with white that engine compartment is going to look clean enough to eat off of!. It came out great.
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with white that engine compartment is going to look clean enough to eat off of!. It came out great.
Steve, do you realize how much more work you have caused me? That looks awesome, I have to do my block that way. This isn't fair, I have four more cylinders than you.
Ken
Thanks guys, i'm really pleased how it turned out :D
Ken LMAO :LOL::LOL::LOL: and don't forget the ancillarys and gearbox & axle casings :LOL::LOL::LOL:
Started to sort out a few small bits for my engine as crank isn't back from balancing yet, When i bought my engine bits i ordered a fuel pump blanking plate, never looked in the box till last night and found this, I wasnt impressed :(
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I found a bit of stainless flat plate in my scrap bin and set about making something that looked a little more interesting
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I didn't get a thermostat cover with my engine and didn't like the aftermarket ones as they are all billet aluminuim so back into the scrap bin to find a bit of 3/8" stainless plate and some off cuts of tube, A 1.5" hole was bored in the plate with a holesaw and the tube welded in from the rear, I might yet run a weld bead around the outside as i think it still looks a little billety. A small peice of thickwall tube was turned in the lathe and welded on the end to stop any hose slippage.
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I had a little time left so set about roughing out the oil pump for paint.
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Merry xmas everyone :)
You aren't considering actually putting messy oil and coolant into that engine, are you Steve??? :eek::LOL: It's too pretty to actually start up. Very nice work, as usual.
I bet having cars like this as calling cards gets you a lot of business, doesn't it? How could someone NOT want you to build them a car after seeing the workmanship in yours. :)
Don
Steve your approach to fabrication of what works for you, vs. what somebody knocks off the assembly line is what makes your build so cool to follow. I really admire your pioneer approach to hot rod building. That stainless plate just looks fantastic, and I wouldn't dream of making a goose neck, but you not only built one, but made it look very high end. Cheers!:3dSMILE::cool:
Yes mate i think it must help, Although i've known people to walk past my 32 and the polished stainless frame and not mention neither, I find it quite odd as a gearhead myself i would have difficulty not asking :LOL:
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Thanks Steve, I fabricate most stuff because i can't afford off the shelf stuff :LOL:
No seriously i like my stuff to look like its different, I hate following the rest of the herd.
A guy said to me the other day that my 26T isn't a period perfect 60's show car, He said it had the theme but some parts wern't 60's looking, I thanked him and explained that it was my spin on a 60's style car, I think he got it then :D
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Steve by the way whats a Goose neck ???
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I thought you had these over in England? :confused::LOL::LOL:Tastes just like chicken.Quote:
Originally Posted by roadster32
Don
Hi Steve, very very nice on those little pieces. I would hate to ask what the fuel pump plate cost to buy for you too open the box to find abit of scrap steel. I could be the devil's advocate and say.... excuse me,but those torx head screw head bolts aren't period correct..... but hell, I do like the effect of the contrast of them on the painted finish. Keep it coming Steve, and when Ken says that he has to relook at his finishing on his engine, thats tell us something about your workmanship.:cool::cool::cool:
I am pretty much speechless [almost] when it comes to you two guys[including Ken],The bar is so high,I think I can walk clear underneath it...:LOL:
Its all just too much,,darn fabulous workmanship you two guys are doing..
Whip i'm sure that block off plate would of been fine for a lot of people but to me it not only looked boring but the shape wasn't right for where it sits, I just couldn't live with it even chromed.
Regarding the bolts i have seen 60's cars with 12 point bolts although not stainless one's, i presume they were got from the aircraft industry. Torx heads are different mate.
As for Ken, he is more than capable of keeping up :LOL::LOL::LOL:
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Thanks mate, its appreciated.
I feel like i''m sounding a bit rude calling you mate but i don't know your name ??? I must say though that i've felt very much at home here, everybody has been very nice to me :o
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Steve,
It looks awsome!
Steve - we sometimes call the thermostat cover a goose neck. Have to use your imagination on this one!:LOL:Quote:
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Hey Steve mate,no worries about correcting me on the torx bolts,heck I haven't been out in the workshop for such a long time,I'm going to have to learn what is a flat slot,phillips, pozi screwdrivers from a 6" adjustable left hand spanner.:confused::confused: The screw in the oil pump is a torx scew eh??? And man, you will have to change the oil after everytime you run that engine so that you know every thing is spotless.:LOL:
Dont worry bout that Steve..if people want to be rude,they call me much worse..:whacked:Quote:
Originally Posted by roadster32
Can call me just about anything but late for a meal...but officially,its Robin..And all on here can call me that..Everyone else does..:D:D
I see now Steve, your a strange lot :LOL::LOL::LOL:
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Whip the screw in the pump is a Pipe plug :LOL:
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Thanks Robin, I like to use peoples names as it seems rude otherwise.
My nickname from school has always been Langy and a lot of my close friends still call me that but it really annoys me when people that i have never met call me it, makes them seem too familiar :( hence i like to use peoples proper names.
