Bubba's recycling project

[bubba327]

Dave do you have headers or cast iron manifolds? what brand of glaspacks

[daverod]

Originally Posted by bubba327

Dave do you have headers or cast iron manifolds? what brand of glaspacks

long headers into a crossover into cherry bombs

[bubba327]

Originally Posted by daverod

long headers into a crossover into cherry bombs

Well no wonder its loud Dave...

Went junk yarding at Jalopy Jungle our local pick a part yard yesterday.
You can spend hours wandering around for only dollar admission. Bring your own tools.

Found a 63 one ton knee knocker that was pretty picked over but it did still have the hood supports in reasonable shape. I had borrowed the ones out of my old blue hood for the the newer primered hood. I was glad to get them to put back on the other hood
Found a set of six cylinder power steering brackets to clean up and resell to someone in need of them. They are kinda hard to find so I hate to see them get crushed.

found a 66 that still had the 283 in it but was also picked over pretty well too.
I was mainly checking out the exhausts on the trucks and found some crazy home fabbed scabbed together stuff.
bad welds,big kinks and mismatched mufflers and different size pipe,I saw a set of duals that had a glasspack and a regular oval stock muffler.
Quite a few were wired in place with coat hangers or what we call hay bale wire.. gotta love it

I combined my daily walk with combing the long rows of junkyard treasures pulling my hand truck along with a milk crate strapped on to carry my tool bag and a bucket for the parts. A great day in the spring sunshine!!

Learned a new trick on U tube for removing the broken studs out of the exhaust manifolds . Just heat them up kinda red hot, a whack or two with a BFH on the bolt shaft then put some wax from a old candle on the base of the bolt at the thread line. It does not flame up and the hot wax flows down in to the rusty threads . Use vise grips to remove the broken stud .
The wax was a new trick to me. worked great!! after they cooled I chased the threads with a tap and ready for new studs



the high temp paint is still drying on the manifolds- I will post pictures next time

[TJ's Chevy]

The exhaust manifolds look neat.

[bubba327]

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

The exhaust manifolds look neat.

Thanks I am working my way through your build thread, About half way there!! Yours is looking good!! Which side of Oregon are you??

[bubba327]

SSG Michael McMurphy, Good to hear from you!
Hows life treating you at the North Pole??
I had the exhaust kicked out in front of the tire before with the inline six, It was just kinda noisy with bounce back off passing cars, trucks and buildings .
I would like to run them farther out the back , and then kicked out if I can do it..
I have seen them run straight back between the tire and frame on the outside of the frame rails but I thought it looked odd.
Maybe if they were bent up and over??
I have the aluminum fuel cell behind the rear axle I would like to stay away from..

[likaroc13]

I dig the Brockman Mellow Tone's. After hearing a video clip of them on fellow member TX Firefighter's old '63, I decided I want something similar for mine one day.

[bubba327]

The Brockmans are hand made and quite reasonable, Cheaper than flowmasters.
here are the two stamps from the ramhorns, Any body have a " By the Numbers" book?? one is GM and one is GMT

[likaroc13]

Originally Posted by bubba327

The Brockmans are hand made and quite reasonable, Cheaper than flowmasters.

I agree, plus more unique. I like to be different sometimes.

[bubba327]

Had to take a little road trip across southern Idaho today.
On the drive back I was getting stiff and sleepy so I stopped at a favorite happy place of mine just out of sight from the interstate and went for a walk among the treasures.
The man who owns the place is a great guy and very helpful.
He knows exactly where everything is and nothing is in order, just random stuff everywhere.
All is for sale and honest fair prices
Boys, there are still a few places left like this...

[bubba327]

The manifolds are all painted up and I have the collectors ready with first bends fit and cut and the crossover balance pipe built.
The cross over will be at the transmission brace just past the trans oil pan. and will be 1" below frame measured to the top of pipe.
I read a lot of ideas online about where the H pipe should be but that is where it ended up fitting best.
Just need to get the manifolds bolted back on and can start to make things permanent .
I need to pick up a pair O2 sensor bungs to weld in just in case I find a wide band to help with the set up and tuning.
The manifolds I am using are 67-68 Chevy truck 283-327 on the right side, And the left is 65-68 passenger car and truck 283-307-327. so I guess they are kinda correct for the year and kinda match.

[McMurphy]

Good to see you posting progress again!
Looking forward to your exhaust install as that is next for me after my bed.

