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[Grendel]

So, back on track... getting the fuel system finished up.

Starting to cut down the windshield frame. You can see the two dummy bombs in that pic.

 

[Grendel]

So, one on both sides, probably cage mounted at that height.

Took it outside for the first time yesterday.

That's ride height.

Now getting ready to move the engine back about 4" to get a good CAI.

Pondering a hood scoop with an air box on top of the blower, filtered and gasketed to the hood. There is a lot of dead air in front of the windshield frame on these... might as well use it.

Thinking something like this: Offenhauser 5285 Offenhauser Air Scoops | Summit Racing

or

OTB Gear 6880

Free Shipping - OTB Gear 6880 with qualifying orders of $109. Shop Hood Scoops at Summit Racing.

www.summitracing.com

The sad thing, this is the only one that got an LT83... everything else was a Connect and Cruise LS3

Thoughts on ram air via a hood scoop?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Hell of a front rake there.

I think the hood scoop, in bare or polished aluminum, would tie it together well. Go for it.

 

[Java230]

I like no scoop. Any chance the rear will come down any? Smaller wheels?

 

[Grendel]

I like no scoop. Any chance the rear will come down any? Smaller wheels?

Rear can come down 6" easily.

I like it up, so I have the coil overs up. Like a 50's street rod.

 

[Java230]

Rear can come down 6" easily.

I like it up, so I have the coil overs up. Like a 50's street rod.

Your car, but it need way more low IMO.

 

[Grendel]

Your car, but it need way more low IMO.

Yep, my car.



The tires are complexly outside the wheel wells with the real rims. Can drop it to the deck if I wanted.

 

[Java230]

Yep, my car.



The tires are complexly outside the wheel wells with the real rims. Can drop it to the deck if I wanted.

Real rims may help also. Those are awful

 

[Grendel]

Real rims may help also. Those are awful

They're factory Z06 rears that are 19x12.5... and mount 13.5" wide rubber.

 

[Java230]

They're factory Z06 rears that are 19x12.5... and mount 13.5" wide rubber.

Still ugly!

Lets see how it looks with windshield and cage. May change my opinion (but probably not, needs more low :)

 

[Grendel]

Still ugly!

Lets see how it looks with windshield and cage. May change my opinion (but probably not, needs more low :)

Meh, fuck off

Go build one your way. I like this already.

 

[WaterH]

Not sure about the hood scoop. Looks pretty clean right now. Can you make a quick and dirty one out of card board to visualize it?

 

[Grendel]

I am doing the side pipes/headers now. Will dink around with the CAI later

 

[Grendel]

Continuing with dummy bombs as fuel tanks... because we fucking can.

 

[Java230]

 

[gt1guy]

With the bombs sitting up high like they are, I think the front almost has to have the scoop to look right.

Or maybe a scoop that looks like a Browning machine gun.

 

[Grendel]

With the bombs sitting up high like they are, I think the front almost has to have the scoop to look right.

Or maybe a scoop that looks like a Browning machine gun.

P51 Mustang intake.

 

[Isdtbower]

Since we are having fun. Torpedo or '35-7 LaSalle headlights on the front fenders.

 

[csutton7]

awesome build

 

[Grendel]

Since we are having fun. Torpedo or '35-7 LaSalle headlights on the front fenders.

Um, no.

 

[Grendel]

Ordered the 6061 .25" wall tube for this. Funny's it's cheaper than DOM.

When it's TIG'd up, we will bake it to heat treat it.

It only has to handle one crash, not all of them.

 

[Isdtbower]

Ordered the 6061 .25" wall tube for this. Funny's it's cheaper than DOM.

When it's TIG'd up, we will bake it to heat treat it.

It only has to handle one crash, not all of them.

I have similar thoughts for a Rec vehicle. Finding a furnace that big would be the issue. Probably LAX for me.
But threads like this has always stopped me. Alternately, I have been trying to think of a way to pre-weld some bungs at the joints. And gussets for sure. I suppose we should try to put some joints together and break them......

Post fabrication heat treating? - Weld Talk Message Boards

If it needs to be light weight but strong, aluminum is good choice.

weldtalk.hobartwelders.com

 

[Grendel]

I have similar thoughts for a Rec vehicle. Finding a furnace that big would be the issue. Probably LAX for me.
But threads like this has always stopped me. Alternately, I have been trying to think of a way to pre-weld some bungs at the joints. And gussets for sure. I suppose we should try to put some joints together and break them......

Post fabrication heat treating? - Weld Talk Message Boards

If it needs to be light weight but strong, aluminum is good choice.

weldtalk.hobartwelders.com

We bake the entire chassis, sans anything not aluminum at a contractor for the Navy Ship Yard, that repairs subs. It's the real deal.

The entire body, frame and cage. It's also why we have all the drop outs, etc.

 

[arse_sidewards]

We bake the entire chassis, sans anything not aluminum at a contractor for the Navy Ship Yard, that repairs subs. It's the real deal.

The entire body, frame and cage. It's also why we have all the drop outs, etc.

How much does that set you back?

 

[Grendel]

How much does that set you back?

Enough, but it's worth it to fix all the welding effects, etc.

We heat treated <Jim> and a few big aluminum projects.

 

[Isdtbower]

.I was messing around with the idea of a scoop to release hot air. I cut off a bigger scoop to keep it lower and tried it a few ways. I saw that a scoop backwards also didn't show the hole or collect the water. I didn't go that way eventually, as not a scoop guy unless absolutely necessary. I even made up some "Buick" ports that abandoned. Just pictures on the hood will help. Finally went with a boat cowl vent. Reverse louvers might get what you are looking for? That process probably took 6 months with buddy inputs. Cutting holes is generally not reversible.

 

[Grendel]

.I was messing around with the idea of a scoop to release hot air. I cut off a bigger scoop to keep it lower and tried it a few ways. I saw that a scoop backwards also didn't show the hole or collect the water. I didn't go that way eventually, as not a scoop guy unless absolutely necessary. I even made up some "Buick" ports that abandoned. Just pictures on the hood will help. Finally went with a boat cowl vent. Reverse louvers might get what you are looking for? That process probably took 6 months with buddy inputs. Cutting holes is generally not reversible.

You should do a build thread.

Cutting holes is reversible, weld and metal finish.

Tube is in. Time to build a "fastback cage".

 

[Grendel]

We finished up the frame to tub welding and put in some cage mounts that tie into the 2x4 .25" wall that is the welded frame.

We also yanked the engine and trans out. We're moving it back 5". It's pretty much mid engine.

 

[Grendel]

I think I posted it... we're moving the engine back 5"

 

[Grendel]

Redoing the brake plumbing, too. Looks like shit.