Thread: Moving ahead rebuilding my '27 roadster.

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Both look like their coming along nicely
the floor is beautiful, I agree it's a shame to hide it.
I would like feedback on the shock once you get it on the road, getting close to starting on my A Sedan and debating the shock against a cross steer rack

nice as always

On the stabilizers, I have seen lots of discussions on various forums about death wobble, and each time lots of people come back and say the stabilizer cured it. I didn't have dw with the 27 except for one brief period, but that cleared up with a toe in change. So Cal says no car has left their shop in 30 years without one installed. I figure it can't hurt. Dan is putting one on his 30 RPU too because he is running 16 inch bias plies and they are notorious for handling issues.

BTW, I did some rpm/gear ratio checks, and at 60 mph here are the various rpms I would be turning:

3.70......................2486
4.10......................2755
4.30......................2890
4.56......................3064
4.88......................3279

I think from that 4.30's will still be my choice.


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

BTW, I did some rpm/gear ratio checks, and at 60 mph here are the various rpms I would be turning:

3.70......................2486
4.10......................2755
4.30......................2890
4.56......................3064
4.88......................3279

I think from that 4.30's will still be my choice.


Don

Wow that's quite a difference from top to bottom! I guess you have to decide what you will be doing most and adjust from there. I went 3.0 on the truck because to get anywhere from here, it's on the hiway you go!
But for a local cruiser with some burnouts in it's future, that's a whole different story.
On the steering stabilizer where does the other side of it mount to? I can see where you attached it to the steering arm, but is it attached to the frame on the other side?(oops went back and clearly saw the answer in the pic!) I use to run one in my manual steering jeep cj-7, that had a set of 33" tires on it. Boy what a differene that made when you hit a bump or cattle grate, before the stabilizer, the wheel would spin so violently it could break your arm if you held it wrong! Afterwards it's was a lot milder, but still a potential arm breaker!

I also wanted to say a big WOW on Dan's sheetmetal work. Too bad they don't make sheer carpet!

Thanks Steve. Yep, Jeeps have a similar problem with dw from what I understand, especially with big tires.

Don

Dan's floors are looking great, as everything else his done. Your rebuild is looking fine can't wait to see it at the Turkey run.
BradC

Thanks Brad. This year we Florida guys are going to find you once and for all. I suspect you always leave your car at the airport in "short term parking."

I got a hold of my center section guy today and it's going out tomorrow. I decided on 4.30's. It is a trac-loc rear that he modifies to not click on turns and generally behave better. We bought the same unit for my Son Dan's RPU, but he is running 4.00 gears and an automatic transmission.

He is a really super guy to deal with and his warranty begins when you get the car on the road, not when you buy the center section. He is a hot rodder too and if any of you saw an Ardun powered roadster that spun out and did doughnuts at 190 mph at Bonneville this year, that is the car he was involved with.(did you see that one Bob?........it wasn't pink, so maybe you missed it. )

If it should by some stroke of luck show up Friday I can have the 27 up on all fours by the end of the weekend. BTW, Dan posted some pix of his RPU on the HAMB, and in case anyone wanted to see how it looks now, here are a few pictures.

Don

Lookin mighty fine. Can't wait for the videos of the three amigos driving all of their own cars!

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

........... if any of you saw an Ardun powered roadster that spun out and did doughnuts at 190 mph at Bonneville this year, that is the car he was involved with.(did you see that one Bob?........it wasn't pink, so maybe you missed it. )
Don

Matter of fact we did............Sunday afternoon if I remember correctly. Nobody there does pink...........nor do they pretend it's purple...........

Tell Dan he's doing a great job.....

Thanks Steve and Bob. You are right Steve, I can't wait until the three of us can go out for a little drive. I keep telling Dan he has NO idea how that Olds is going to feel when he puts a little gas to it..........he's in for a real treat.

Bob, the other night I was reading one of my car books, Hot Rods of the 50's, and there were two cars in there I was going to shoot pictures of and post just for you. One was a purple deuce coupe that had a pink and white interior, and the other one was a totally pink deuce roadster. Neither was exactly my cup of tea, but they weren't all that bad either. So, you saw that roadster spin out, huh? He said they all took turns driving it and the mechanic was the one who turned the best speed, but was also the guy who spun out at 190. He says next year they are taking three Keith Black alcohol motors and shooting for 300 mph. The three motors are of various sizes and will run different classes. I have got to go to Bonneville some year. From your pictures it looks like you had a great time. Everybody swears by it.

Don

Don - Did you say that the Billetproof drags are Oct. 25th? That's a Sunday. When I go to the Billetproof site, the info on that event says "coming soon". There are no details... Anyway, that same weekend is the Daytona Dream Cruise. It starts Friday night and runs to Sunday. Saturday is the big day, of course. You can check it out here: http://daytonabeachdreamcruise.com/ . That could make for a fun weekend; cruisin' on Saturday, racing on Sunday.

Don;
On the stabilizers, I won't say I am totaly happy with my front end now, but I can live with it. My problem may just be that everything is brand new under it, and it is super tight. I was wondering to slow the pump down a little could I use a differant pully wheel?
I'm thinking, the thing has to much pressure.
I like dan's floors too but I am more impressed with the trany tunnel.
In my 65 Ranchero I used flat bar and boxed the trany tunnel and also tied in my front
safety loop for the drive line in to the flat bar. This is gonna be a street strip car.
Have not started the sheet metal work yet though, but the shifter and linkage for the trany has already been made and mounted. It was a little tight for that C - 6 but the linkage that I fabed works real smooth anyway. Kurt

Don; You get anymore work done on you car lately.
I know it's hard to work on the car and be posting
photo's of it too. Kurt

No, I'm kinda on hold until the rear center section shows up. It was shipped Wednesday and should be here Monday. I guess this weekend I'll try to find something to do on it, maybe start sanding and prepping the body. But I really want it as a roller so I can move on to the next step of building the engine.

I've also got some small stuff coming from Speedway (new hubcaps, etc) and those should come Monday too.

Don

Haven't had anything to post regarding my 27, but the center section showed up at work Tuesday. When I saw the UPS truck pull up the guys I work with said they've never seen me move so fast! I LOVE getting boxes from the big brown truck.

The guy who built it is the same guy who built my Son Dan's 9 inch rear, and he does a really nice job. I got the same Trac-Loc one Dan got, but ordered 4.30's and he got 4.00's. His Olds has more torque than my sbf will have plus mine is a stick, so it should pull fine with this ratio.

Plan is to get it up on wheels this weekend, then start ordering my engine parts. Here are the only pictures I have to post.........pitiful I know, but I am going into thread withdrawl and needed to show some progress regardless of how insignificant.

Don