Keep us in pics, want to see how this goes for you

[bubba327]

Things are coming together,and this is kinda what it looks like. It turns out that the left ram horn is 45 degrees and the right is 55 degrees.
clears the oil filter with a lot of clearance and the starter by only 1/2". I bet I will end up with a heat shield there.
I bolted up the 2" collectors to the manifolds with out the beveled gaskets so they were perfectly flat to each surface to start ,then fit a lot of times before I tacked every thing together and final welding. The offsets will need the legs shortened really close to the first bend and then we will see about what will work for mufflers/ packs.
After the H pipe the offsets will just get clamps so they can be removed.

[63 Spud]

Looking good Bruce. I'm interested in seeing what you go with for mufflers.

[bubba327]

So here it is, all in place!!!
I ordered a pair of Summit welded oval magna-flow knock offs, but they did not fit very well so I regrouped and went with the round
Thrush long tube glaspacks, 27 " overall and 2,25" pipes and it sounds just perfect!!!
no drone or cackle ,just a badass rumble when under throttle, and a nice mellow deep purr at idle and part throttle .
I wanted to kick the pipes up and over the axle and out the back bumper but when I started fitting things in , It sure seemed to close too the tire.
I have short mandrel bends turning out in front of the tires until I get a better plan.



here is the new freshened 283 in full dress!!!

[63 Spud]

Awesome! No more white knuckle rides down the freeway on-ramp.

[bubba327]

Originally Posted by 63 Spud

Awesome! No more white knuckle rides down the freeway on-ramp.

Thanks Mark!! Did you recognize your old Holley Contender intake???
It was blasted and it cleaned up pretty nice

[63 Spud]

That intake manifold is too clean to have ever belonged to me!

[bubba327]

So there has been this grin on my face all day that just wont stop,
Cuz I knew that my 64 was waiting for me in the parking lot at City hall tonight!!!!!!!!!
The motor now has over 100 miles after the LONG way home tonight and it is running awesome!!! needs a very few minor things but motor is pretty much complete.
Sure some difference after the inline six, I kinda spun the tires once or twice tonight, and it gets to 60 mph in a hurry!!!
It did kinda turn into the NAPA on its own, but then the guys there wanted to see it after all the parts I have bought.

Ordered a new Eastwood catalog yesterday, looks like the body and interior are next.
that hood needs a flame job or SS stripes until I can make it match

[likaroc13]

Congrats on getting it back on the road! The exhaust looks good, & I'm sure that engine definitely makes a difference. If you can do it, I'm sure we'd all enjoy a little video clip sometime. Keep on grinnin' & drivin'!

[Captainfab]

It's good to hear you're back on the road.

You did a very nice job on the installation

[bubba327]

We went out for milk shakes after supper tonight, and ended up on a 75 mile adventure, I forgot how much fun this truck is to cruise in !!
Daughter will help me film a quick video this weekend and will try to get it posted!!
Thanks for the support guys

[chevy_man5]

Awesome Bubba!! Glad to hear she is back on the road!

[bubba327]

Sorry for the delay in the progress report.
I seem to be having to share the 64 with youngest daughter now.
She has been "borrowing " it when ever she can these days.
Oldest daughter came home from college over the fourth of July and was quite pleased with the new performance. There was some discussion about who really lays ownership to the truck and " just dont wreck it little sister"

The new motor has almost 1000 miles on it so far and is running great, and getting around 17 MPG. It would probably do better when I quit rodding around like I stole it.
No problems so far, no leaks , no clunks or OMG's. I am wishing I had a fan shroud on it here in the recent hot weather. Air conditioning would be nice too when the temps are over 100 every day,

The 64 went to the Emmett cruise night last night-it did get a little hot but it was still over 100 degrees at 6pm.
Never boiled or vapor locked but the girls would cruise for a while and have to park for a while when the temp gauge crept up. later in the evening, it cooled down and the heating issue went away.
Would adding a electric pusher fan help during the stop and go times?
My 69 Chevelle vapor locked twice so I too had to park it till the night cooled.
There was over 800 entries in the car show at the park and countless others came to the street dance and cruise, lots of family fun was had .
There was several 50"-60"s bands along the cruise route and lots of food vendors

Seems to me that more younger people may be getting into the classic cars and away from the ricers, lots of 20 to 30 year olds with the 50's and 60"s costumes driving in some nice older cruisers even quite a few 4 door stockers - even saw a few stock 70s station wagons packed full of people and kids just having a blast from the past.

[likaroc13]

That's funny to hear about the daughters. Maybe it's time to find another truck. Great to hear that the new engine is performing well. Sounds like decent MPG's too! That cruise night sounds like it was a blast. That's something I'd definitely enjoy, & at 31 I'm still part of the "younger" crowd I guess. Gotta love younger folks who are keeping classics on the road.