64plymouth
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WOW!!!
Bostonian 71 demon
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B.R.E.Demon
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After Jaxson checked in, I dove into working on the car. First, I knocked out the mid-plate frame mounts, then moved on to tackling the z-bar frame mount and got it welded in place. After that, I worked on the z-bar itself, which required extensive modifications. I finally got the pedal box reinstalled, so I could begin mocking up the linkage. The firewall will need a bit of adjusting for everything to operate smoothly, but I had to wrap it up for the night. On a side note, I’m pretty excited to get my hands on some Narragansett from back home – perfect for a victory beer!
Plus got the tubular core support back from the fab shop and the final stickers came from my buddy today
Plus got the tubular core support back from the fab shop and the final stickers came from my buddy today
I was figuring that. It's just a clean slate to start with.
I, the dummy I am installed quite a bit of my cage and then decided to take my floor out.
That's not or was not my best thinking lol.
Trying to remove all that stuff, get the rockers stripped was a pain since I had to be very careful of the bars I had already installed.
But after that everything was easier with no floors and no roof on the car was also very helpful
B.R.E.Demon
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I'm dialing the chassis back to an 8.50 setup or slower, which will be more than enough for the car. About 50% of the current cage will be retained since it already has an 8.50 certification. I'm reworking some of the bars for a better fit, mainly the A-pillar bars, and adding a dash bar. The door bars will need to be redone. Additionally, the entire back half is being reworked. I plan to run two 7-foot straights to the top of the leaf spring perches, with supports and through-floor shock mounts.
That's a great idea. I did something like this and it was a very difficult weld. In the upper right corner tying spring perch to main hoop.
B.R.E.Demon
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Extremely nice work I would agree though in this case simple is best for sure
Thanks.
Newbomb Turk
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If you are going to work on the clutch I would go out of my way to make the gearbox come out from the top.
It’s quicker and easier to pull it up into the car than down on the floor.
Also, depending on the clutch you use you can stay in the car and set the ring height and other clutch stuff.
B.R.E.Demon
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Exactly, the thought on the removable trans tunnel I'm doing. Bought a couple universal zeus rails to do the out line of the opening with for service ability.
Easy is gooder.
B.R.E.Demon
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The new full quarter panels arrived tonight, and they're perfect! I can't wait to reach that stage of the project. I called it an early night for the first time this week but managed to start assembling the rotisserie to prep the car for mounting and blasting."
B.R.E.Demon
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Pops got my heads back from BES Racing and Darren Morgan, and I’m really happy with how they turned out! They flowed 470 CFM at .700 and 350 CFM at .700. These are going to be perfect for running a 16-plug Hemi!
Oh I'm Mcjealous , id love to have a Daren Morgan worked set of heads.
Congratulations dude!!!
B.R.E.Demon
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Now the excitement of the heads are over back to the dirty work on the car and I ended up taking the k member back out, putting it back in a jig and notching the bars and redoing the mounts for the rack so I can get it about 2 inches lower than it was sitting giving me more enough clearance for the front of the motor I ran out of Welding gas, but I need to go get a little more to add one more support bar on the rackmount
I'm sure you're probably aware of this but be cautious when purchasing your new tubing just make sure the mill thickness tolerance is thick enough everywhere.
I put in my rocker bars but didn't measure, I assumed they were thick enough. The second bar I added I measured and found out it was under spec, so just to be safe for inspection I added the 2 by 2 square tubing .060 thick just underneath those bars. The nhra inspector was happy.
I was lucky with all my tubing, but some had a different finish than others. I got mine from a local steel supply house. If doing again, I would likely buy from these guys. I have gotten special tubing from them. They supply most of NASCAR.
Welcome to the store
B.R.E.Demon
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Thanks ive been getting mine from S&W they've been real good at staying on top of it
B.R.E.Demon
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Took a week off to let my latest tattoo heal and go out to KC to a buddies wedding, but now I’m back in the shop and diving into the car again. The new control arms and z bar arrived, so I got to work. I had to modify the ball joint socket to fit the QA1s, and I’ve also updated my to-do list. Plus picked up an off topic 454 for my C10 no more supercharged 383
B.R.E.Demon
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Last night, I tackled a few small tasks. I started with the master reservoir, adding mounting tabs and a clearance hole in the cowl. Then, I moved on to modifying the new QA1 upper control arms. I also picked up some chromoly for the rear cage from a local steel supplier—turns out it's only about a mile and a half from my house!
Looking really good dude
That cowl, even thought it'll be hidden, is a freaking work of art in my opinion.
My gosh man, you are doing a great job AND I am so glad that where I plan to be racing, weight is your friend not enemy.
B.R.E.Demon
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So tonight, I was a bad and didn’t do anything for the car. Instead, I drove to Denver in the middle of a pretty hefty winter storm. What should’ve been a two-hour round trip ended up taking four, all to pick up an early Christmas gift from my family: a vintage Sun 1120, still in working condition (and it even lights up). I've wanted one of these ever since I first got into cars and saw an old-timer back home using one. He was kind enough to teach me how to operate it. The guy I bought it from even threw in enough extra heads to make two more machines, some NOS parts, and all the original paperwork from 1972, showing it was sold brand new to the Colorado Highway Patrol in Pueblo. We'll have to rearrange the shop when the storm lets up this weekend to fit it in, but I’m beyond happy it’s finally mine.
Newbomb Turk
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VERY COOL!!! Same machine I have. If you didn't get a copy of the owners manual let me know. I have one and I can make a copy and mail it to you. Or scan it and send it in an email.
I use mine quite a bit. What's amazing is how well the dial back timing light works on it.
I think it was worth the snowy trip.
B.R.E.Demon
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Thanks man I got a bunch of paper wort to sift through so ill see what I got I got a fresh light on order as mines cord is damaged but for $300 dollars for the machine and all the parts im stoked
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