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Looking ready to eat some pavement! Nice job.

Hey Toys, what brand are the rear tires??? Neat tread pattern, might actually be driveable in the rain?

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Hey Toys, what brand are the rear tires??? Neat tread pattern, might actually be driveable in the rain?

Hoosier street radial. 29 x 18.5 x 15. no tubes required and H speed rated.
Drive a T in the rain?..... ummmm, not by choice .

Russ

Originally Posted by lotsatoys

Hoosier street radial. 29 x 18.5 x 15. no tubes required and H speed rated.
Drive a T in the rain?..... ummmm, not by choice .

Russ

Never by choice....but it does happen!!!!! Switched to Hoosier slicks for drag racing, curious how the street radials do???

Originally Posted by lotsatoys

Drive a T in the rain?..... ummmm, not by choice .

Russ

You just drive fast - the water and spray just goes right over you - that is until you make a slow left turn and then you get the LF tire spray in the face (now, how do I know that)

I changed up the design of the firewall some. The change affected the shape of the intercooler flange wells. I decided to stamp the parts, I guess mainly because I wanted to give stamping a try.
I cut dies out of 3/4" MDF board & stamped the sheet metal on the press.



then I rough trimmed the parts.



cleaned them up



Welded the front & back halves together



Once I had the tube flanges where I wanted them I welded them together.

Sorry I got carried away on the project & by the time I remembered to take pictures I had the outlet tube firewall sheet metal done.
This is the firewall before...



and with the intercooler tubes part of the sheet metal in place.





The inlet side is just a simple pie plate deal that will be trimmed & welded into the firewall eventually.
The outlet side was a little more complicated. I didn't want to run the plumbing off to the side (the way it's usually done). I wanted the carb hat facing straight back. Also, the engine is set back about 4" from the stock location. So, the 4" inlet tube has about 3/8" clearance between the windshield and about 1" clearance for the distributor. It's all pretty close but it fits. . The "through the firewall sheet metal'' for the inlet tube ended up looking sorta like shoving the flange through a hefty hefty trash bag.

...and here's what it looks like from "the office".

Looks great Pro!!! Some really first rate plumbing and sheet metal fabrication, well planned and very well executed!!! A+ on the craftsmanship and attention to detail!!!!

+2

Pro a little use of a binder to restrict flow and allow it at the same time will eliminate those wrinkles . Make any shape you can think of your cnc can cut you some die's .

Thanks Dave.
Bobby that was my first shot at stamping. All I was after was the first 1/2" of the edge on each piece. I'd like to play around with it on other projects though. I even thought of maybe stamping a Z28 or Camaro logo on the firewall someplace. I don't know if I do that or not yet, just kicking the idea around.

Actually you did a fine job now I know if I try it on something it will work out . Some smaller stuff for dash and things your idea brings it all forward .

Forgot I took some shots of the process when I stamped the shallower inlet side.

I cut the 3/4" MDF out on the CNC. I gave one side 1/8" clearance for the metal and the other side the circle press fit into the MDF.





This made the die the right depth (I needed it to be stamped 1/2" deep for the right offset). It also made it easy to register the die halves.





Once out of the press all I had to do was hammer the tucks and it's ready to trim to the firewall. The firewall that doesn't exist yet.

Busy weekend! Walt, the owner of the '36 Plymouth I'm building was up Thursday evening and I casually mentioned a 'glass '28 roadster on Deuce rails a buddy of mine has... It's on a frame that Bart and I built about 5 years ago...Bart lost interest in the car and never completed it... So, Walt was interested in the car, went out there today to look at it and Walt bought it! Told me once the '36 was done I could take half a day off then get started on his roadster...then on his Road Runner!!! Looks like I'm booked up again..but someday I'm gonna really retire!!!! While some primer was drying on the '36 today I did take some time to weld the skin on the inside of the tailgate for my pickup, so some grinding then fill and prime it'll be ready for paint!!! Busy, busy, busy!!! Having a blast, too!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Busy weekend! Walt, the owner of the '36 Plymouth I'm building was up Thursday evening and I casually mentioned a 'glass '28 roadster on Deuce rails a buddy of mine has... It's on a frame that Bart and I built about 5 years ago...Bart lost interest in the car and never completed it... So, Walt was interested in the car, went out there today to look at it and Walt bought it! Told me once the '36 was done I could take half a day off then get started on his roadster...then on his Road Runner!!! Looks like I'm booked up again..but someday I'm gonna really retire!!!! While some primer was drying on the '36 today I did take some time to weld the skin on the inside of the tailgate for my pickup, so some grinding then fill and prime it'll be ready for paint!!! Busy, busy, busy!!! Having a blast, too!!!

Well having a blast and being employed are both good rare things today! Hopefully you'll get out to a warmer wintering hole one of these days, or maybe become a part time snowbird!

still no movement, but we have sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxPePpIohSE

Russ