Hey guys have not been very active but I've got a seemingly small start on working on it again. Been redoing the yard, digging up all of the gravel yard that we built and preparing it for artificial grass. We graveled the yard first and then made the mistake of getting a dog. She knocks all the gravel into the pool so we are running artificial grass around it now. Anyway. I had four of the 3/4 inch heim joints for the rear of the bars and the steel tubing to build my ladder bars. I finally ordered and received the weld bungs for the ends. And I ordered spherical rod joints for the front of the bars. I'll take pics of them as soon as I have all the parts together. So I'm going to building the bars soon. I'm going to make a girder style but somewhere in the middle of the bar I'm going to add a flat steel plate support with a Pontiac V cut in it. Just for looks. They are going to be about 48 inch bars. Will know once I get started and do all the measuring.
Since I traded the single turbo for the twins, I've been building all kinds of induction systems in my head, and checking on prices, looking for deals etc. The engine will be capable of alot of HP, the twins will be capableof 2000 hp, but the single 750 will be the first restriction, followed by the intake and then the heads. So I've come up with possibly adding a Tunnel Ram with twin 750 blow thrus. I'v talked to the guys that built my 750 and they can duplicate it and also mod both carbs to work better as twins. Of course it just takes money. So I've been trying to sell a couple of things I've had sitting around to build money for that. With that system I will never be restricted before the heads. May never use the full potential of the intake system but it will never slow me down either. I also think the visual impact of the twin turbos, feeding twin intercoolers, feeding twin 750's, on a Tunnel ram will be just amazing. Let's just see if I can make it happen.
I also found a great deal on a 35 spline detroit locker and sent for it. I already have a 31 spline locker but I have always felt that the 31 might not be strong enough for the power and the heavy car. I just feel much more secure with 35 splined axles than the 31. If they never break I'll never know. If the 31 did then I would always kick myself.
So all that and when I find a good aftermarket speedometer I can start designing and building my final dash configuration. I did cut up and place my original dash in place but I'm still not sure I want that back in the car. It's a lot of weight for nothing. It was not going to do anything other than sit there for looks. I still want to the use the upper padded dash extension and make it bigger to reach farther back than stock. Maybe I can design and build a complete dash off of that. l think it will be better in the long run. So that is where I am right now. We'll see how it progresses. Mark L
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My Gasser '63 Catalina build. Oh sorry, it's a Street freak. Either way it's a fun build.
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12-07-2011, 05:33 PM
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