Project Orange Crush (57 3100)

[ptc]

Originally Posted by Valarius_Starchaser

I considered an axle over spring but I was worried about having to c-notch the frame or would that not be an issue?

No C notch unless you plan on SLAMMIN to the ground.... or loading 10 tons in your bed! normal suspension travel shouldnt need it.

[Valarius_Starchaser]

Okay either way I have all the components at my disposal thanks for the input on the spring under not causing issues

[ptc]

Wow pretty quiet from the VAL shop all weekend.... you ok????


Hey dont know if you have started thinking about glass yet, but I came across this site and they may have the perfect fix to all your chop top worries for all your glass....

Check them out at : http://www.racingshields.com/custom_..._vehicles.html

[Valarius_Starchaser]

Originally Posted by ptc

Wow pretty quiet from the VAL shop all weekend.... you ok????


Hey dont know if you have started thinking about glass yet, but I came across this site and they may have the perfect fix to all your chop top worries for all your glass....

Check them out at : http://www.racingshields.com/custom_..._vehicles.html

It averaged 97 degrees and 80% humidity this weekend... just to hot for me which was a bummer because my fiance was out of town so it was a ton of lost work time but I will be hitting it hard over the week to get the old girls back down on all 4 and hopefully get the other side door on and both aligned within reason so we can start finishing the chop top and drip rail delete

The whole budget thing is starting to be a real issue here fellas not sure if our goal of wedding getaway truck will be met. She is starting to want a better meal and more decorations and the like so the truck thing takes a back seat to that we will see how it all lines up... Can't say I'm not bummed about that so I'm kind of discouraged on even working on it right now nobody ever said a wedding was for a man anyways

one tie rod end and rear axle U bolts have been ordered however despite the setback

As far as the glass goes those guys look well beyond even my previous "get it done" budget

[Valarius_Starchaser]

I was thinking of going with UV-Stabilized acrylic and building a buck to match the opening and using a heat gun to form it to the buck not sure how or if that would work or where I could even get 1/4inch UV-stabilized acrylic locally...

I have been ignoring the whole windshield thing but I will need to start finding a solution sooner rather than later....

[Valarius_Starchaser]

continuing on none the less I finished up my suspension got the truck back on its own feet again step dad got his new block for his stroker from the machine shop last night looks like I will be preoccupied building that for a night or two next week

Also been tearing into his big block throwing a cam at it for some better low end torque as its going in a 67 elco for for truck use

busy busy busy...

[Valarius_Starchaser]

No truck time last night busy building the motor for the Nova drag season is coming!

Here's some pictures of it 383 stroker 2 piece rear main and a flat tappet hydraulic cam at .490/.490 lift


old cracked block

It's like a present

read for surgery doctor Val



crank came in at .8 end play and all the crank bearings were at .25 PERFECT

[Valarius_Starchaser]

[Valarius_Starchaser]

the most expensive oil a man can buy I'm pretty sure

And at this point it was 12:30am on a Tuesday night with work the next day so it was time for sleep...

[Valarius_Starchaser]

Friday night not much is likely to be done between that being my birthday and the tenative day for break in of the motor and hopefully Saturday will be a productive junk yard run for a harness and some other odds and ends

[Kim57]

Very cool.
Hope you have a great Birthday.
Kim

[II_Slow]

Details on the Nova drag car? Whatcha got?

[Valarius_Starchaser]

Originally Posted by II_Slow

Details on the Nova drag car? Whatcha got?

Its a 72 with a 12 bolt 3.73 posi 8inch drag radials are all the further we go with tires. We drive it to and from the track no trailer for her Cowl induction hood and gunmetal grey paint (high metallic) with black stripes and read pearl ghost flames in them. fairly stock suspension with energy suspension on the whole car sub-frame connectors and traction bars as well

Transmission is a Bowtie overdrives 700r4 unit with line lock from when my step dad lived in cali

motor is at 10:1 and makes somewhere between 450-480hp

We haven't done a single run since early last year in that time we got the aluminum heads and an air gap intake with 750 holley double pumper old times were barely breaking into the 13.50s due to timing issues bad fuel and suspension being set up poorly

this year all that is about to change

[Valarius_Starchaser]

Here's a picture for you too. I can't help but wish the Nova was put on hold for my truck though but that's how things go I suppose fathers projects take precedence over sons

[II_Slow]

Very cool. I had an early Chevy II I raced for years. Bounced if off of the guard rails one time to many and put my engine in a later car. A fox body Mustang of all things. Low 8's in a stock suspension Nova but a bit too much for the nerves.


