1966 Satellite restomod street toy

[747mopar]

Very cool, so you guys use the water jet to cut out tooling that is then used to stamp or form your pieces? I was just curious because I do allot of machine work and I know making pieces like that manually isn't exactly easy and very time consuming. Would I be correct in thinking you'll likely be whipping up some cool assessor brackets for your motor? Thanks for posting

 

[bherman]

1966 Satellite Engine

Hi Guys, I said I would post engine photos for my project, the shots were taken in my messy garage and aren't great quality. If I waited until the garage was clean they would never be posted. The engine is a stock block 400 with an Eagle 3.900 stroke crank, Eagle rods and Wiseco pistons. The engine is zero deck and with the ported chambers the compression ratio is approximately 10.25. The cylinder heads are Indy CNC ported EZ 295s. The camshaft is a Comp Cams hydraulic flat tappet that has 248 duration @ .050 and .542 lift on both the intake and exhaust. The lobe separation is 108 degrees and I put it in straight up. The oil pan was built to fit the front suspension and employs old school trap door baffles, a loose scraper and a remote pick to the external oil pump. I'm not happy with the external cylinder head oiling system, I'm currently pondering redesign. I'm not sure the intake/carb/air cleaner will fit under the stock hood (any thoughts?) so this may drive a manifold change or a glass hood and a scoop. I'm hoping this combination will make 450 H.P., maybe I'm being overly optimistic. Thanks Brian.

747mopar yes your assumptions are correct.

 

[kellycom]

impressive. tuned in to see more.

 

[69 GTX]

Should make 450 crank easy! May even make 450 RWHP

 

[HYRDGOON]

Liking what I see in this thread you have some serious skills and an awesome mind for ingenuity!

 

[dieseldazzle]

Lovely motor. I hope you have better look with your Demon carb then I did. Ended up buidling my own from a proform main body.

 

[bherman]

Great moments in history!

Hi Guy's, I retrieved my 66 from the paint shop this morning, I'm excited! The plan is to assemble the vehicle to a turn key condition, minus the trim, sort out all of the systems and then paint the exterior of the car. I still have a lot of components to fabricate but it will be fun to bolt things together that don't have to come apart! I decided that I was running out of space to store parts so I thought that maybe if they were on the car it would condense the pile. The body color is not as "loud" in person as it appears in the photos it's slightly more subtle, although it was never my intention for the finished vehicle to be....subtle. I'm not sure about the color/contrast between the suspension components and the body. I think they looked better when I was looking a the paint/powdercoat chips. I'm hoping that when its completely assembled the colors will not clash to bad. Anybody have an opinion? I tried to do a more robust frame connector than the typical bolt in units. The front bracket attaches in 5 locations and the the rear 4 have sleeves welded through the frame rail. There is also a gusset that attaches to the outside of the rear connector to the back of the spring eye bracket location. I will show photos of the arrangement as the build progresses. I added a little "divot" in the outer wheel house to get better tire clearance. The divot is moved out to within about .040 of the 1/4 skin, this gained very close to an inch of room right where the tire bulges.

 

[747mopar]

You are definitely impressing me every step of the way, great fab work again! I like the contrast between the 2 parts, if the colors were much closer it would look like a failed attempt at matching them but the way it is it looks like you just wanted a little contrast to show off your slick craftsmanship. Motor looks great and I think you might be a little off on your expectations, I've seen a few 451 strokers similar to yours dyno'd on here and all were in the 500hp range. I'm running a 456" that's allot mellower than yours and it runs great so you'll be happy.

 

[bherman]

You are definitely impressing me every step of the way, great fab work again! I like the contrast between the 2 parts, if the colors were much closer it would look like a failed attempt at matching them but the way it is it looks like you just wanted a little contrast to show off your slick craftsmanship. Motor looks great and I think you might be a little off on your expectations, I've seen a few 451 strokers similar to yours dyno'd on here and all were in the 500hp range. I'm running a 456" that's allot mellower than yours and it runs great so you'll be happy.

Hi 747mopar, thanks again for your kind comments. I think I'm just going to assemble the car with the suspension systems the color they are. they don't contrast like I envisioned, but I don't dislike the color enough to re-powdercoat them. The 450HP number in my post was a typo, I was hoping that the engine package would be around 550HP. I'm really hoping to make 450HP at the rear wheels, maybe not but we can always dream!

 

[Fast Freddie]

Wow, wow, wow! That is just crazy, over the top work! I think I'm going to quit my project and just go back to being a bum....
Please keep us posted!

 

[bherman]

Hey Fast Freddie, thanks for the compliment, that said, get to work on your project and post pictures!

 

[bherman]

Started suspension assembly!

