And for my next trick let's play "fun with oil pumps!" So I got a couple of Desoto pumps but I didn't like the floating pick up of the routing through the pump. I got a 354-392 Chrysler pump from a buddy. I had to grind a little off the side to clear the rear main saddle. (Last pic) Then I ground and radius every internal 90 degree corner I could get at. Both inside the pump and the filter feeds in the block. Found with oil pumps on helicopters that restrictions before the pump make huge differences in flow. Hydraulics are all about flow! Restrictions before the pump cause cavitation. Getting rid of the corners makes a difference. There are a shit ton of equations to figure this out but this should make a significant difference in oil flow.
Got the frame painted during the week, my old paint gun is now in the scrap! I ended up brushing the sides and will wet sand them and polish. Had huge amounts of dry spray out of the old gun, which truth be told was always a piece of shit.
Went down to my buddies shop South Island and machined my original hemi flywheel down to fit the 130 tooth ring gear and the Chevy scattershield. The wheel had huge runout. Like .04 radially and .03 axial! Yuck. It's within .004 radially and .001 axial now. I am going to fool with static balancing it. I also reproached the 318 balancer to fit the crank. Little jobs that add up!
What is this "spray gun" you refer to? Always used cheap rattle can paint on chassis stuff. It's traditional.
It was an old "Proteck" gun I have had for decades and used five or so times. I have hated it every time. I am painting everything on the truck with a one part marine enamel. It tough and quite glossy when things work out right. And I can touch it up with a brush, that's pretty traditional.
That looks good to me! I have a Big Blue Miller sitting in front of my shop I need to fire up and do some practice with. If nothing else I'll use it run a bigger wire feed and compressor.
40 thou, really, that’s approaching road wheel runout specs..I hope it didn’t leave the factory with that. Monday built.
Never ceases to amaze me how things can effect you. Had two beer this afternoon while fooling in the shop. Everything is good, parts fit, no marks in the paint. One more beer and I smoked two drill bits, every drawer in the tool box is open, can't remember what the hell I was doing and I'm bleeding. Time to head to the couch. Safety first.
When I was in high school I'd steal two beers from my mom and three of my friends and I could get hammered. In 1969 I was granted "Honorary Montana Native" status by some real Montanans because I could drink a six pack of Great Falls beer without trowing up. Kind of the Old English 800 of the North West.
How about let’s talk about that Hemi valvetrain, heads, intake, and carb status? Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Well I a man in the process of doing a mild port job on the heads. Then I am going to try and wash them in Coca Cola to clean up a bunch of surface rust. I am trying to get the chassis all buttoned up and rolling again today. Maybe even get the brakes all installed this weekend.
I also use Coca Cola for it's cleaning properties, for rust removal and battery terminals it does do wonders. As an FYI, Diet Coke works just as well and doesn't get everything as sticky in the process.
when I was in Monarch MT in 1993 we stopped at this saloon and lumberjacks there were drinking Olympia. At 3 in the afternoon.
Nice! But when I first saw this pic I immediately thought of old cartoons when the single little rain cloud pours down on one poor sap. Cam, Intake, carb... ? Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Stock 4 barrel fireflight intake. 500 cfm edelbrock, cam is .420 lift 290 duration. It will probably fall on its face at 4 grand, but with the gears I have 1800 is 65 mph!
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