The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

[fullmetaljacket]

You could paint the bottom 2-3 inches of the sump the same black that’s on your k member so it disappears under the car instead of looking like a neon sign hanging down.
Travis..

You mean the very bottom few inches of pan to be painted semi gloss black and then the rest from there on up in Hemi orange to give the illusion that it is a factory stock 4 quart pan? Hhhhmmmmm. interesting indeed. I love it. Thanks.

 

[Phantomx]

You mean the very bottom few inches of pan to be painted semi gloss black and then the rest from there on up in Hemi orange to give the illusion that it is a factory stock 4 quart pan? Hhhhmmmmm. interesting indeed. I love it. Thanks.

Eggzachary!
Travis..

 

[fullmetaljacket]

PhantomX. I think you hit on something by masquerading with the black color bordering with the orange. Here's the 6 quart steel pan looking like a low hanging Mango fruit.
In fact now that I come to think about it, black is used on the new Challengers lower halves to hide the fact that they have too much body panel on the lower skirts and the black gives the illusion that it is a shorter body.

 

[RemCharger]

Awesome Pic

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Eggzachary!
Travis.

Awesome Pic

Thanks. It is one of only two images that I have of the car in motion since I can't photograph it from the outside while piloting. LOL.
Now, if I could only organize all my time slips left between Chinese menus over the years, at least the ones without the disappearing ink. LOL.

 

[Phantomx]

Awesome pic I must agree. If that pan were black where it hangs down you’d scarcely notice it. On light colored cars, I like to paint the pinch weld that hangs down below the rocker either flat or satin black. It makes that horrible looking seam disappear. Stuff like that makes a big difference. Most don’t know why, but they know the car looks sharp compared to others.
Travis..

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Awesome pic I must agree. If that pan were black where it hangs down you’d scarcely notice it. On light colored cars, I like to paint the pinch weld that hangs down below the rocker either flat or satin black. It makes that horrible looking seam disappear. Stuff like that makes a big difference. Most don’t know why, but they know the car looks sharp compared to others.
Travis..

Freakin' genius. Thank you for the idea.
I should know this being that I know paint and also practice the dark art of patina and masquerading.

Just goes to show, that enough eyes on a subject is subject to make great strides and in this case, a good way how to hide.

 

[Cranky]

Thanks. It is one of only two images that I have of the car in motion since I can't photograph it from the outside while piloting. LOL.
Now, if I could only organize all my time slips left between Chinese menus over the years, at least the ones without the disappearing ink. LOL.

Yeah, that disappearing ink has irked me a lot over the years. I usually mark stuff that I want to keep and after it being in my desk drawer for a long time, I'll dig through them and find they can't be read anymore.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Yeah, that disappearing ink has irked me a lot over the years. I usually mark stuff that I want to keep and after it being in my desk drawer for a long time, I'll dig through them and find they can't be read anymore.

Don't sign a contract or a vehicle registration with that ink. LOL.

 

[Badvert65]

PhantomX. I think you hit on something by masquerading with the black color bordering with the orange. Here's the 6 quart steel pan looking like a low hanging Mango fruit.
In fact now that I come to think about it, black is used on the new Challengers lower halves to hide the fact that they have too much body panel on the lower skirts and the black gives the illusion that it is a shorter body.

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Those of us that aren't pulling wheels up launches don't have to be concerned with the oil pan color..........sigh........

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Those of us that aren't pulling wheels up launches don't have to be concerned with the oil pan color..........sigh........

You guys didn't see it? I photo shopped the floor jack out of the picture and completely deflated the rear tires. LOL.

 

[RemCharger]

You guys didn't see it? I photo shopped the floor jack out of the picture and completely deflated the rear tires. LOL.

The old magazine cover trick! Nice!

 

[fullmetaljacket]

LOL.
Usually the front half and tires would lift a foot or so off the ground and settle down almost unnoticeable. On the street it would feel like a reversed pot hole and come down a little more abrupt. Still a strange concept for a car to be able to do that.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

For the most part, items here have been successful in deleting weight and most importantly, operating sufficiently and safely. So here's one of the first components that while it was going really well in fabrication mode, there was an underlining concern if it would work for a long time and not collapse.
It was the throttle bracket and lever seen here. The decision was made after thinking it through in what would be a work hardening period of gradual applied pressures under normal acceleration and stomps under all out pulls........and so, it was scrapped. The factories I am sure had heaps of bins with scrapped projects that never got off the ground.
I must say, it was both challenging and yet fun in making it, but sometimes certain things are just best left alone. Look elsewhere for those ounces.

 

[dvw]

For the most part, items here have been successful in deleting weight and most importantly, operating sufficiently and safely. So here's one of the first components that while it was going really well in fabrication mode, there was an underlining concern if it would work for a long time and not collapse.
It was the throttle bracket and lever seen here. The decision was made after thinking it through in what would be a work hardening period of gradual applied pressures under normal acceleration and stomps under all out pulls........and so, it was scrapped. The factories I am sure had heaps of bins with scrapped projects that never got off the ground.
I must say, it was both challenging and yet fun in making it, but sometimes certain things are just best left alone. Look elsewhere for those ounces.

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Mines broken the factory part. Right at the weld at the end of the shaft. Of course, right when I had an awesome R/T right at the starting line. Have broken cable ball studs as well. For your pan? I’d cover it with a black diaper. Kill two birds with one stone. And then you won’t have the weight of paint on the pan.
Doug

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Mines broken the factory part. Right at the weld at the end of the shaft. Of course, right when I had an awesome R/T right at the starting line. Have broken cable ball studs as well. For your pan? I’d cover it with a black diaper. Kill two birds with one stone. And then you won’t have the weight of paint on the pan.
Doug

Wow! Damm Doug! talk about having a heavy lead foot. LOL

I've never seen one of those throttle levers break, cable ends yes, but not the steel lever bracket.
This one I displayed is an extra one in my inventory just in case. I bought it at first to use as a template for the aluminum one and now is just an extra.

 

[dvw]

It has a better weld now than the factory.
Doug

 

[Badvert65]

Does anyone think titanium pushrods are a good idea?

 

[RemCharger]

Does anyone think titanium pushrods are a good idea?

If they were, we would hear more about them by now, I would think.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Ti pushrods would probably be mad expensive to machine and perhaps harder than the system they are pushing. I could be wrong funny enough.