiddled with it most of the morning and got it to a point where I could pull it off the mill for some "clean-up". The pics are pretty much as it sits and I'm pleased enough with it to move onto the other blower components that I'll have to make. I'll drill some holes in the blower body as needed and then part it off. Thanks too for following along, the blower and fuel injectors took me a lot longer than my guesstimate but I was going through what components I have yet to machine for the build and they're down to about a half dozen, it should move along faster..........hopefully. Cheers

Well, kinda there Chris. I got the 9 ribs cut in today and I'm pleased with how they look on the blower. Twice as long to do it as I had originally thought. What I'm not wild about is the radius where it meets the side cut. I think to avoid that I should have used a smaller end mill and off set it a bit from the center itself. Not sure if that makes sense. So, do I try that or polish it and call it done knowing that when polished it won't be as noticeable. I'm leaning towards polishing otherwise several more hours with no guarantee that it would work and I just turn it into a pile of scrap instead. The pics don't show how nice the smaller ribs look unfortunately which is why I want to ponder it a bit more. cheers, tim This pic gives a better idea of what it looks like i think.

Hi everyone, yesterday & this morning got started on the blower. I still have the small .4mm cuts to make to attain the 9 ribs I want for this. I'm figuring that's 2+ hours as cutting those are tedious due to the fragile nature of the tiny end mills. These are just some quick shots of in progress. If I can get the blower body to be acceptable, I'll have a base plate to machine and the front & rear covers for 4 individual pieces in all. cheers, tim Please remember this is before any clean-up and polishing. thanx!

Appreciate the sentiments John & Dan. Paul, I actually did what you're describing on the sample one too, I know it will work that way but I wasn't particularly worried about those uneven cuts for that reason. Thanks for burning the neurons trying to help me out!! Still waiting on some end mills to start the blower so I'm looking ahead at engine assembly in the not too distant future. I've to be able to align the pulleys, blower manifold etc. properly so I came up with a simple design for the actual assembly of it all. I wanted to be able to get the crank pulley past the edge of the stand as it will hang lower than that. Machined a groove for the crank girdle to rest in and can easily slip the crank "pin" that secures the engine with a knurled brass screw. I'll bolt the whole thing to my chassis jig with 2 screws when it's time to assemble. cheers

Nice one, love that year of Mustang for the funny cars. That color looks sharp with those decals too. cheers, tim

Clay, I'm happy to be the first to post on this thread...........we're ALL in for a real treat on this one and I'm glad to see you decided to come back and share it with us. Your builds have always inspired me and I look forward to more. Cheers, Tim

Bob, I think when I get it done it should have somewhere close to 60 or bits & pieces, still nothing like Randy D's weber though. Dave, I don't know if your head would hurt from making this but I know your eyes would make things a bit out of focus for a while after you're done. Thanks too! Paul, my being "sloppy" on the practice piece. I know what you're speaking of though and it's appreciated. I have to machine a small .5mm tall area on top of the blower for the Crower which you don't see. I know when I sit down to machine this it is going to be a mental exercise. I'm figuring on a 5 to 6 hour operation so hopefully it will turn out. cheers everyone!!!

Art, my sincerest thank you for the VERY kind comments. I just checked out your brass midget and can't wait to see your progress. While I wait for some end mills to arrive to do the blower, I got it drawn up and wanted to clean up some odds and ends. The butterflies were on the list so I machined them and did a mock-up but I've not permanently affixed them yet. cheers, tim

Paul, don't know what to say having had a bad experience like yours a year or so ago. I feel for you. Chris is right though, go brass young man. I'll be sure to follow along when this gets resurrected. cheers, tim

Hi Paul, glad to see you working on this one too. I always loved this particular car and you had my attention when you broke out the Ti stock to machine it for the half shafts. What changed your mind? I have some too but after reading what a pain it is to machine and how the swarf can possibly spontaneously combust, I thought better of it and never tried. I'll be like many others and will most assuredly follow along. cheers, tim

Thanks Chris, that was / is my plan "b". I took some Renshape that I had laying around that was close to what I needed. I have corner radius cutters and the right one to do the blower, thanks for the offer though. What I wanted to confirm was how to go about cutting in the ribs with a given radius while maintaining a consistent depth in the radius and down the sides. I didn't use a corner radius on this test just to save some time. The time spent figuring it out was worthwhile & with Renshape I could work quickly as compared to cutting metal with the tiny end mills this will require. The ribs you see in the pic were somewhat square when I took it off the mill and i rounded the edges with a sanding stick ever so slightly which is why it doesn't show the "crispness" it had when I pulled it off the mill. This is a path worth pursuing but I've got to draw it up properly 1st and order an end mill that I don't have at present. cheers, tim

Pete, yup, thought I had it figured out but in re-thinking it, I don't. I'm going to try another path that might be much closer. Just some more time in the "lab" is all. Paul, I've been running that through my mind too exactly the way you're describing it. I know I could do it that way but it would be quite a bit of effort. I'll call that one plan "c". Thank you Mike, I'm pleased so far with how it looks, should be really cool when I get the butterflies made and installed along with the other fuel lines/nozzles.

Thank you guys. I think that the time it took me to do the fuel blocks I can get the blower made, or at least get close. I spent time experimenting on how to make one today and I'm going for a 9 rib design as I always liked them from that time period. Cut some ribs in and tried a quick way of doing the blower. Epic fail. You can see in pic 2 that the profile is all wrong. I've got a way to fix that and the tools to do it I believe. I'll do the butterflies next to finish up the Crower and then jump on this. Pete, I'll document with pics what I'm going to do as I go along. Cheers fellas! Tim

HOLY COW! Can't wait to see more pics of the whole thing soon. cheers, tim

Fuel distribution blocks are done. The brass one on the Crower has 13 holes drilled which caused me fits, it took me 2 1/2 days to make these two blocks after trying several ways of doiing them. The fittings are from RB Motion and are not permanently secured yet. The brass block is 3.4mm in length and 2.0mm wide. The manifold fuel distribution blcok is the out of focus aluminum piece in the pic. Next on the list is an attempt to machine a blower out of aluminum. Cheers, Tim I've seen the fuel block mounted either front or the rear of the blower. In this pic it's in the rear but my plan is to swap it around to the front...........maybe.

As Rocket in the original Guardians of the Galaxy movie said oh so eloquently............."OH YEAH"....................................amazing what you did especially when I step back and look at all the phenomenal scratch-building you did Randy on this car. Anything you can't do? Still your number 1 fan. Cheers, tim

You just went from being a high jumper Chris to a pole vaulter you've set it so high for the rest of us. You've really given me some inspiration and goals to shoot for. Great balance and realistic look to the entire car, but again, your engine turned out just stellar. cheers, tim