Nice work on the oil pan! When you come up with a part number for that K&N tall oval filter, post it please. I would like to get one for the air cleaner I have now.
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Nice work on the oil pan! When you come up with a part number for that K&N tall oval filter, post it please. I would like to get one for the air cleaner I have now.
Ryan,
I don't have it in hand yet since it's on the way from Summit. It's K&N E-3504 Washable Lifetime Performance Air Filter Element, Filtercharger, Oval, Cotton Gauze, Red, 11.5 in. Long, 8.125 in. Wide, 4 in. Tall @ $54.95.
Nick,
We are all expecting a report this weekend.
Thanks for nudge, Bob. The only thing I'm waiting on now is the upholstery guy to finish the leatherwork on the bomber seats. Sadly that won't be done until toward the end of this week :(
In the meantime, I got the taller K&N filter I mentioned above and it was a pleasant surprise that it fit perfectly into the finned air cleaner housing without any modifications. I think now the motor won't be sucking air through a straw.
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As a consolation prize since I don't have more to say about the hot rod, I'll post this photo of flowers. This is the latest delivery this week from the Christmas present I got for my dearling wifey pooh, which is flowers every week for a year. Since I'm such a photogenic kinda guy I take pics of each one and this is the latest. If I get impatient waiting on the bomber seat pads I may post more of them. I hope this goes to show the women that hot rod guys can be sensitive and like flowers and poetry not just nuts and bolts and the smell of nitromethane in the morning.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...sflowers11.jpg
Nick, stick a milk carton crate behind the wheel and drive it.
The trans governor kit needs tweaking since it shifts a bit late. The instructions said it's sort of trial and error and I guess we erred a bit. So while doing this and hammering it once my fabricator/tuner buddy says "..."how can I word this...it's like jumping on the back of a grizzly bear and punching it in the asshole..."
LMAO! And nice flowers there buddy.
And a milk crate on a bony ass is no fun. I'd wait for the seats too. Haha
Here's a bit of an update and slight change of plans.
The guy who I wanted to do the upholstery on my seats got a big job redoing a Winnebago motorhome a day before I was ready to drop it off and he'll be tied up for a couple weeks. So I contacted another local who was highly recommended by an old school established hot rod shop and he's also tied up for 2 or 3 weeks. So I decided to just wait for my original guy to do the job. I'll take it back to him when he's done with the motor home.
Since the weather is supposed to be real nice this weekend, although rain Friday/tomorrow, I'm driving the hot rod home after work today :) and I'll just sit on blankets for now. I'll be driving it as often as possible as weather allows. I'll try to get a passenger to hold a camera to get some video footage this weekend since I don't have a camera set up to mount in the car.
Well, since we've got to tread water on the upholstery, I'll toss out a slight diversion. Your weekly flower arrangement deal brought to mind a somewhat humorous event from many moons ago. We had gone to one of those charity events; banquet, dancing, and of course the seemingly mandatory auctions, both silent and live. This one was for Muscular Dystrophy. As these things go they like to start them off with a bang and as a result there will often be lively bidding to get the juices flowing. The first item up on the live auction was..................a flower arrangement per week for a year! The bidding started out at something like $100, and before you knew it it was down to two bidders going back and forth, back and forth. The crowd was abuzz as the high bid gradually moved up in increments of 100, then 500 dollars. Ended up somewhere around $8000. One of the two combatants was a local commercial real estate developer, the other, some guy named Bill Gates.........................Gates won.
You travel in a high roller crowd!;)
Uncle Bob (or I should say Mr Parmenter, Sir!), I'd say that YOU travel in a high roller crowd!!;) Most of us can't say we've been in the same room with Bill & Melinda Gates (I assume he brought his wife:HMMM:), but YOU'VE had dinner with them!!!:eek::cool::cool::cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
Whoa! Cool story Uncle Bob. But you know what (...dear, are you reading this? ;) ) even if it cost me $8000 she'd be worth it. So watch out, Billy G, if you're ever bidding against high roller Nick! :cool:
In my travels as well as my private life have rubbed shoulders with some pretty high level muckety mucks like the late Leon Hess or Armand Hammer or the Pres. of a couple countries or even Mr Mayor, but not the Gates family level!!! :eek::eek:
I guess we will need to start calling you SIR Robert or Mr Parmenter, never again Uncle Bob**):D
OM Gollee
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Right now the only way I could afford a bouquet a month would be if it were payable in pesos! :LOL:
Back to how that 427 will drive. It is a good thing your last engine was the purpose built odd ball my 383 was. I drove the T again yesterday, looking for a business I had never been to in an industrial area. Boy do I miss how the 383 performed below 2000 rpm. The higher rpm is impressive but sub 2000 not so much. You won't have the same issues with the automatic with a torque converter that will allow above 2000 before really connecting the power aft. Since I will have to have a fabricator massage my hood to fit over this engine, I should have just had a sbc blower motor built with a small, low profile positive displacement blower. That is the only way I know of to get the best of both worlds, great low rpm grunt and the high rpm zing. Either that or ditch internal combustion and go with electric drive.
