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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1605 on: March 18, 2013, 09:06:17 PM »
Hey Buddy! How are things progressing?
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1606 on: March 19, 2013, 04:18:12 PM »
Joe, Thanks for asking!


There's a lot going on, but not a lot to post about.

Randy was down and hospitalized with pneumonia, so chassis work was held up for a bit. He's recovering now, but still not 100%

The car goes to John K's tomorrow, for the final aero work, and rear wing. John's time is pretty tight, because he has a LOT of work to do on Hooley's car also.

The block has been half-filled with hard blok, line bored for the new girdle, and the valve job done. It will go to Don in the next day or two, so that he can mock up the test lifter blocks and lifters. Once Don determines what changes are necessary, if any, he'll make the real lifter blocks and lifters.

As soon as Don is done with the block, it will be coming back east for 0-rings and assembly. We o-ringed the heads, but want to o-ring the block, and have the receiver grooves in the heads this year. We're still waiting on the roller fuelie cam from Dema, and hopefully it's done soon!

Dale and Chris are working on the port injection and plumbing, and will probably post pics soon.

I've got all the electronics gathered up for the class change, except for the crank sensor.

Still sooooo much to do, and as usual, we're 3 months behind!
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1607 on: March 19, 2013, 05:39:16 PM »
Hang in there buddy. It sounds great. I hope Randy gets well soon.

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1608 on: March 20, 2013, 09:31:16 AM »
Damn! You boys sure got a lot going on! Keep it up man, I'm really looking forward to seeing this old girl run in August!  :cheers: If it makes you feel any better, at least your looks like a car! Hope Randy's feeling better!
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1609 on: March 20, 2013, 10:46:11 AM »
keep after it GUYS--- this is such good stuff   :-)
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1610 on: March 21, 2013, 10:47:45 AM »
We now interrupt today's programming for a little Tee teaser.... :-D
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925

You can't make a race horse out of a pig. But if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig. - Bob Akin

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1611 on: March 21, 2013, 10:50:40 AM »
PM sent, postal address included, small or medium. :-D :-D :cheers:

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1612 on: March 21, 2013, 09:53:36 PM »
Sweeeeet!!  :cheers: I'll take one! Medium please!  :-D
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1613 on: March 21, 2013, 10:12:54 PM »
We'll take 2
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1614 on: March 22, 2013, 09:13:57 AM »
  Buddy,
     What was the final determination for a hood scoop for the "blown" engines? Got any pictures of the final design? Is the one on the T-shirt a final representation? We are making changes to Salt Cat 1 for 2014 and have been looking at that option. We don't necessarily need more air or any aero at this point, we just need more room to get stuff in the engine bay. Looking good, Buddy.
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1615 on: March 22, 2013, 05:37:51 PM »
Buddy, way cool t-shirt design. How much and where do I send the check or m/o to for two shirts?

I have a question in regards to the remote dry sump system you are running on the car. Cuz im too lazy to go back through 100 pages of this awesome build I dont recall what tranny you are running. What tranny are you running and how are you going to work a scavenge and return to it?

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1616 on: March 23, 2013, 07:24:28 AM »
Thanks for the support, guys! Med-XL shirts are $18.99, XXL and 3XL are $20.99, and shipping is $3.99. They will be for sale at www.flatcadracing.org, and www.flatcaddy.com , soon. In the mean time, you can Paypal lynchss47@aol.com. please allow 2-3 weeks shipping, because I spend 2 weeks out of every month in Pennsylvania, and may not be home to ship.

 Buddy,
     What was the final determination for a hood scoop for the "blown" engines? Got any pictures of the final design? Is the one on the T-shirt a final representation? We are making changes to Salt Cat 1 for 2014 and have been looking at that option. We don't necessarily need more air or any aero at this point, we just need more room to get stuff in the engine bay. Looking good, Buddy.
    Doug

Doug, we cut the scoop off at the cowl. We had 2 choices- make the scoop conform to the unblown car rules, or treat it as comp coupe streamlining. Since it is more than 11" tall, we did not want to redo the whole thing to conform to rule 4.R, so we treated it as streamlining. We are still looking at how to 'clean' it up a little.

I have a question in regards to the remote dry sump system you are running on the car. Cuz im too lazy to go back through 100 pages of this awesome build I dont recall what tranny you are running. What tranny are you running and how are you going to work a scavenge and return to it?

Frankie, Liberty is installing a spraybar for the dry sump pressure side. We'll scavenge out of a drain plug on the bottom. I'm have ultra close gears installed, which should tighten up our rpm drops, and get us to speed faster. It should help us a bunch on the shorter tracks. Since I was having this work done, I had them install the spray bar. I'll post pics when we install the setup.
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With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925

You can't make a race horse out of a pig. But if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig. - Bob Akin

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1617 on: March 23, 2013, 05:19:30 PM »
Thanks for the Tee-shirt orders guys! Still have some left!

Don picked up the engine block today, and got right to work! The block has been line bored for the new girdle, half filled with hard-block, and the valve job is done.

From Don:

When I was fitting the lifter blocks I did not have any 7/16" bolts so I grabbed some head studs and used them to hold the blocks in position as the blocks are reemed to 7/16" so we have a tight fit and less chance of walking and I noticed something that would make the full set up easier, we were going to make a cross support plate to tie the 2 lifter blocks together for more strength,, but now we are just going to use some modified head bolts.. I will put a set of head studs in the lathe and thread them far enough down to seat the studs in the block set the lifter block over the studs and run a nut and washer down and tighten them in position ,, then I will make a steel lifter valley cover with holes in them to accept the studs put a spacer over the studs slip the valley cover on then another nut and washer,, this will hold it all together and strengthen the to end a little.
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925

You can't make a race horse out of a pig. But if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig. - Bob Akin

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http://youtu.be/89rVb497_4c

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1618 on: March 23, 2013, 06:39:43 PM »
Don just made a mockup 'cam blank, to test the fit of the roller blocks and lifters. He made a 'base circle' and 'maximum lify insert, that he can set on the blank to check clearances.The long diam. is the base circle of the new cam.
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925

You can't make a race horse out of a pig. But if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig. - Bob Akin

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http://youtu.be/89rVb497_4c

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #1619 on: March 23, 2013, 07:12:10 PM »
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With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925

You can't make a race horse out of a pig. But if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig. - Bob Akin

http://www.flatcadracing.org/
http://youtu.be/89rVb497_4c