Thread: One Way To Build A '32 Hyboy

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Don & Steve - Yes, I agree for a light car it is respectable but, take this into consideration, I have a LS 7 in my Corvette, it has a Callaway air box and Corsa cat back exhaust, and a tuned computer. It made 486 rear wheel HP. The roadster has a Comp cam blueprinted tolerance's and long tube headers. The variable is the different dyno's. The corvette was run on a Dyna Jet and the roadster on a Mustang, which is known to be more conservative than a Dyna Jet.
I'm going to take it back again and take out the air filter. It there is a noticeable difference than I will make a new air inlet tube to the throttle body. In my opinion it should make at least 550hp I'm a hundred off somewhere and I think it is starving for air.
Don, I worked on his '63 1/2 fastback. His son and Ford are coming out with a new project in remembrance of his father.
Ken

WOW I just read from page 1-35 (well maybe not read but went over very well) and it took me over 4 hours! What an incredible build you have done and what a bar you have surly raised for the rest of us. It is very inspiring to see this kind of work being done and thank you for posting it all for us to see. I think I save over 50 pics of different little things that you have done that I may some day use or morph into my own little details for one of my builds. Well off to bed so I can stay up for the next hours or two just processing what I have seen. Did I mention I need to get up for work in about 6 hours

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

Don & Steve - Yes, I agree for a light car it is respectable but, take this into consideration, I have a LS 7 in my Corvette, it has a Callaway air box and Corsa cat back exhaust, and a tuned computer. It made 486 rear wheel HP. The roadster has a Comp cam blueprinted tolerance's and long tube headers. The variable is the different dyno's. The corvette was run on a Dyna Jet and the roadster on a Mustang, which is known to be more conservative than a Dyna Jet.
I'm going to take it back again and take out the air filter. It there is a noticeable difference than I will make a new air inlet tube to the throttle body. In my opinion it should make at least 550hp I'm a hundred off somewhere and I think it is starving for air.
Don, I worked on his '63 1/2 fastback. His son and Ford are coming out with a new project in remembrance of his father.
Ken

I hear yah Ken. I'm afraid to dyno the truck when done!
Sounds worth a go to try without the aircleaner.

Kevin- Thanks for your kind words, if you just use one of the things I did on my car it was time well spent for me.
Thanks again.

Steve- My opinion is if you can you should always tune your project on a dyno, you would be surprised what you learn. and another way of looking at it, it sorts out all the weak parts real fast
Ken

Hi Mr & Mrs Ken Thurm,
I was lead to this thread by Jim Robinson and because according to my x wife, I'm a slow reader, but thats another story, it has taken me several days to read each word posted and time to study the detailed photos. Thank you so much for the effort and time you have put into this project. I honestly can not find the right words to sum up what I think of your car, garage and tools etc as Don (Itoldyouso) and all the other regular guys on this awesome site have said it so many times for all of us.
On a personal note, I am interested to hear how Tina is recovering from her knee surgery as I'm only weeks away from undergoing both knee replacements done and after reading what she went through, I am not looking forward to it now The surgeon wanted to do one at a time,but stupid me said, no,lets get over and done with.
I have been following your build thread on your Tudor too,and I appreciate the different styles of the cars. Finally I was shocked to find that yes, you do have carpet on the workshop floor, and even more surprised to see a photo of your good wife cleaning it for you, she is certainly a keeper.

Hi ken, Were is the dyno shop located, I would like to have them fine tune my car.

Jim,
I will PM you tomorrow with a good contact.
Ken



Performance Associates in San Dimas.

Whiplash23T,
I'm Ken's wife Tina and it was two years in February that I had my knee replaced. Back then, I wasn't sure that I would have done it again, but now I'm glad I did. A friend of mine had his done at the same time and three months later had the other done. He wished he had them done at the same time. My other friend had them both done last October and is glad he did. He used my surgeon and he was back playing golf within 4 months. This is what I suggest. If you are overweight (and I don't know if you are), try and lose a few pounds first; it is easier on your rehabiliation. Find a way to do some kind of exercising BEFORE you go in---it's almost too late since you are only a couple of weeks away, but I would try anyway. You need to do leg lifts and loosen your ham strings. Make sure they put you in a rehabiliation home for a week or two, even if you have someone at home to take care of you. Tell them YOU DO NOT have anyone to take care of you. Even though my husband was the absolute best caretaker, the physical therapy in the rehabilitation home is more intense; I saw the difference in my two friends. If you can do that, you will have an easier rehabilitation time. Good luck and do everything the therapists tell you to do. Let me know how it goes.
Tina Thurm

I thought I would give a update, since it's been almost a year since the last post. I made some changes in the car that was recommended by the guy that runs the dyno and tunes the computer controlled cars. A very nice guy and very bright.
He thought the air was being restricted and the O2 sensor was sluggish and needed to be moved further up in the collectors. One would work all the time but the other wouldn't start registering until the temperatures got up there. So I brought it home pulled the headers off moved the sensors, took the air inlet out cut the tube I put inside to hide some wiring and opened up the inlet by about 30%, a guess.
So Friday I drove the car back up there, it took a month to get a appointment, no recession at this shop!! Drew the computer guy hooked up is computer before I even pulled into the building and the right O2 sensor still wasn't working.
Randy Ritchey, the owner let me put it on a rack inside and one of his guys and I start tearing it apart. After spending the whole day there I think we have found a intermittent wire problem. I'm going to try to replace this and go back as soon as I can. Yep, a lot to be said for carburetors!!!!
Ken