Bob, you skipped right over a turbo. :LOL:
Bob, I would think that the cam selection would determine the torque curve which is what defines the "drivability" for the engine. The fact that you pushed out to 427 CI on a SBC should not, in itself, result in the engine having to be 2500rpm or better to be street friendly, seems to me. If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will be quick to point out my shortfall in understanding. :LOL::LOL::p:LOL::LOL:
I didn't skip over a turbo, it is a different animal. A turbo is the most efficient way to make more power as it uses what would be wasted heat in expanding exhaust gasses to spin a turbine that shares a common shaft of a centrifugal compressor for adding boost. That is why I said a positive displacement blower, because it produces boost right off of idle. But then it gets interesting since the boost is so linear in a turbo application, a drivetrain that is built to handle say 500 hp from a positive displacement blower, would have the same survivability with a 700 hp rating of a turbocharged engine.
It's home now! I drove it home the long way but it was still too short of a drive. I love driving this thing. Tomorrow is questionable weather so I put it right into the garage tonight, but after that the next few days are going to be gorgeous so I'm driving it as much as possible.
Throttle response feels awesome. I've never had a car with such fast throttle response. Bob, maybe it's the auto trans like you said but it seems if I give it a good dose of throttle from a dig or almost any speed it'll light up the tires. I have yet to play with putting much heat into the tires to see how they hook with a hard launch but the rears are M&H drag radials and quite sticky so I'll play with that this weekend. I'm super happy with the exhaust, though I'm hoping some of the potential expansion problems you guys mentioned don't show up. I really think with the flex hangers (other than at the far rear) and bends it will absorb any expansion but we'll see. With the pipes running all the way to the back now, when I'm cruising it's very noticeably quieter than it was before with the ZZ4 motor which dumped in front of the rear axle. But when I blip it or hammer the throttle the exhaust sounds perfect!
Still practicing one baby step at a time so I don't kill myself.
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That picture and the piles of rubber in the foreground looks like a romp in 1st gear. As light as my ride is, it isn't light enough to take a lot of throttle in 1st gear. Your 2nd gear traction is where I have interest. As I've said, if I go into 2nd at 40 mph the engine drops from 4400 rpm to 3000, which I have found if the road surface is flat with a good gripping surface, the 427 doesn't produce enough at 3000 to break loose. This way I can have my foot in it for the duration of 2nd, and as I approach 60 mph traction is maxed out, but if it breaks it isn't bad, probably because of the T's light weight, speed, and I only have 1500 rpm left before a needed shift. It has come together rather well, unlike the 383 that produced so much torque at low rpm, it was much slower because where you need big torque towards the end of the power band for acceleration, it was coming on so early and smoking the tires. The 355 was much more gutless in the low rpms than the 427, but unlike the 383, had a good zing in the high end. The 427 has a better zing and improved power in the low rpm band over the 355.
So Nick, waiting for your next post and what your able to get away with in 2nd gear.
Hello Nick looking at your ride awsome DO YOU WANT TO SELL THOSE ZOOMIES PLEASE LET ME KNOW deanraye?
Hello Nick looking at your ride awsome DO YOU WANT TO SELL THOSE ZOOMIES PLEASE LET ME KNOW deanraye?
Dean,
I am selling them for sure. In fact, this past Friday I posted a 4 sale ad up on the bulletin board of the local speed shop but haven't gotten any bites yet. Here's my ad ...which I guess I should post in the for sale section here but I thought I'd wait a couple weeks to see if I get any local interest before dealing with shipping etc.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ersforsale.jpg
Bob,Quote:
Originally Posted by deckofficer
I was sort of cheating in that photo above. That's the end result of a 2nd gear burnout after applying the line lock for a couple seconds and spinning the rears in 2nd gear. Some may ask "why the line lock?" and I wouldn't have even thought of it except my fabricator/tuning buddy who did work on the roadster had a new line lock laying there so he said he'd install it just for the hell of it.
But I'll be posting more on test drives and try to get a camera mounted for a vid. Yesterday I was just cruising around in PA and NJ and I'm very happy with how the engine responds and feels, and sounds. But I want to look into suspension setup since in some turning transitions it feels a bit too twitchy for my taste so I want to check alignment. I also want to do some hard loops to get a feel for under/oversteer since I think it now induces oversteer in some situations that is too sudden but I need to check this out further; not sure about need for a panhard bar front and/or back or not; over washboard rapid bumps the steering felt like it could use some dampening so I ordered a steering stabilizer from So-Cal Speed Shop.
