02-16-2020, 06:24 PM | #376 |
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last shots for today, just some over views
Hope I didn't bore you. We have other stuff to show (Body work and custom fabrication going on in the engine compartment and cab) Will post that up when it looks less messy.
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02-17-2020, 10:41 AM | #377 |
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Nice!!!! love this build. Not over the top, you might have said it in a earlier post but how much power does that BBC have?
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Jim, thank you for showing enough interests in our build to ask a question. It seems the builds side of this forum is mostly a place for folks to blog about their travels and what they cooked for dinner. Motor was started and run in on a engine dyno and made 570 and change with a dual plenum intake and a 850 Holley. We will be using a open plenum air gap style intake and see if the Holley can keep up. Expect to make close to 550 at the wheels.
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Beautiful work!
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so awesome, are you using some sort of scoop on that trans cooler to grab the air or just relying on the fan to draw it through? im in the process of doing a trans cooler on mine, i guess a scoop and a fan wouldn't hurt. |
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Of course this is just theory and experience speaking. I have no formal data or education in thermal dynamics or fluid viscosity parameters
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Nobody builds a instrument panel that is worth a damn for the GMC's so I will build my own.
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Little more work done, broke the X axis in the mill so have been working on that repair.
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You gotta have $100 worth of aluminum chips on the floor. It always hurts to machine over 50 % of the material away to make a part.
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No other way to machine it to attain the final dimensions I need. It is a monster. Built in the late 1970's on contract to the US Govt. It is a DEBER US 120 has twin spindles and a compound table to do tapers (You will see that feature when I get this beast back up and running.
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02-26-2020, 11:10 AM | #386 |
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Goodness, what a beautiful build!!!!
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02-26-2020, 11:38 AM | #387 |
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That is a really sweet machine! Not much you cant do on that one. I just picked up a Bridgeport from the 60's. Having fun learning to use it making a few parts for my truck.
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So I got the mill back up and was able to get to the part ready to be bored for the 7 instruments it will hold. I showed a picture of the cool part of my mill where I can swing the x/y axis and cut tapers. That allowed me to machine the sides at the 7 degrees from vertical.
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Well the first phase is complete. Still need to add the bottom and get the steering column notch completed as well as final facing.
I'm pretty glad to have this off the mill for awhile.
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Machining on the dash insert is complete. Now need to get it mounted.
It is just sitting close to its final location in these pictures. It will actually be about 5/16" higher in the dash when complete. You can see the lower panel We fabbed that will be the location of the new switch gear.
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comparison to original GMC dash insert
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What makes this so different (other then the increase in size and the ability to relocate or even delete some of the switches and knob) Is the angle our gauges will be laid back at. The original they were aimed at the drivers chest. Now they are in perfect alignment with the drivers point of view. It is subtle but very noticeable in application.
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Very nice. I really like the looks of those dash bezels/inserts.
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Will the lights from the gauges reflect up onto the windshield at night?
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They shouldn't. they have their own built in bezels as well as they are dimmable.
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Not that anyone actually looks at this thread anymore but here is the new dash bezel and the custom one off under dash rolled pan that will hold the AC ducts as well as hide the underdash.
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looks great, as usual. how much does that gauge panel weigh now?
Similar to your roll pan, I saw a guy at Lone Star Nationals who took a spare dash, cut it in half length-wise, flipped the top half upside down and welded it to the bottom of the dash.this made the shape of the dash be mirrored on top and bottom. It gave him a slot/shelf to store stuff in and he put his vents in that. |
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Less then 2 pounds.
30 gallon barrel of chips widdled away
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man that dash looks good, great work
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