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Offline WOODY@DDLLC

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #765 on: November 29, 2011, 06:59:06 PM »
Buddy those ports are pretty fugly!   :|  I'll be like the guy with the glass eye and keep an eye for them!  :-D
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #766 on: November 29, 2011, 07:03:14 PM »
Quote from: WOODY@DDLLC on November 29, 2011, 06:59:06 PM
Buddy those ports are pretty fugly!   :|  I'll be like the guy with the glass eye and keep an eye for them!  :-D


.....and that's why every flathead I've ever seen is port restricted, not lift/valve restricted!
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #767 on: November 29, 2011, 09:32:55 PM »
are you ready for the dyno yet/ should I order some kitty litter? the build looks awsome, cant wait to pull the trigger on this one
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #768 on: November 29, 2011, 09:40:42 PM »
Hi John!

We just got the pistons and valves back from Russ Meeks- they are now coated and ready to go!

We're waiting on the top girdle, and front plate, to be Cermachromed-they should ship Friday. We need to make a collector system for the exhaust, and assemble the engine.

I'm really hoping to see you about the 3rd week in January. We'll run the setup we have, and see what the numbers say.

I'd like to be able to dyno it again, before El Mirage, with the roller cam setup, for comparisons sake.
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #769 on: November 30, 2011, 11:13:46 AM »
sounds like fun
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #770 on: December 04, 2011, 06:39:49 PM »
Dale got the port molds done on the Bonneville engine today, and now they go to Woody for comparison.

The bottom, and the left, are the intake ports(#8).It's easy to see, even in the pics, how much the 'restricted' area was opened up.

We'll share all the results from Woody here.
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #771 on: December 05, 2011, 11:09:06 AM »
Wooo-hoooo! :-D

Now it's time to assemble the FlatCad! We'll put the engine together with what we have, and dyno it. If we have time to swap cams,and install the roller setup, then dyno the car before El Mirage, we will. If not, it can happen between El Mirage and Bonneville, and we can run whichever setup produces the best results. The 'spare' cam may be a good thing for a 'spare' engine!

I need a tall deck BBC dizzy with a MSD box, that can reference boost.

Anyone have one that they want to trade, or loan us?
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #772 on: December 07, 2011, 08:58:21 PM »
Colin finished the first run of 4-71 blower manifolds, and they are nice! :-D
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #773 on: December 07, 2011, 09:01:04 PM »
He also made a few tri-power setups, although he wasn't thrilled with some of the casting, and welded them up.

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #774 on: December 07, 2011, 09:22:51 PM »
Good looking stuff!
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #775 on: December 07, 2011, 09:49:22 PM »
That ought to be the world supply.
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #776 on: December 08, 2011, 12:36:45 AM »
I'll display my ignorance- are those manifolds to fit "any old" Cad flat V8 or just those modified like yours?
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #777 on: December 08, 2011, 12:48:08 AM »
tidy lookin stuff Buddy. :cheers:
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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #778 on: December 08, 2011, 01:06:48 AM »
Quote from: Pontiac Jack on December 08, 2011, 12:36:45 AM
I'll display my ignorance- are those manifolds to fit "any old" Cad flat V8 or just those modified like yours?

They're being built for "any old"



I think they have a number of preorders.

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Re: XXO/BVGC '38 Chevy Coupe Build
« Reply #779 on: December 08, 2011, 08:29:06 PM »
they are very nice looking manifolds, absolutely.
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