Nick,
This is too cool, your a driving perfectionist like me. I expect to learn a lot from your future posts on cornering, hooking up, and ride comfort. I took the easy and non technical way out. Just mounted the engine and trans as low in the frame as I could get away with. CG at or below spindle height assures no moment-arm above spindle height, so no body lean. The Jag IRS handles my need for comfort. The longest single day drive was from Corona, California to Sierra Vista, in SE Arizona.
Bob, I can really relate to what you did with your track-T and even appreciate some of it from afar. Before buying this highboy with a straight front axle and solid rear I looked at and drove a few others that I didn't like for one reason or another, but two of those had IFS and IRS and one thing they had for sure was good handling. I figure if hot rodders over the years have run solid front/rear setups at Bonneville at huge speeds, super fast et's and even with adequate street manners I should be able to make this one handle good enough. But I don't expect it to ever handle like IFS/IRS setups.
Ahhh, the Jag reference you made reminded me of my very first car that I bought for myself two weeks after graduating from college and landing a job; it was a '67 Jag E-Type roadster which I always wanted since love at first sight in 1961 when I was 12 y.o.; that was a wonderful car that I never had any problems with (after a couple "Made in USA" corrections to the Prince of Darkness Lucas electrics) and definitely one I'm sorry to have sold :(
For me IRS was for the cushy ride, not all out performance. When a car is as light as mine, being able to dial in the spring rates for the (4) rear springs will allow good cornering without the harsh ride of a straight axle on a light car. I do have a problem with this set up, and that is when it is dialed in for just me in the car, when I add a passenger I can never show its cornering prowess because it doesn't have the weight range to be good at 250 lb occupant load and 450 lb load. I use 2 then 6 90 lb cement bags on the passenger side for trying to set it up, no sense in scaring a friend. Can dial that in and then show a passenger how good it corners, but then when I'm solo it isn't as good, so I just leave it set up for solo.
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That is a super bright LED light for my reverse. I fabbed a magnet mount and used a coiled cord so that if I break down at night I have a good trouble light that won't pull the battery down.
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I really like that bright LED backup light. I can see that coming in handy. I'm putting that on my list. My brother-in-law has a rather sizeable lightbulb business (commercial sales only) and he's always telling me about all the LED conversions he's worked up so I'll bounce this off him. Bob, is there a kit you used for the LED light or did you fab it up yourself?
The light. Since it is LED, current draw is 1/10 of an incandescent of equal lumen output, so no relay needed to protect the reverse switch in the transmission. 30 years ago I used fog lamps as my back up lights on a Subaru, so I needed that relay.
4" Square 10W Super Duty High Powered LED Spot Light | Super Duty Work Lights | Spot/Flood Work Lights | Work & Off-Road Lights | Super Bright LEDs
The magnet, not quite this one, mine to make it easy to mount has a threaded female stud, not male.
cPath_95 | products_id_931 | Neodymium Cup Magnets w/M6 Threaded Male Stud 1.25 inch - Applied Magnets & WindMax Wind Turbines
Still waiting for more driving impressions from Nick.
Somehow I missed noticing your last post, Bob. I was thinking I wanted to start adding driving updates since other than upholstery and front alignment I'm not expecting significant changes. I love driving it and will have it aligned this Tuesday. After actually looking at how the front tires are pointed I can see even without measuring that the tires are way too far toed out and that would explain the twitchy feeling when turning etc. From what I've found out about this type of chassis I should shoot for 1/16" to 1/8" toe in on the front.
I was thinking that as soon as I have some of my own short vids of driving, or if you, Bob, want to start it with all your vids, it would be nice to have a running thread titled something like "Just Driving Your Hot Rod" and people could just post whatever ongoing driving impressions they are having in there.
See, I was driving around today since it's clear and cool around here and I ended up cutting through Valley Forge Park. Just as I snapped this photo, George Washington turned his head to get a better look at the roadster and said "wish I had one of those in 1776". I just said "thanks, General Washington".
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A thread like that would be pretty cool! I would have to learn how to link up a video but... it could happen!! :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Rod Nick
As per Nick, done. Go here http://www.clubhotrod.com/hot-rod-ta...tml#post492403
Thanks a lot, Bob. I'm sure that thread can be a real popular one here if everybody puts a little something into it. Whatever kind of car or vehicle or transportation, horseback or hoofing it on foot, I hope people put something in there.
Well Nick, I don't know about the others, but I'm still curious if your able to bury your foot in 2nd gear? Does it stay hooked up or does it do as mine, stay hooked up till about 4500 rpm?
Bob, let me test that a bit more exactly and I'll let you know. I am under the impression that if I bury my foot in 2nd gear it'll blow the tires off ...rears are M&H drag radials 275/55-16's and pretty soft even when not heated up. I'll try it from different rpm's and record what happens.
If your not curious, don't do it on my account. For me with the last 3 engines, it has been a test of matching torque peak with available traction and has been interesting.