Raul_Perez Posted January 5, 2010 Posted January 5, 2010 Wow, Mike!! You've sure got that thing low in the front!! The chop job looks pretty good, too!! Keep up the GREAT work!! Later,
vizio93 Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 Dang that sedan is almost scraping the ground, you might need to put a skid plate on it in case you run over a pebble I like the way it looks though, can't wait to see more
MikeMc Posted January 6, 2010 Author Posted January 6, 2010 Thanks guys I wanted a loooow rod, but with full suspension...my biggest issue is not ground clearance but what grill shell and radiator combo and where to put it.....I just don't like cutting up grill shells they never look quite right.
vizio93 Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 Thanks guys I wanted a loooow rod, but with full suspension...my biggest issue is not ground clearance but what grill shell and radiator combo and where to put it.....I just don't like cutting up grill shells they never look quite right. How will you position the grill, up and down or at an angle ?
MikeMc Posted January 7, 2010 Author Posted January 7, 2010 How will you position the grill, up and down or at an angle ? Yes, and it will face forward!!!
Chuck Most Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 She's shaping up to be a real beauty, Mike... so much so that I can easily look past the Chev motor! And THAT'S saying something coming from me!
MikeMc Posted January 9, 2010 Author Posted January 9, 2010 She's shaping up to be a real beauty, Mike... so much so that I can easily look past the Chev motor! And THAT'S saying something coming from me! My original idea was using the 32 kits sbf but the manifold just would not work with the heads so I got stuck with the chevy that gave me the blower. and I'm gonna have to make up a set of headers to mate the motor to the kits duals.....ford headers just do not fit a sbc.
MikeMc Posted January 17, 2010 Author Posted January 17, 2010 a boring but productive week....got the rear seat filled in and smooth, smoothed the frame and molded the rear wheelwells. Roof is now as smooth as a babys bottom,figgured out the grill and front lights.. gonna start on the power train now
vizio93 Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 a boring but productive week....got the rear seat filled in and smooth, smoothed the frame and molded the rear wheelwells. Roof is now as smooth as a babys bottom,figgured out the grill and front lights.. gonna start on the power train now Sweet can't wait to see some pics
MikeMc Posted January 22, 2010 Author Posted January 22, 2010 (edited) Made up some headers from solder and K&S alum tubing. They tie into the kits glasspacks and pipes....nope not draggin!!! Edited January 22, 2010 by MikeMc
MikeMc Posted February 21, 2010 Author Posted February 21, 2010 (edited) Well not a lot of progress this month due to personal things. Did finish the interior section, got the grill direction and a host of small details... Edited February 21, 2010 by MikeMc
walt francis Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Some really nice work you have going on this Keep the flow going.
vizio93 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Been a while since I seen this thread, I almost forgot about it !!! I love the position of the grill, it looks wicked. Nice job so far Mike
MikeMc Posted February 26, 2010 Author Posted February 26, 2010 A little spark for this one from Morgan Design!! Thanks Kris!!
Mooneyzs Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 Mike that Engine is looking good. Keep up the great work.
Raul_Perez Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 This one is starting to remind me of the Future Rat that I build a couple of years ago...long and low... These builds are so much fun!! Later,
MikeMc Posted February 27, 2010 Author Posted February 27, 2010 This one is starting to remind me of the Future Rat that I build a couple of years ago...long and low... These builds are so much fun!! Later, Gotta agree about the fun level...and the long and low , Here it is with the blower linked up....
Raul_Perez Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 (edited) Gotta agree about the fun level...and the long and low , Here it is with the blower linked up.... Oh yeah...that old Potvin setup is just too cool!! Were you able to find some good pics of the waste gate and intake detail for that setup? (I can't tell from this pic if you added those details...) In this pic, those six spring loaded bolts on the right-hand side control the waste gate pop-off pressure. Edited February 28, 2010 by Raul_Perez
moonlite5hadow Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 Oh yeah...that old Potvin setup is just too cool!! Were you able to find some good pics of the waste gate and intake detail for that setup? (I can't tell from this pic if you added those details...) no waste gates on supercharger setups. those blow open at a give PSI to keep turbos from over-boosting. did you mean perhaps a blow off valve or recirculation valve? i'ver personally never seen on in 1:1 on a supercharger (centrifugal or blower) but they would serve the same purpose on the supercharger as a turbocharger setup.
Raul_Perez Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 no waste gates on supercharger setups. those blow open at a give PSI to keep turbos from over-boosting. did you mean perhaps a blow off valve or recirculation valve? i'ver personally never seen on in 1:1 on a supercharger (centrifugal or blower) but they would serve the same purpose on the supercharger as a turbocharger setup. Correct, a "waste gate" is the mechanism used more commonly on turbo chargers to control the boost level by diverting exhaust gasses away from the turbo, thus regulating the impeller speed. Some people have adapted them to work on centrifugal style superchargers to control the boost level to the manifold. The part I was referring to on the Potvin setup is the pop-off valve, (also known as a blow-off valve), used to prevent over-pressure of the system when you close the throttle at high RPM. On the Potvin supercharger, it is simply a spring loaded plate. I used the term "waste gate" because it is a more broadly understood. Good catch!! I had a '96 Bonneville SSEi with an undersized pulley on the supercharger that Eaton installed for me when they rebuilt the unit at about 100k miles. The only problem that I had with the overdriven supercharger was that when you got into really hard, you could hear the pop-off valve modulating. Unfortunately, the tranny started going south before I got around to upgrading the pop-off valve and I got rid of the car. But, that's another story for a different day...
MikeMc Posted February 28, 2010 Author Posted February 28, 2010 no I didn't have a great detail shot before....let me see what I can do now!!
Raul_Perez Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 no I didn't have a great detail shot before....let me see what I can do now!! Check out the 3D pics on this website: http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=64661 Later,
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