Goes a lot straighter in the Mustang.



Just abouty to finish by Cummins powered, Dodge framed, 55 Chevy to pull my Chevy powered Ford.

[lower50's]

Happy Birthday

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It's a birthday cake!? lol

[Valarius_Starchaser]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Happy Birthday

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It's a birthday cake!? lol

That "cake" and your confusion over whether it actually was one just sent some coffee flying

II Slow awesome cars love the fox body pic can't say we will be anywhere near your speed but I have a grudge match against a buddies cuda I don't plan to lose

[ptc]

Originally Posted by Valarius_Starchaser

Here's a picture for you too. I can't help but wish the Nova was put on hold for my truck though but that's how things go I suppose fathers projects take precedence over sons

Well especially since its FATHERS DAY weekend..... We get special attention at least 1 time a YEAR!!!!

Enjoy!!!

[Valarius_Starchaser]

Oh boy page 15

Heres another picture of the stroker 1.6 roller rockers

[Valarius_Starchaser]

Fair enough PTC

couple more pictures got the mouse in the nova and now we have a rat to tear into for his 67 elco we have the city on our butts so all three need to be running before the end of the month

This is another 454 with the same 781 heads no head work done stock rotating assembly only 60k on it though throwing a mild cam and some bearings at it along with a good cleaning should make some quality low end torque got it all stripped and cleaned/bagged last night WORK WORK WORK WORK

[Valarius_Starchaser]

fellas I have entered wiring HELL

This is the stock harness from a 95 1500 4wd with a 4L60E that I picked up to strip down and convert into a trans controller for my 4L80E the connectors are the same for the two units but there is a few wires that need deleted and some that need moved nothing to bad as there is plenty of diagrams available


Melting the pass through goo off the wires

AHHHHHHH

trans connector



PCM connectors

[Valarius_Starchaser]

Trans end all done and loomed

This is likely more wires then a stock truck would have had total

Jeep steering shaft to solve my steering angle issue (I need to get a new gearbox to make this work unfortunately

Dropped the cluster in

Steering column in man the inside of my truck is a hot mess

[II_Slow]

You and me both!


Mine is about 40% complete, but I went with the Guard Dawg keyless ignition system and I can't get it to play nice. I'm convinced it is defective, and their tech support is convinced I have something wired wrong. Time will tell!

I'm not at all worried about the wiring. I'm an electrical engineer so it's not an issue all for me, but I can see where completely wiring a project from scratch could be hugely intimadating to someone with very little knowledge or training on this stuff (not saying you - just generalizing). Sometimes you think you know how something works, until you try to wire it up. Stuff like how the blinker/brake lights circuit really works, how the control circuit works that cycles the A/C compressor and triggers the electric fan to run, how the wipers return to the park position, in my case how the overdrive and lock-up circuits work, etc.

My biggest issues with the wiring act more with the mechanical side of it than electrical - how to feed the circuits through the firewall, what connectors to use, where to locate the terminal blocks, etc. It's so crowded under the dash and ackward to get to. Just do everthing you can off the truck and solder all of the connections. Avoid crimped fittings anywhere you can.

[ptc]

Originally Posted by II_Slow

You and me both!

I'm not at all worried about the wiring. I'm an electrical engineer so it's not an issue all for me, but I can see where completely wiring a project from scratch could be hugely intimadating to someone with very little knowledge or training on this stuff (not saying you - just generalizing).

Good to know WE ALL got an (EE) engineer in the house now for some electrical help when needed.... !!!

Ive been doing electrical for 30+ years but there are still those times when you are trying to make one ELEC thing work with another ELEC thingy and they dont like each other....

TTYL!


Looking GOOD VAL!!!! keep it up!

[Kim57]

Looks very confusing.
I don't have the courage to do that.
Kim