Building a T-Bucket, Supercharged BMW V8 with NOS

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Hinge it at the rear with pit pins to make for ease of access

[Russell]

Looks cool! How about making a enter / exit video? Does your head hit the roof? Can you see under the roof?

[Mykk]

New Shop Day: After losing one shop space, putting everything in storage for a brutal winter and now finding another shop space.

[SuperBuickGuy]

cool that you got a place to build

[Dan Barlow]

One of the early parts picked up was this hard top for a T. Finally had a chance to mock it on the project. I dig it, it's a cool look. Drives the 'Rat Rod' look home.

Looks way too nice for a rat rod . It looks like a nice unfinished hot rod . Don't even think about painting fake rust on it . CARRY ON !

[Mykk]

I don't feel a Rat needs to be rust and thrown together. I feel it can be clean and painted and detailed, it's all about how it makes one feel when they see it. Mix & matching parts & years. Making things work together that were never designed to. Stepping out of a mold and a cookie cutter hot rod norm. That to me makes a Rat.

[Mykk]

So I've had this carb scoop in my stuff for a few years, I've been on the fence about adapting it to the throttlebody on this project. It wouldn't be tough to adapt but I just haven't been in love with it for this build. The attitude is there, the functionality is there, it just seemed so missplaced sitting atop the intercoolers of this engine.

So yesterday a friend stopped by the shop and I ran the idea past him and he said, how about if you gave it a mohawk of spikes to tie it in to the valve covers.





Not bad, it's growing on me.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Ya know, you may wish to ban her from the car because she'll totally distract anyone from noticing your car

[Mykk]

Ya know, you may wish to ban her from the car because she'll totally distract anyone from noticing your car

Thank you :-)


My first time ever welding. I just tacked up some 2"x 2" .025" wall square tube as the differential mount, tacked in until a real welder with some real firepower can finish it up for me.







Transmission crossmember (Also 2"x2" square tube), Shock mounts, motor mount brackets, wishbone mount tabs and a few other bits getting tacked in place soon in anticipation of having a welder only making one trip and getting everything done in one sitting. The small, noncritical stuff I'm sure I can handle.

[Monster]

Great thread so far .. and thank heavens for a new shop.

[DanStokes]

Glad you found a place to work. Once I became adult-solvent I made the decision that the FIRST thing I'd do toward car building was to provide myself with a decent shop that was under my control (not rented, borrowed, etc.). That choice has postponed some projects (still haven't built a street rod) but I sure have been happy with my little slices of heaven including the shop here in NC.

The car is coming along really nicely. On the welding - I have the Eastwood 175 amp and I'm very pleased with it. It has the power to burn in all but the heaviest stuff and doesn't cost a fortune - worth looking into.

Dan

[Dan Barlow]

So I've had this carb scoop in my stuff for a few years, I've been on the fence about adapting it to the throttlebody on this project. It wouldn't be tough to adapt but I just haven't been in love with it for this build. The attitude is there, the functionality is there, it just seemed so missplaced sitting atop the intercoolers of this engine.

So yesterday a friend stopped by the shop and I ran the idea past him and he said, how about if you gave it a mohawk of spikes to tie it in to the valve covers.





Not bad, it's growing on me.

Scoop looks great from the front . How about a side shot ?

[CTX-SLPR]

So I've had this carb scoop in my stuff for a few years, I've been on the fence about adapting it to the throttlebody on this project. It wouldn't be tough to adapt but I just haven't been in love with it for this build. The attitude is there, the functionality is there, it just seemed so missplaced sitting atop the intercoolers of this engine.

So yesterday a friend stopped by the shop and I ran the idea past him and he said, how about if you gave it a mohawk of spikes to tie it in to the valve covers.





Not bad, it's growing on me.

I think they all look too busy and out of character for the candy red on the intercoolers. If they were all stainless buttonheads I think it would be a lot more fitting. Overall the scoop looks good on the engine without the spikes, though I'm advocating no spikes at all. Your car, do what you want.

[Mykk]

All welded up:



First time on the ground, first time outside:

[DanStokes]

Who did the welding? As I recall you were hesitant to burn it in yourself.

Dan