1956 chevy gasser build

Jay by all means come up and introduce yourself, it would be cool to meet a fellow hammer, I will be the heavily tattooed long haired bearded guy with the hot wife lol. (i still havent figured out how that happened, maybe she is blind) @Derbydad, i actually live in Grand Rapids , but thank you so much for the offer, stop by and say hello tho.

 

I just realized you might have actually meant the steering box im using and not the box of honey nut cheerios . Sorry about that, the steering box is from a 68/69 mercury cougar.

 

rings are file fit ,and today got the pistons on the rods (i really hate spiral locks....)

 

starting to get ready for motor assembly, YEEEE HAAAWWWW@@#$#@!@!
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For the first time(and im sure it is the last , and only time) I left the parts store, and only spent 3.69$ lol

 

What the hell did you buy man? For sure I will look for you there!
Jay

 

Looks like Plastigauge to me Nice to know the price on some things is still reasonable.

 

Yep, Plastigage, probably no the best way to do it, but it worked. hope to be finishing the short block tomorrow night, and the cage should be done in the next day or two. more to follow.

 

My bad as well. I have a bad habit of leaving words out. Even after proofing my own words I still get it wrong. Whats even worse, I speak to people the same way. I'm like head lights to a dear in the road at times to people. Oh the blank faces I see at times

 

I just went and got "fitted" for my cage! Holy cr4p am i excited , cage looks beautiful and the car should be able to be certified to 8.50! Sorry but i was so excited i forgot photos, day after tomorrow! I promise lol

 

Well kids this is what we call ZERO deck height, she will either make big power, or big boom, followed by a spray of parts into the next county!!! Wish me luck!

 

Zero deck ain't the issue, it's that exhaust valve to piston issue that I hate. Looking forward to a Play Dough test picture .

 

Dont jynx it Johnny!! lol oh and around here, we use Tootsie rolls , but dont tell no one. =)

 

in the words of Johnny Gleason.....Hummina Hummina Hummina!!!!!

 

got the bottom end buttoned up and threw the heads on so i could get some paint on everything! and everywhere lol

 

Bitchin! That other guy doesn't look too happy tho....Oh yea did you have to clearance the domes? That things gonna have some manly compression.....

 

That will be tonights adventure, we were gonna do it the night i painted but it was getting late and we kept losing power due to a storm. So tonight we check the clearance there and take the necessary steps to remedy if needed and get to see what installing a cam in a LS motor.

 

didnt get real far tonight but , we are inching closer.

 

http://youtu.be/hHkN2Hedzrk

bitchin'!!

 

Looks Great!! Just tuned in, looks like you are good work and at a fast pace. Keep it up. July will be here in no time. hope to see you there!

 

Nice build

 

cage is in

 

...you mean Jackie Gleason!
...great build guys, I'll look for you at Byron.

 

Tapered the frame, just needs to be finished welded

 

Spatter paint rocks, just need to make a battery box, and put the fuel cell back in and the trunk is done!

 

Are you going to vent the cell to the trunk floor with a bulkhead fitting when it's all done? I noticed you had a filter on the cell before?

The rest of the progress looks great

 

Yeah we were talking about that last night. When i bought the car it was someone else s project, they had a lot of stuff cobbled together just so they could drive it on the road(they never raced it) I plan on having everything NHRA legal. I want to do a lot of racing this summer and not be tied up in tech inspection lol.