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Originally Posted by vara4

Wow it sure is looking good.
What is the weight that you are shooting for?
Kurt

Thanks Dave, Kurt. It's at 1455 as it sits, but there's a lot O' missing parts yet. I'm roughly guessing somewhere in the low 3g's, but that's just a guess. At one time I piled all the available parts in and on top of the car, figured in the 68 lbs. for the fiberglass front end and myself and came up will 2200 lbs.
That was bare iron block & heads, and
still no engine internals, radiator, drive shaft, tin work, all fluids or pro charger and a list of other misc items. I don't see any way possible to keep it under 3,000. Just have to crank up the boost to compensate I guess.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

Thanks Dave, Kurt. It's at 1455 as it sits, but there's a lot O' missing parts yet. I'm roughly guessing somewhere in the low 3g's, but that's just a guess. At one time I piled all the available parts in and on top of the car, figured in the 68 lbs. for the fiberglass front end and myself and came up will 2200 lbs.
That was bare iron block & heads, and
still no engine internals, radiator, drive shaft, tin work, all fluids or pro charger and a list of other misc items. I don't see any way possible to keep it under 3,000. Just have to crank up the boost to compensate I guess.

Man that Camaro is awesome. You do some nice work

Thanks Pro.

I don't know if I posted this anywhere. When you get old you forget stuff.
I've been building a corner rounder for the sign shop mostly because I'm tired of cutting them by hand. this is what I came up with.....

I used a porta power ram and bought the die. it took about 6-7 pumps to cut a corner with a porta power foot pump. Then I had to turn the release valve. I had to come with something faster. . First I thought of using a clutch master cylinder. But, when I looked at the capacity it looked like that wasn't gonna' work. Then I found a master cylinder (not sure what it fits. Ol' Chevy truck maybe?. I teed both lines together to get the flow I needed & built a frame & linkage out of some of the scrap in that 5 gal. bucket that I just knew I'd use some day. All that's left is to build a shroud for the pump assembly so I don't damage it throwin' stuff under the bench.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpUO2KGQdGQ

Made a catch can for the chips, so I don't get in trouble when they stick to my shoes and I bring them in the house.






It's not fast, fast but it works and it's hands free.

Very cool/ Nice video. Looks to work very well. Gotta love it when you can use stuff that's just lying around!

Originally Posted by stovens

Very cool/ Nice video. Looks to work very well. Gotta love it when you can use stuff that's just lying around!

Thanks Steve. I'm lookin' forward to NOT having to cut the corners by hand anymore.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

Thanks Pro.

I don't know if I posted this anywhere. When you get old you forget stuff.
I've been building a corner rounder for the sign shop mostly because I'm tired of cutting them by hand. this is what I came up with.....

I used a porta power ram and bought the die. it took about 6-7 pumps to cut a corner with a porta power foot pump. Then I had to turn the release valve. I had to come with something faster. . First I thought of using a clutch master cylinder. But, when I looked at the capacity it looked like that wasn't gonna' work. Then I found a master cylinder (not sure what it fits. Ol' Chevy truck maybe?. I teed both lines together to get the flow I needed & built a frame & linkage out of some of the scrap in that 5 gal. bucket that I just knew I'd use some day. All that's left is to build a shroud for the pump assembly so I don't damage it throwin' stuff under the bench.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpUO2KGQdGQ

Made a catch can for the chips, so I don't get in trouble when they stick to my shoes and I bring them in the house.






It's not fast, fast but it works and it's hands free.

I cant' see the video... what do you mean by "corner rounder"?

Originally Posted by toofast_28

I cant' see the video... what do you mean by "corner rounder"?

Toofast, I'll be using it to round the corners on aluminum signs.

Originally Posted by toofast_28

I cant' see the video... what do you mean by "corner rounder"?

This is really cool, Pro. Man, you need your own TV show on TLC. Stick you on right before "Overhaulin" and it'd be a perfect night of TV.

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Looks fast for foot operation , air pump wouldn't move that fast . Some great insight as always Pro .