New project

[XJHEAD]

zbrown;272289 wrote:
how did you perforate it like that?? looks good

edit... i see that the inner tube isn't perforated like i thought.... what did you pack in there??

Stainless steel wire mesh, two layers.

I used Owings Corning batts. NOT, It is a secret ingredient...

[PSiedTSi]

You should sell those?

[bubba]

XJHEAD;271817 wrote:
Real Street in Brainerd.

Stock style suspension
No tubs
no wheelie bars
Finished interior
Exhaust to behind drivers seat with muffs
DOT tires on the rear
Horn
Wipers
Functional windows

Those are off the top of my head.

The next class is King Street.
They allow back-halfed cars/modified suspension.

lol, half the hondas i've seen around wont even pass...

[XJHEAD]

We finished the exhaust today, and the last of the beer too, good timing on our part.

[Slowica]

looks good, planning on making any soundclips?

[XJHEAD]

Slowica;272413 wrote:
looks good, planning on making any soundclips?

I put V-bands on the muffs so yes, will be testing with and without.

[ruthless351]

Very nice looking welds! Props to 63vette. Cant wait to hear them.

[63vette]

ruthless351;272427 wrote:
Very nice looking welds! Props to 63vette. Cant wait to hear them.

Thanks, I appreciate that a lot. I am still figuring aluminum out,as is Bill.
Its easier but weirder than chromemoly. We are getting better with aluminum every weld.
I am building a positioner/rotator so the welds on the next sets will be much nicer.

Jim

[weshole]

XJHEAD;272411 wrote:
We finished the exhaust today, and the last of the beer too, good timing on our part.

Call me cooky but with the muffs aimed like that and the distance from your rear end, arent you worried about boiling your brake fluid hence hampering your braking from a fastasfuk 1/4 run? Or any other time for that matter. Not to mention the wiring you have running on the pass side. It's really hard to judge distance from the pics but, it would be interesting to see how hot it would get there after a good blast down the track. Just thinkin safety bro.

[63vette]

weshole;272456 wrote:
Call me cooky but with the muffs aimed like that and the distance from your rear end, arent you worried about boiling your brake fluid hence hampering your braking from a fastasfuk 1/4 run? Or any other time for that matter. Not to mention the wiring you have running on the pass side. It's really hard to judge distance from the pics but, it would be interesting to see how hot it would get there after a good blast down the track. Just thinkin safety bro.

Axle is hanging, when on the ground the axle is 4" higher. Maybe baby turndowns but Bill wants to wait to see how much of a turndown it needs. Good eye though.

Its freaky how fast they dissipate heat. I put over 180 amps to it for over a minute when welding the hanger on and with a little air flowing over it, I picked it up after 2-3 minutes and it was room temp.

[weshole]

Cool. Like I said, it's hard to judge from the pics. I cant wait to see the finished product.

[63vette]

A little better perspective. Just move the axle up 4" and it would be close to ride height.

[weshole]

Perfect. now I can see what your talking about.

[63vette]

Me: So Bill... Where is the (insert tool name here)???
Bill: On the bench.
Me: Nevermind.

Check out that bench! Sharpie.... sharpie.... sharpie????

Whats that big blue thing on the left side of the bench?

[weshole]

Huffers paradise. Impeccable organizational skills you fellas have.

[capitlj]

bubba;272403 wrote:
lol, half the hondas i've seen around wont even pass...

And none of them would be competitive.

[XJHEAD]

weshole;272463 wrote:
Huffers paradise. Impeccable organizational skills you fellas have.

You can't say you guys, that would be just me....

[Grr]

ha, yeah my car is like that too, once its on the ground theres plenty of clearance. That aluminum is tricky isnt it! now and then ill be cruising along nice, then BAM, big ass hole in it

[XJHEAD]

Yanked the mock-up motor last night and pulled the tranny. The tranny will be dropped off at T-N-T Tranmission on Monday just to be checked out. Ted does a hell of a job. Had him do the re-build last summer right after P-10. Had a few runs on it then had it out for other things and he told me to bring it over just so he could take a look. Tore it down, everything looked good, so I put it back in. Figured it was out now so I would have him take another peak at it. Anyways the motor should be ready to be picked up early next week. Still have a lot of wiring to do and some suspension changes yet. I still haven't decided if I am going to change gears or not. Either I'll keep the 3.27's in it or put some 3.08's in it. I did make a custom Tranny crossmember for it the other night. I couldn't get my little Miller 135 to get very good penetration so I dropped it off over to 63Vette for a little tig action.

Built with a cutting torch and a BFH

[XJHEAD]

Got the motor back last night. Hopefully start bolting some stuff to it in the coming days.

Had them stuff some Oliver rods in it, they must have been a little beefier than the Eagles, it took 4 slugs of heavy metal.