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Well was hoping to get a fair bit done over the xmas break but catching a nasty virus scuppered most of the work planned but i did get to sort out my PCV valve, make a timing pointer and my generator parts back from the chromer so at least i could get the body copper flaked and it all reassembled.
The PCV valve (thanks Don) is in the rear of the lifter gallery and is screwed into a tapped hole via a 90 degree adaptor. A simple box baffle was bolted in place on the inside.
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I had a stock steel timing pointer which i had hoped to chrome but it was too bent and twisted so took measurements from it and machined one from a big hunk and my mate engraved the degree marks on it for me.
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The pulleys on a Cadillac are cast steel and incredibly heavy so before chroming I got them on the lathe and put them on a diet.
The water pump pulley weighed in at 2.25 lbs and after machining it was down to 1.5 lbs, a lot better.
Unfortunately the chromer thought it mounnted the other way around so didn't polish the bolt face so a stainless finisher was made up to cover it.
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Here its mounted on the old dummy pump as my new aluminium pump isn't here yet.
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Somebody asked how the fan gaurd was held in place so here you can see the small tabs that are accesse through the gaurd holes.
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The mounting plate that bolts to the block was also put on a diet as i wasn't happy with the shape, better now.
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The generator body was cleaned completely back to bare metal and received 2 coats of epoxy primer and 3 coats of 2k hi build, this was then flatted off and the base coat applied followed by the flake coats and finally 6 coats of clear applied in 2 sessions of 3 coats, I've left it in gun finish as its super smooth.
Lechlar primers & Max Meyer lacquers were used.
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The squre headed special bolts that hold the magnets in place had been installed by a gorilla in the past and were pretty burred up so a couple of polished stainless buttons were made up and epoxy glued in place to tidy them up.
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Happy new year
And once again... you set the bar higher!!! WOW!
Steve,
As always, superb. Your project has given me many ideas. Like yourself, any that I do use will be done by my own hands, out of necessity. :rolleyes::LOL::cool:
Jack.
Sorted a pesky little problem today, I had some core plugs chromed but when fitting them kept chipping the chrome so i decided to paint them when i did the block, looked ok but still not completely happy with them so today was spent spinnng up some top hat shaped covers for them from a bit of stainless bar on the lathe.
Gave them a quick polish up and glued them in place with some epoxy glue, I'm happy now.
Tricky to photograph though.
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Oh Boy,
And yet another idea, when will it stop.:LOL::LOL:
Jack.
Over the top of excellence now Steve. Cheers and thanks for posting here you give me ideas and ambition.:cool:
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I'm pleased it motivates you Steve, I often get motivated from other peoples builds
Happy new year
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I haven't forgotten about the valve cover gaskets, Steve. Monday everything should be reopened after the holiday break, and I'll get them ordered for you.
Don
Thanks Don, its not a big rush mate.
Happy new year to you and the boys.
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Wow I am truley amazed, You guys are artist of the best kind.
Kurt
Well i was hoping to have the short engine put together over xmas but as usual with any well laid plan something went wrong,
Every thing was going well until the conrods were set free from their box, It wasn't obvious at first until i did the usual checks on dimensions, the rods were 15 thou shorter than the 6.750" they should of been. 15 thou don't sound a lot but would of affected the quench so they had to go.
After a bit of searching i found out that these rods were the hot ticket way back when aftermarket rods wern't available, They are actually Oldsmobile 455 forged rods and to use them would mean having 15 thou taken off the block decks, seeing as the block was finished this wasn't possible so a set of the correct length forged h beam rods have been ordered and will be here next week, I hope
I'm glad i found out before polishing them.
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After this little episode i thought i would check that my Cad Parts stage III shaft mounted rocker kit would fit, It did, went straight on and seems a well made bit of kit.
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Yep those were the S_ _t back in the day.
We used them in Ford 460 I think they came out to over 500 with those if I remember right. It's been along time ago. we also used them in Dodge 440's and I think the 400's as well. The 400's have more material in the blocks then the 440's did.
I don't remember all the details weather it was shaving the rods or crank and that stuff
I just remember using the rods in alot of other big blocks with a few mods done to them.
kurt
damn
i wish i had a car like that!
not to get picky but i think a would look for better rocker shims then VSI spring shims i would look at stainless steel shims. like T&D JESEL .Crane and others use .McMaster Carr should have some thing better if not use the blue steel spring shims.thats a 030 on there.you can get hard blue steel in some sizes on the rods 015 short is a lot but i know a guy that has a pin boring machine that a EZ fix if you can float the pin
the bbc rods are the hot deal now 6.700 and 6.800 . dodge have a big pin end1.094 and the fork end takes a bigger bearing 2.325? 6.760.long. most all the 460 pistons use the bbc pin end 990 and cranks use the bbc rod bearing 2.200Quote:
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Its all solved now Pat, I called Marty at MTS and he had some 6.750" Forged rods on the shelf, Good price too.Quote:
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You got me Pat, what shims do you mean ???Quote:
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