Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Looks good Dan. Is that Holley accessory drive?

Good eye, yes it is!

Mike suggested it because the Vintage Air came with an aluminum bracket but the other side, the alternator side would have been steel and he knows I'm kinda anal so I'd want it to match side to side.

At the beginning I was asking him about for serpentine drive suggestions and he said the nicest one was from VA but is like $3,000 - that was NEVER going to happen so I asked him to think of less expensive ways that would still be attractive. Using the factory aluminum stuff polished on the outside with the recessed parts painted flat black is what we came up with.

Does anyone know if chrome plating adheres to aluminum well or is a problem? I ask because polishing means hand RE-polishing. I don't mind doing some but I wonder how long I'll be willing to do that, ha ha.

[bowt1ed]

Dan, looking good. I wish my mine were progressing along as quickly as yours. After all, we're not getting any younger. Had to show my recent addition - just to make ME feel better!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Ooh...that's beeootiful. I LIKE it! I keep telling myself I can live with out quite so much bling...but I also know after I have the truck done for awhile I'm going to want to do more of it.

Whose serpentine system are you using?

[bowt1ed]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Ooh...that's beeootiful. I LIKE it! I keep telling myself I can live with out quite so much bling...but I also know after I have the truck done for awhile I'm going to want to do more of it.

Whose serpentine system are you using?

Billet Specialties Tru Trac

[ptc]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Ooh...that's beeootiful. I LIKE it! I keep telling myself I can live with out quite so much bling...but I also know after I have the truck done for awhile I'm going to want to do more of it.

Whose serpentine system are you using?

Dan did you check out the MARCH Performance belts systems? they are pretty nice and somewhat reasonably priced. looking good tho!

[G&R's57GMC]

Bling is so over rated .... lol

So Dan where are the coils and plug wires going to be located and routed ?

What F.I. System are you using ?

So far it "rooks marvolis " (in my best Recardo Montavon accent).

[Dan in Pasadena]

The coil packs will be located on the underside of the toeboard mostly not visible from above unless of course you're really looking for them!

After much discussion the fuel injection system is the Holly HP Dominator system. A little pricey but Mike gave me a screaming good price because he wanted to have experience installing & programming it.

Cost a little more upfront but should save me in the long run every time I need an idle adjustment or shift point changes, or any kind of minor adjustment it's not gonna cost money to go get it put on the software at the dynamometer. (It will also readily accept re-programming for turbocharging if I ever decide to do that later.)

[G&R's57GMC]

Thanks for the reply .

Turbo charging !? Your truck will only weigh around 3500# with little traction , more power will only cost you tires lol

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by G&R's57GMC

Thanks for the reply .

Turbo charging !? Your truck will only weigh around 3500# with little traction , more power will only cost you tires lol

Very true and I'll likely NOT do it. My truck as currently set up should make about 400hp and maybe 450 ft lbs. But I guess I like knowing I could. Ha ha.

Go back through my thread and Mike has a '57 TF in his shop that's an LQ4 6.0 like mine but it's twin turbo'd and the owner had him set it up to put out 1000 hp!! I can't wait to hear that started.

[G&R's57GMC]

I just went back through your thread looking for what your using for the rear suspension.

It looks like just leaf springs and a lowering block. If so you may have a nasty wheel hop problem as the springs wind up.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by G&R's57GMC

I just went back through your thread looking for what your using for the rear suspension.

It looks like just leaf springs and a lowering block. If so you may have w wheel hop problem as the springs wind up.

The rearend is flipped on top of the springs and the frame is C notched. We will install traction bars BUT the truth is I won't ever race it. It'll never run the 1/4 mile. I'll stick my foot in it a few time to entertain myself but I'm no Ricky Racer.

[G&R's57GMC]

I'm no ricky racer either, BUT I don't want any wheel hop either so I used the NoLimit Fat Bar rear suspension with the Currie 9" .

[Dan in Pasadena]

No I didn't. By the time we're to that decision I wanted to save some. Money spent I went with the Holley system only a few hundred bucks- which was still more than I'd have preferred!

[Flysocal]

I would have gone with the Holley kit as well but with ADs you gotta notch the inner fenders so I decided against. Will the accessory drive require inner fender mods? BTW I like everything

[Dan in Pasadena]

Nope, no modifications required. I'd have used the truck brackets but the Vintage Air AC bracket is aluminum i wanted o polish to match the compressor. Wouldn't have looked acceptable (to me) wit hthe opposite side holdingthe alternator made of steel and painted or chromed. I'll get both polished and clear anodized later.

[MBrown]

Dan, was there no way to use the factory a/c compressor location or did you want it up on top? Just trying to picture my drivetrain in place and wondering if i need to plan on moving that.

Mark

[Dan in Pasadena]

Sorry, we didn't try to use the factory AC compressors because I bought the Vintage Air kit and their compressor bracket mounts it up top. I wanted the chrome compressor so i suppose its just as well it's up there.

[MBrown]

No problem, Dan! just wanted to ask.

Mark

[G&R's57GMC]

Mark

On my 5.3 the factory air compressor fits in my NoLimit Wide Ride IFS crossmember and the Sanderson headers fit just right.

Since I got my NoLimit IFS they changed the cross member and it has even more room for the comp.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Monday, March 6, 2017

We have COLOR!!!



No, this actually isn't my color! Well partially it is. The firewall is sprayed with a dark base color that is NOT my color. What you can see of the inside back wall is the correct color. This darker base is to make my color come out truer - is that a word? I'm pleased Marcos takes these extra steps. The primer below is kind of a red oxide, rusty orange.

The colors below really are my color. Though the flash makes some of them a bit lighter than they really appear.








The closeup of the door is very accurate. This was all sprayed Saturday afternoon. Nothing has been color sanded or polished yet. The interior will be getting three more coats of clear.

Needless to say I am totally STOKED that we've gotten this far. The underside of the hood and some miscellaneous interior items - glove box door, radio delete plate, windshield garnish molding, cowl panel, etc will be sprayed at the same time.

[MBrown]

Thanks for the info!! Hoping to set engine and trans this weekend. It appears to have plenty of room.
Mark

Originally Posted by G&R's57GMC

Mark

On my 5.3 the factory air compressor fits in my NoLimit Wide Ride IFS crossmember and the Sanderson headers fit just right.

Since I got my NoLimit IFS they changed the cross member and it has even more room for the comp.

[oldman3]

Dan, congrates on getting some parts into color, looks great...Jim

[Kim57]

Looks great.
Congrats on the progress.
Kim

[ChuckDriver]

Awesome! It looks amazing!!!

[Advanced Design]

Very exciting, looks great! Congratulations on reaching this milestone.