Hi Guy's I'm excited, one of my friends came over on Saturday and helped me with the initial suspension assembly. We've been hanging out since we were about 5 years old. When we were late teens, early 20's, just about all we did was work on cars and try to go faster......well once in a while we chased girls too! That was before we learned that they turned into women (puppies are cute too....) and we wouldn't have any time or money to work on our cars until we were antiques. We still get together about every 2 weeks or so, work on something, bench race and tell lies to each other that we both know aren't true! Almost 55 years later we're still hanging out, the only problem is sometimes we forget to do the work part. This is the progress we made on Saturday. Thanks for looking, Brian.

 

[usaroadrunner]

wowser, your taking this to the next level. flat out sexy an bada$$. very nice job.

 

[patrick66]

I love that four-link set-up you've built. That, and the very clean way you've built the subframe connectors, looks like you should be able to do whatever you want with this car, when it hits the road. Very impressive!

Can't wait to see pics of the body on the ground, sitting on the tires.

 

[bherman]

I love that four-link set-up you've built. That, and the very clean way you've built the subframe connectors, looks like you should be able to do whatever you want with this car, when it hits the road. Very impressive!

Can't wait to see pics of the body on the ground, sitting on the tires.

Thanks Patrick66, "Can't wait to see pics of the body on the ground, sitting on the tires." I'm sure that you're not the first person with that sentiment. My wife wants to know why it's taking so long and when it's time to do honey do's. The grandkids want to know when they can go for a ride, I told them by the time it's done they'll probably be driving! The guy's in the shop will probably have a celebration if it ever drives away. When I asked my friend if I could work on the car at his shop I told him that the plan was big engine, headers, new exhaust, bigger gear and a trans/converter swap. I betcha he would like to see it on the tires also......LOL.

Does anybody out there have any recommendations for a trans supplier. I talked to John Cope and the guy at PTC (I've forgotten his name) at a Mopar show and I liked both of them. If anybody has any feedback I would love to hear it. Thanks Brian.

 

[Rocketman]

Wow that is some patience being displayed. When you see pictures like this it really brings it home how much time is put into those restomod cars!


We have family in Jackson, MI. Any chance this car will make it to one of the summer cruise ins?

 

[HYRDGOON]

Thanks Patrick66, "Can't wait to see pics of the body on the ground, sitting on the tires." I'm sure that you're not the first person with that sentiment. My wife wants to know why it's taking so long and when it's time to do honey do's. The grandkids want to know when they can go for a ride, I told them by the time it's done they'll probably be driving! The guy's in the shop will probably have a celebration if it ever drives away. When I asked my friend if I could work on the car at his shop I told him that the plan was big engine, headers, new exhaust, bigger gear and a trans/converter swap. I betcha he would like to see it on the tires also......LOL.

Does anybody out there have any recommendations for a trans supplier. I talked to John Cope and the guy at PTC (I've forgotten his name) at a Mopar show and I liked both of them. If anybody has any feedback I would love to hear it. Thanks Brian.

What are you looking at for a trans?? Preference?

 

[bherman]

Hi Rocketman, Patience, that's funny the guy's at the shop just call it slow! Yah it will probably get to a summer cruise........but I don't know which summer that would be. Thanks Brian.

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Hi HYRDGOON, I don't know much about automatic transmissions. All of the cars I've played with in the past were sticks. I'm really open to all advice. I thought that a pro street style 727 with a manual reverse valve body and a 9.5 inch TC might be appropriate. I don't have any idea what stall would be street drivable. The car currently has a 3.73 gear in it and I believe it will weigh 3650 lbs. when finished. Thanks Brian.

 

[Riverdawg]

wow, that is some incredible fab work. That is going to be a Killer Car, looking forward to seeing the progress. Keep up the great work.

 

[bherman]

A small amount of progress.

Hi All, Made some progress and I thought I would post. First the master cylinder; I really wanted a master cylinder that looked more like a production unit. I could not find one with a small enough bore to work with the manual brake system that's in the vehicle. One option would be to sleeve a Mopar style unit and install a smaller piston. Before I went through that exercise I thought it made sense to install an aftermarket unit and see if the piston sizing worked well in the vehicle. The Wilwood unit that I selected is reasonably priced and is available in multiple bore diameters. Wilwood also has a kit that mounts the prop valve to the master cylinder mount studs, unfortunately it didn't quite fit to the inner fender. We made an adapter to mount the master, and new bracket to hold the prop valve where it needed to be and a new push rod eye to attach to the pedal. It all fits very nicely and is relatively compact. I also like that the prop valve has three outlets, two front, one rear so no tee is required in the front line.
I've been cleaning, painting, plating and generally restoring component systems for quite some time.......LOL, so it was fun to install some of them! It's starting to feel like a car, instead of a pile of parts! Thanks Brian