Rear Engine Modified Roadster Build

[Freud]

Maggie......it's marvelous.

Keep posting.

FREUD

[SPARKY]

Maggie-  --I love it 

[maguromic]

Thanks guys.   As fast as I want the parts to come, it seems that everyone's day jobs gets in the way and we only get to wok on it when time permits.  Tony

[38flattie]

I don't care where they are getting the parts from, this beauty is never going to have to worry about being called "roadkill" or the builders called DDs (dumpster divers). Entered in the AMBR competition or best engineered maybe!!

1st class engineering and build, for sure!

[Glen]

Thanks guys.   As fast as I want the parts to come, it seems that everyone's day jobs gets in the way and we only get to wok on it when time permits.  Tony

Tony, we have all been down that road. Some times long hours after hours and a lot of coffee to get through the night knowing the next day at work will be tough. You really grab my heart with the rear engine roadster as it was my 1st ride over 200 mph in 1957.
 

[dw230]

Better pour tea for Tony or he might have more time on his hands than now.

DW

[38flattie]

Tony, I just reread this for about the 10th time, trying to glean all the info I could about the engine and intercooler. Every time I read it, I find something I missed. This is a really great thread!

I'm getting ready to start on the intercooler, and will soon start on the engine.

They say "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"- If that's true, I must be your biggest fan, because I plan on 'copying' a lot of what you are doingon the engine setup.! Thanks for all the detail.

[maguromic]

Finally got the hubs fitted to the uprights this evening.  Its a fairly quick job, but I had to wait for the hubs to come back after they were modified, and now it seems they can spin forever. I still have to press the new studs in and scallop the area of the old studs. Tony

[manta22]

Tony;

Maybe you covered this way back in this thread, if so I apologize for asking but what bolt pattern did you go to and from what?

Regards, Neil

[maguromic]

Tony;

Maybe you covered this way back in this thread, if so I apologize for asking but what bolt pattern did you go to and from what?

Regards, Neil

Neil,  The hubs we are using are Timken units made for GM front wheel drive cars and came with 5 x 115mm bolt pattern.  Our brake system is designed around the NASCAR super speedway brakes and take a 5 x 5 rotor hat and thats why we switched to the 5x5 studs.  However its now a moot point as we have decided to move the brakes inboard for aero gains and will have a custom rotor hat mounted to the trans-axle. The hubs were done long before we decided to move the brakes.

Funny thing is when we were working with the Timken engineer he was shocked at whet were going to do with the hub, and given the bearing speed he reluctantly gave the OK but wouldn't commit on paper or email. Tony

[SPARKY]

I have been to that movie with Goodyear on tires and, American Axle and Dana about posi units

[maguromic]

This evening I made the return tubes for the the dry deck system on the GMC.  When I started it it looked simple but, but I kept boogering up the flare on the first few parts.  I still have to make the fittings from the block that these will fit on to. Tony

[Saltfever]

For some strange reason I have been unsubscribed from this thread. Don't know exactly when that happened and I was slow to realize it. I  re-subscribed just now, hoping that will "reset" the problem. Has this happened to anyone else before?

[Seldom Seen Slim]

It wasn't me!  I didn't see anything going past my screen that would have made me think something goofy was going on.  Get back to me if you need help.

[SPARKY]

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