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Re: 1956 Chevy Pro-Street Build
Says I'm not in a group, so I can't see it...Jim
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Sorry Jim - -had to make it a PUBLIC post ---- try it now.
https://www.facebook.com/paul.christ...8155982304738/ thanks
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Sounds good and rowdy Paul! Congrats...
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Great job it sounds really healthy.
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Got it now, and you are correct it sounds ANGRY...Jim
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Sounds great.
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Marvelous!!!
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ABREED!!!!!!!!! sounds awsome!!!!!!
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She's a mean sounding beast! Daily driver, huh?!
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Just plain nasty, love it.
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ptc
The national earthquake center reported a disturbance in the force about the time you started that fire breather. MUUUUUMMMMMMM Strong work You have 6, 2" gauges, what are they? Fuel, oil pressure, volts, and gas--- Keep on keepin on NC
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Oh sooo gooood!! I love the idle when you can count the 4 on each side.
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Thanks all.... its been a long hard row to hoe.... but its very close now. The brake pedal system is becoming a head scratcher for me because that one system has to WORK BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHERS.... or theres gonna be trouble. Im gonna take the whole assembly down to a machine shop and see what they can design that can go back in easy enough. Would a slave cylinder have enough pressure to push that booster rod ? or would it be just full ON and full OFF?
The P/S psi line is also a problem, it has blown the -6AN line off the psi side of the pump twice now. I think its blowing under higher revs. These are good Earls type hose ends, and the second time I put the hose together I made sure it bit good and hard so I dont know quite what is happening there. Just wondering if the hydroboost is messed up or something. NUTCASE --- the small gauges are 2 1/16" dia. and they are VOLT, WATER TEMP, OIL PSI, OIL TEMP, FUEL LEVEL and ---- BOOST! ![]() anyway ---- still working it.... Thanks again!! ![]()
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[QUOTE=ptc;8038156]Oh well dont need brake lights anymore cause I just broke off the brake pedal assembly.... can you say MAJOR SETBACK!!!! --- this thing is ready to run! and no brakes!!!
Remember this custom thing I made out of a Wilwood multi-res assembly to go under my floor? Well I just snapped the end of that long 1/2" bolt off that pushed the ram into the booster. I guess Im just gonna have to take the whole thing out and start over with a different idea.... tear up the firewall again and weld in some type of STANDARD brake pedal assembly like regular "white-folk" do..... instead of this redneck backyard mechanic stuff! ![]() oh well.... thank God - good thing it happened now instead of out on the street!!!! I need a vacation --- think I'll go to Florida! Okay so this is what I essentially made (from scratch) ![]() This is an $80 Porsche clutch lever..... I used just a 1/2"-13 Bolt black steel and then I had to drill and thread 1/4-20 "pins" on either end for the pedal and the lever. So I removed 50% of the bolt material on both ends and thats why it failed right at the 1/4" threaded hole on the lever end. QUOTE] ptc, use a pillow block bearing bolted to a plate and mount it under all 4 bolts of your bracket, to support the brake pedal shaft, you are sticking out way too far unsupported! |
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What type of hose and fittings?. I used a Detroit speed hose my and it's got different fitting and hose than a standard -6 hose
Truck is looking good and hope you can get a linkage for brakes worked out.
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you need a fitting with a ferrell that goes on the outside of the hard line in the center.
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The brake pedal thingy is going to be a whole 'nother project. It was just to move it on the left side of the steering column where the clutch used to be. I should have left the clutch assembly in the frame! Im thinking I may go with flanged bearings, like this: ![]()
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Using flanged bearings is a great idea, you can kind of replicate the wildwood mounting plate with a bearing on each side and a transverse shaft. It's not hard to find steel and stainless steel keyed shaft online, keyed collars are available too.
http://www.surpluscenter.com/Power-T...-2982-50-3.axd http://www.surpluscenter.com/Brands/...r-1-1563-A.axd |
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I would go with non swivel flanged bearings. It will help keep the shaft straight.
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The wilwood idea was to make the brake pedal assembly part of the cab instead of part of the frame. I guess that one will have to go back to the drawing board at some point or just use some better materials. I have a meeting with my machinist friend today, so we will see what he thinks.
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WOW & WOW gr8 to see how far you have come along, looking forward to seeing more photos. GR8 work man.
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Got the doors hung and aligned and now working on the latches from AutoJunk... with no directions at all. Well maybe Ill make a video on how to install them into a TF truck - I guess AutoLoc doesn't believe in support for these trucks.
Also -------waiting --------- on machine shop that said it would ONLY take an hour to rebuild my brake pedal idea the RIGHT WAY.... but that was 3 weeks ago!!!! HATE TO WAIT!!!!! ---- ![]() But I have my day job to keep me busy, what with 2 hurricanes, high rise fire in Hawaii and Northern CAL totally in flames! --- guess Ill be busy for a bit. ![]() ![]()
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been a while since i checked , Its lookin awsome buddy.
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Wow, she's looking REAL good! I seriously considered those rims for mine and now I am considering them again! What sizes/widths are you using?
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