Thanks man, I will try and get some more updates up soon but i'm really busy at work at the moment, I gotta eat first.
I'm sure you have inspired many people, i know i am, by showing what is possible with some hard work and imagination. Posting here on the HAMB you have made your work/art available for so many world wide to enjoy...thank you
Rockit asked about photos of the porting, I took these but its difficult to photo. I dummied the heads & intake in place to check stuff and came across a couple of small problems to solve, firstly when the intake bolts are tightened down the washers bite into the paint This obviously don't look very nice so i made up some stepped washers in stainless, they still bite into the paint but now you can't see it Next thing to address was the vacuum can on the dizzy, Its just zinc plated and will discolour quickly, beats me why MSD don't finish it better as the dizzy is nicely finished. I had a aluminium cover from Dickster but for some reason the MSD can is a bigger diameter so it didn't fit, sparked the lathe up and made one and blacked out the other bits. I also spun up a back finishing ring to finish it off. The rear heater connection on a Cadillac comes out the rear of the head (quicker warm up) only problem was that its straight and would foul my firewall, The easy fix was to tap the hole deeper with a 1" NPT tap (luckily i had one as I wouldn't want to buy one these days) and add a 90 degree hose fitting, I gave it a little polish t remove the blue anodising. Next little problem was the head bolts, I like to usually cover the heads with flathead chrome acorn nut covers but the Cadillac bolts are much bigger, the solution was easy 5/8" stainless acorn nuts bored out with a 55/64" drill gave them a snug tap fit over the heads, a bit of silicone will make sure they stay put. .
Next job is to paint the heads & the adaptor plates, probabley gonna be white like the block etc but i'm wondering about flaking them ??? We will see.
Wow thanks Harv, if anyone gets inspiration from any of my threads i'm more than happy, We all sometimes need inspiration, i know i do occasionally and always find it on this great site.
I've been subscribed to this build for a while and I look forward to every update. That motor is a thing of beauty!
i saw that fram oil filter on there in the earlier pics of the engine, and noticed you removed it in the last few pics of the engine. i was going to throw the warning out about what ive read here on the hamb, how they collapse internally on engines w/ high volume/pressure oiling; which im assuming you have. im sure you know already, but sometimes great artists (meaning you) overlook the trifles when focused on other things.
I love the idea with the acorn flathead nuts as a "cover." I think I'm going to file that idea away for later use! If you want a little vote, I like the idea of painting the heads money shot, and the adapters could go with the flake paint. But it's your ride and you've made awesome decisions up 'til now, so... Keep up the great job!
I've used the acorn covers for years mate, they tidy up an area often over looked, Couldn't get them in a bigger size for these bolts as they are 3/4" AF so had to look elsewhere, I think the stainless looks better anyway. Cheers for the comments and hope you enjoyed the ride so far.
Hi and thanks for pointing it out, its only a setup filter and i hadn't even noticed it was a Fram, your right about them being troublesome, they have a poor reputation in england also, I like to use the K&N filters, never had a problem with them.
WWow I just recently found this thread. Super nice lots of talent and patience. I look forward to following this.
Thanks for the comment, hopefully i will get more done very shortly, just need to finish the Willys first.
Well due to it raining non stop for the last 10 days work on the Willys has ceased unfortunately, not gonna waste the time though so I'm back on this doing a few jobs. I needed to make up the front trackrod and draglink, these are made from 1" OD x 1/8" wall Stainless tube with threaded bungs welded into the ends. I looked at them and thought they look boring so thought about making them a little more interesting, decided to repeat the trims i made for my exhaust tips. Unfortunately there isn't a tube available that will slide over 1" tube snugly so the trims were made from 1.250" solid bar turned down and bored out to 1" ID, Yep there was a lot of swarf !!! I started to make them by using a holesaw across the end but it didn't give the shape I was looking for. I called my mate Allan up and he cut the shape into them on the Milling machine, I made them longer than I needed so he could grip them. (thanks a lot Allan) I made a few extra to do the triangulated rear 4 bar as well. After trimming to length they were all polished and fitted. I also did a double ender for the middle of the trackrod & draglink, these are held in place by a rosette welding a small drilled hole. Heres the completed trackrod and the rear triangulated 4 bars.
Langy, Good to see you working on the T, this is one of my favorite builds on the HAMB, other than how inadiquate if feel after viewing the thread.
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