Plastic Fantastic tew

[SuperBuickGuy]

Well,
Look, Toivo at that Brandi New Engine Stand !!
AND Painted to Match his Corvette Too, eh.

Some Day Eino,
I'm going to have one of those,
But Red.....

Nice Score Chief

I have a red one, I don't trust it.

[Captain]

Well,
Look, Toivo at that Brandi New Engine Stand !!
AND Painted to Match his Corvette Too, eh.

Some Day Eino,
I'm going to have one of those,
But Red.....

Nice Score Chief

[SuperBuickGuy]

today's fun, make sure the top doesn't blow off at 150.... like it started to...

inserts

and glue

and the hardest part is drilling in the acrylic
ultimately success came from a slightly smaller hole, heating the insert so it'd thread in, then backing it out a bit and stuffing epoxy in the outside threads

that ain't goin' nowhere.

in other news, new toy


I also finished up the rack install - I took pictures of the parts needed to reduce the pressure (rack needs 800 psi max, hydroboost can handle 1100 and the pump puts out 1350 - now 800)
of course the camera failed... I'll report back after driving it... I also lowered the front and aligned it. will drop the rear down as well... pictures of that part later

[SuperBuickGuy]

IIRC DF claims to have invented ceramic boots when he worked for Jacobs Electronics back in the day....

Poor thing, if only someone cared....

[silver_bullet]

This from page 96

[silver_bullet]

I believe that it is the steering shaft to the frame (the shiney bit)

[Monster]

[fatguyzinc]

nice thing about ceramic boots.... they never burn.

wait--that wasnt the "rub" you meant? was it the header tube against framerail then?

[silver_bullet]

IIRC DF claims to have invented ceramic boots when he worked for Jacobs Electronics back in the day....

[SuperBuickGuy]

nice thing about ceramic boots.... they never burn.

[fatguyzinc]

i used taylor wires spiro pro ( glo pink) 135 degree set for 454 on my old vette, fit perfect with hedman 2" primary headers....
you can see here the yellow one how close and compact the end is.

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kmjperformance.com%2Fimages%2FF164302005.jpg&tbnid=to49XCgnvQ4f-M&vet=12ahUKEwjIxfDelqH-AhU9PUQIHS9QChoQMygBegUIARCKAw..i&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kmjperformance.com%2Fi-24718894-taylor-8mm-black-pro-wire-135-degree-boots.html&docid=d5wxLWVADaEvUM&w=550&h=453&q=taylor%20wire%20135%20degree&ved=2ahUKEwjIxfDelqH-AhU9PUQIHS9QChoQMygBegUIARCKAw

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to do the maintenance and stuff to get ready for the rest of the season
as mentioned before, the rack is leaking... I have a 'new' 'lifetime warranty' one.

someday soon I'm going to make my 'spare' rack manual. I may also come up with another solution for the brake assist and ditch the hydroboost*
when I built the car, I verified I could pull the rack out from the driver's side... when I do the frame for PF3, this will happen too



volume reducer

the other thing I MUST fix is this rub. This is the 3rd time and there won't be a 4... so welding is going to happen




*I like the hydroboost, but I don't like the leaks and I'm concerned that the current 'fix' for the rack (reduce pressure and volume) will negatively affect braking. Right now it's absolutely perfect.... by reducing volume and pressure by 30%... tune in for updates.

[Monster]

mfain's build

Well, that took me on a wild ride for a few hours. Amazing stuff.


I was going to do an all aluminum 427 SBC for my C2, until I added up the costs.

[ejs262]

the oil pan for the dry sump arrived...


for the sharp eyes, yes, it's a boat pan.... but this will work well.

I seriously considered dry sumping my POS Fiero, my budget won the argument... lol! that's going to be rad!

[SuperBuickGuy]

With the knowledge and experience you've picked up to add to basic fab skills it would be cool to see things brought up to the next notch, whatever that may be. Imagine something that pissed you off racing and how to step on it next time. That tig welder wants you to love it more...

mfain's build

https://www.vettemod.com/threads/old-project-revitalized-56-track-car.11526/