2013 Changes to Hooley's 974 Studebaker

[Kiwi Paul]

Hooley....Well done. It was a pleasure to meet you, Sumner , Ruth and the crew.Hope my input helped a little. Will you run next month or in October?

[Freud]

I saw the car and the crew. I just missed Hooley, Sumner and Ruth.

Double dang.

FREUD

[Sumner]

Hooley....Well done. It was a pleasure to meet you, Sumner , Ruth and the crew.Hope my input helped a little. Will you run next month or in October?

Yep, the input was well appreciated and helped!!  We are seeing if we can manage to be back the first of October.  Look forward to seeing you and the rest of the tech guys.  Nathan also really helped with an excellent 'rookie orientation'.

I saw the car and the crew. I just missed Hooley, Sumner and Ruth.

Double dang.

FREUD

Freud we are so sorry to of missed you.  We heard that you were by the car when we were in 'rookie orientation'.  We missed Salt Talks and about everything else working on the car late each day.  Hope we can make World Finals and that you are there also.  Ruth says hi,

Sumner

[Freud]

If things go the way Marlo plans I will see you at Finals.

FREUD

[GH]

We might be seeing you also........

[Sumner]

We might be seeing you also........

Great that would be fantastic,

Sum and Ruth

[Graham in Aus]

What great people, Hooley, Sum and the whole team, thanks for taking the time out to talk to us 'foreigners  ' on Thursday, we will wear our 'Team Hooley' shirts with great pride; heck, Hooley even takes Aussie Dollars!! 

Well done and good luck at the World Finals guys! 

[Sumner]

It was great seeing both old and new friends on the salt.

I had a great time driving the car and getting my A, B, C and D licenses.  We thought we might of hurt the bearings on the motor on my A license run due to high oil temps and called it quits.  Took the car to my house and pulled the motor and Hooley took it back to OK.  He pulled bearing caps the last couple days and it looks like the bearings are fine.  I'm cleaning the car and working on some items.  We are hopefully going to make World Finals where Hooley will start driving in AA/BFCC.  If he gets a record then we will change classes back to BG and I'll resume driving.

I've started to finish documenting the changes to the car and put up the first page on...







....the intercooler ice water tank...

http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/Hooley%202013/13%20-%20hooley-construction-2013-24.html

I'll start by just posting pictures and will add dialog later as time permits.  If you have a question about what you see just ask.

I'll post from time to time as I add more pages,

Sum

[Elmo Rodge]

Sum, I'll catch up with you at Finals. I saw you this time just as we were getting ready to push of the Roadster. Wayno

[Sumner]

Sum, I'll catch up with you at Finals. I saw you this time just as we were getting ready to push of the Roadster. Wayno...

Sounds good.

I got 2 more pages up on the 28 gallon intercooler ice water tank. .....
















...  Lots more pictures at the following link .....

http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/Hooley%202013/13%20-%20construction%20menu.html

One more page on the insulation/heat shields/and install should do it then back to the vertical stabilizers and wing,

Sum

[saltwheels262]

that tank is a work of art.

[Sumner]

that tank is a work of art....

Thanks, it is nice and it works well but hopefully I could do better the next time around.

I also just posted two pictures of the rad-in-a-box in the car after B'ville.....





I also posted observation on how it worked for us here.....

http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/Hooley%202013/13%20-%20hooley-construction-2013-19.html

...We are very happy with the results and if I ever finish the lakester it will have a similar setup,

Sum

[Sumner]

Got the last page of the 28 gallon ice water intercooler tank up and some pictures in the car.



I had to clearance the tank and heatshields/insulation after Hooley showed up with the car at my place for brake lines, an oil line and a frame member.

The tank is very close....



...to the outer fender, but does clear.  We were very happy with how it, the two bilge pumps and the two intercoolers worked.  I believe that once we really pack it with ice we will see inlet air temps under 90 deg.

More pictures here....

http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/Hooley%202013/13%20-%20hooley-construction-2013-27.html

Sum

[Sumner]

I got a video posted on youtube showing how...



the pumps and the flapper check valves and ...



... the combiner box that was made works.  The idea behind the combiner box is that both pumps pump into it and .....



..... there are separate outlets from it going to.....



..... the two separate intercoolers.  If one pump fails the remaining pump would still pump to both intercoolers.  The pumps don't have internal check valves so the check valves in the box don't allow water to just be pumped back through the dead pump if there is one.

In the test I ran one pump only and then the other pump only and then both pumps together.  The intercoolers hold about 1/2 gallon of water and with both pumps running that water is being cycled over 20 times a minute through the intercoolers.

Here is the youtube link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqb60NgxpxY&feature=youtu.be

Sum

[38flattie]

Sum, the car looks great!

I love our rad in a tank, so I'm not surprised you do too! Thank tank looks awwsome!

It was great finally getting to meet you, and see Hooley and the car again!