Blown 56 chevy gasser build for 2017 meltdown or bust

Things got a little crazy today.

Last time it will look like this.

Just like that 5" back.



It sucks that I cut out hours of work to do this, but I like how with the motor setback things line up.

Also did some trading and picked these up.

I Did a little clean up work

 

I like them a lot . Would look great on a 56 if you know what I mean LOL

 

Haha that's the plan. I already checked my self into hot rodders rehab. Damn all those south east gasser guys running 10s made me jump aboard.


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I need Rehab but I am afraid it's to late for me !!

 

We're in the heck are you finding them wheels. Last set I seen for sale were palamedes for 3 grand. Should had my buddy save Me a set when his sister was married to him HaHa

 

3 grand were they magnesium or gold? I just keep my eye out and wait for a good price usually. It's harder to do that with fronts though.

 

Have not seen any in the last year that are not gold. Did you see the prices on the ones at meltdown swap

 

Crazy prices and all weird sizes.


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After moving the motor back I had it on jack stands and tried to shim it and center it this became a constant fight. Now I'm making some supports with bolts so I can position the motor perfectly.

I got the transmission support done.


Here it is supporting the trans. Hard to see.


Next I will make the one for the motor

After the motor is in place I will mount the trans. Then the block will come out and I'll design the mid plate.

Put it all back together and make the front mount.


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Hi Fast

I had the same set up with the trans staying in the car, about 30 minutes to get the engine out after taking off the glass front end - headers etc

Looks like a pretty swift ride you are building, always liked the tri 5 's for gassers too but the 37' was my first choice

DND

 

Thank d.n.d. The goal is to make things easy to fix on the car. 30 min that's a pretty good time. Love the 37 shows how a gasser should look. Clean and simple.

 

Finally back home today.
Had some packages waiting for me


The fuel pump I had was way to big for the 355 on gas so mike at alky digger set me up with this 150-0 a pump.
I had him polish it too. The polished hilborn pump is a hint on the direction things will be going.



The much needed 7 o'clock bell housing. Never bough one of these new looks real nice


The other box is a wilwood master cylinder.



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Have today and tomorrow off so I got back to it.
Had one more package
Polished edelbrock b10 in great condition no welds.


Got the seven o'clock bell housing installed.


The clutch linkage should work out good.

Then I built these to level the front of the motor.

 

When have you seen a blown 56 Chevy with 6 strombergs


Just for fun. I'll run the hilborn.


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You at least need to do a good burn out with those.

 

Transmissions mounted



Next will be pedals

 

Looking good. The weather is changing and more garage time for sure. Hate to put them away for sure.

 

You've got another good month.


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I hope so. But I think it's going to turn fast

 

Everything takes forever finished the frame mount for the pedals today.



An expanding mandrel to help prevent the tube from shrinking

 

Here's one of drilling the 1" tube for the clutch pedal

 

Gota love those pedals.

 

Nice work.

 

Hello,

Great build and cool looking 56 Chevy. Those Strombergs reminded me of our old 671 SBC with 6 Strombergs sticking up on top. When the 671 supercharger kits came out in mid 1960, we were able to get one of the first ones. The carbs made an unsual sound when accelerating or "revving" up. Our 6 Strombergs on the 671 happened to be the only one on a 40 Willys coupe at that time period. There was one other similar set up in a 50's fastback gasser sedan. That set up ran well for us until the clutch blew up and resulted in a destructive fire during the final C/Gas race in August 13, 1960. Keep up the great work and build.

Thanks,

Jnaki

Here is a photo of one of the early set ups of Strombergs on a 671 SBC in 1960

 

The pedals are nothing mad mikey wait for the linkage for the clutch and brake. Now that will be something.


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Jnaki great story. Nice looking setup too. I recently saw those valve covers on eBay. Were they a set of weiands with the letters milled off to place the breather?


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I don't know if the guy is still alive but I got the coolest parts for my 97s from dick Crawford. he is in California. he had needle and seats with the correct floats that could handle 6lbs of fuel pressure. he had great linkage pieces that took all of the slop out. I also used his adjustable jets so I didn't have to take all of the carbs off to change jetting. a stock 97 carb butterfly has no bevel cut into it. they don't seal very good. flip one over and hold it up to the light. dick offered butterflies with a 13 degree bevelled cut. not only did they seal they didn't stick. the stockers work fine up to a point. as you add carbs you get to the were there is so much air leaking around the blades the idle goes so high it cant be controlled. I cut off all of the extra linkage that wasn't needed so I could set the idle with just one screw on one carb. I used Obrien trucker air cleaners on the street and scoops facing backwards on the strip. running the scoops forward looked cool but the gas would get sucked out and thrown on the windshield around 80 mph. reversing them stopped most of that. if I was to do it again I would make a air deflector that covered all the carbs like they did back in the day. I ran a wieand manifold like in the picture. the space between the bottom of the carb and the outside edge of the manifold is about a inch. the way the fuel has to do such a sharp 90 degree turn in such a small space always bothered me. I bought 97 spacers. I milled out the divider making one big space. doing this broke through were it curves in between the bores. we welded up that area so it was smooth across. I set my butterfies all the way closed then attatched my linkage arms using a angle gauge. this not only sets them all the same it also prevents binding. using hex shafts with right and left hand heim joint will pay off. using the longest throttle arm available to attatch to the gas peddle will slow down the opening rate making it controllable staging and driving on the street. it all worked great as I could drive it on the street with no problems. it also ran low 10s at the track. if you need any help you have my number. call ant time.

 

Not sure if I will ever use the 6 carb. I thought about it on my coupe. But that is all good advise. I was doing a lot of research and sourcing things out, but never got to that point. I'll see how the 4 port does on this.


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The four port is the better choice.

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