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Yessir. It’s a sculpture for Seymour and in partnership with Miller Welders and SendCutSend. There’s a whole video we’re putting together to support that coincides with their 75th anniversary. They’ve been family owned from the start, and that’s pretty rare.
I’ll be there for setup at Seymour’s...
Side firewalls are welded and blended, front firewalls are trimmed, fit, and cleco’d, and the flaming river rack delivers 33* of steering angle to the 305s. Lots of small progress adding up.
Doing a side-project for SEMA, then back on this.
David
Louvers can help relieve underhood heat, but you need a lot of them. Even then, they’re not extractors and their best function is as a high pressure release so hot air can normally flow from the radiator and down the transmission tunnel like normal.
I have 114 louvers in this hood, and it helps...
Firewall fabrication had a slight detour to closing off the front rocker of the unibody, and tying it to the frame. Little tasks like this are easy to put off, and I'm kind of bad about that.
The driver side has that weird forward angle from the factory that doesn't match my frame plate, so...
Just an interesting (to me) piece of detail.
Even with the deep engine setback (12.5” overall) this driveshaft is only 4.25” inches shorter than the original 52ish” one. Turns out, the factory 727 is about 3 or 4” longer than the magnum, the 8-3/4 rear end is around 4” or 5” longer from the...
The Rev0 transmission crossmember was 5lbs, and Rev1 is 2.6 lbs.
Also, procrastinated rust repair, and QA1 driveshaft.
And a start on the firewall.
Lots of small things coming together.
David
Transmission swap day! I pulled the TR6060 in favor of a T56 Magnum built by Tick Performance. It's their road race version, and has some nice additions; notably the billet front plate that uses a TR6060 internal pump and sprayer along with some internal upgrades that make it good for 750-800hp...
Welded, blended, bumped, smoothed.
This took about an hour to weld, and just short of 8 to make the welds disappear and the panel to look as close to factory as I can produce.
Next, I’ve got to figure a better water drainage setup for this lower cowl. The original setup just channeled...
12 individual pieces formed and welded to make one.
I’m going to weld this in from below, so the shrink pushes the seam upward and then planishing can mostly be done from the top down.
David
Successful rough fit check. Loads more integration work to go, but this intake or short stacks will fit just fine.
Why all this work? With the engine setback about 12”, the bell housing parting line is in line with the lower edge of the windshield. The old lower cowl shape was made to drain...
Thanks Greg. Learning a lot by doing. Also, I made a test piece to try different dies and techniques before applying to the actual part. It’s a relief to try an idea “consequence free.”
David
Thanks man. We got back from NV at the end of April, and I started to get back on the car through May. We scanned the interior to help with cage design, and I also installed AC in the shop so the Texas summer (May-Sept) is more tolerable.
This cowl will be a big step forward to building the...
It might look like a hood scoop, but it's actually a lower cowl relief panel too allow for the intake to be serviced while in the car. With everything pushed back about 12", it's just a smidge too tight.
Learned a ton making this, and ended up using all the tools. I spend more time blending the...
It’s been a minute, but the frame is about 200 lbs and the unibody shell is almost nothing. I’ll scale it as soon as it can legitimately go on all fours. That’s kind of the next goal.
David
Front end is all together. This marks the last of the .125 4130 over .083 mild for a little while.
April is all camping out in NV, so I’m off to prep for that.
David
Getting the front end overlays done.
Top plate is for a tube landing, while the inner plate ties the frame together from the engine mounts to the swaybar mount and over the front suspension crossmember.
One more set and then I’ll fit the front frame horn and crossmember.
David
What doesn't Costco have?! I'll dumpster dive for that stuff.
Right now, I'm prepping the truck for a large camping adventure across Nevada, so fabricating and setting gears, etc. For the car, I'm putting together the parts list for the headers, and once that's done, there's a large Docol order...