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Offline Chris

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« Reply #60 on: February 09, 2006, 09:59:39 PM »
Finally some more work done on the car, installed the front fenders after welding in some new nutserts and then I put on all 4 wheels and rolled it outside, thats a first in a long time, was kinda nice.








The last pic is a little blurry, the batteries were dying, but I love the stance, I wont be installing hte rear fenders until I have all the electrical, oil lines, and fuel lines sorted out. But its still moving along.
 

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« Reply #61 on: February 09, 2006, 10:03:48 PM »
lookin good chris!
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« Reply #62 on: February 09, 2006, 10:18:58 PM »
Looks wicked.. :rockon:  I am going to have to get by and scope out your lines and fittings. Great work! TJ
I can't reach the bottom but I sure bang the sh*t out of the sides....

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« Reply #63 on: February 12, 2006, 05:08:25 PM »
Looks wicked! The stance looks similar to how my car looks right now.  
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« Reply #64 on: February 23, 2006, 02:47:56 AM »
Keep at er looking good man  B)  

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« Reply #65 on: April 22, 2006, 09:09:56 PM »
Well its been a couple months since I updated this....

Here is the latest.

Jimmy from Airspeed came over and gave me some help with the fuel lines and built a kit for me that included a holley red fuel pump, a regulator, filter, shut off valve for the tank and all the push lock AN fittings I needed. Thanks Jimmy. I think he has dual carb kits available at Airspeed now if you like the setup.



Also I completed a bunch of electrical work, got the headlights wired in, and started rewiring the MSD and other components.



I installed a set of city lights for parking lights. Today I finished off by installing the rear fenders, repop's are not the best choice for alignment but im not too worried about that right now, thanks to Bullyboy for getting the picture and measurements for the position of the taillights. I think I got it right! So everything looks to fit ok with all the modifications from the tranny raise, the muffler and header clear everything very well.



That's it for now, the push is on! I need to get the breather lines in and mount the fuel pump up front and then get the windows in and finish wiring, if I can keep up this pace I will be on the track soon!

 

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« Reply #66 on: April 23, 2006, 07:57:07 AM »
Lookin' good I wish mine was that far along.
I'm just getting the pan painting done on my 61'.
I just ordered rear 'glass fenders from Creative Car Craft, they beat the pants off the metal repops for fit and finish. I also wanted a little wider to fit some meat on the rear ;)  

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« Reply #67 on: April 24, 2006, 08:17:03 AM »
Finally , progress. Lookin good dude.

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« Reply #68 on: May 21, 2006, 04:46:53 PM »
It runs! Fired it up for the first time today! Few little details to sort out but I think its going to be ok!

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« Reply #69 on: May 21, 2006, 08:41:29 PM »
let me know what bore/stroke /cam you have as well as venturie size in the carbs and i can give you some info on jetting,only because you are a fellow dellorto 48 man




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« Reply #70 on: May 21, 2006, 09:03:30 PM »
Its a 1914, and I forget what cam I went with. And I have yet to look at the carbs with much detail. I am just happy that it started!

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« Reply #71 on: May 21, 2006, 09:19:52 PM »
thats great chris !!!,i know how good it feels when you hear it fire up for the first time,let me know when you are ready and i can pass on alot of dellorto jetting/tuning tips that will save you alot of time  




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« Reply #72 on: June 11, 2006, 09:45:36 PM »
Lookin good!!  :rockon:  Now if I could get off my ass and build a new PM car...  :angry:  

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« Reply #73 on: June 11, 2006, 10:22:33 PM »
Looks good, Is that rubber fuel line going to the carbs?  If you plan on running at Mission it has to be less than 12\" total.

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« Reply #74 on: June 11, 2006, 10:38:24 PM »
That is NHRA legal fuel line, I think its made by aeroquip.  

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« Reply #75 on: June 18, 2006, 02:52:21 PM »
Another first today!

The car actually moved under its own power out to the road, down turn around and back into the driveway.

Still having trouble with the carbs. I took them apart and soaked them, blew out all the passages and jets, the mains are too big but I have to wait for some.

The car finally idles, at what RPM I am not sure as I still havent replaced my 914 tach, but its not idling too high. Doesnt break 170 F so its cooling well. It looks sweet with the CE pulleys and broach that Airspeed has. Im happy it moves, that is a good sign. Hopefully Jason (slammedbus) is able to bring the doors down with him this week then they can on.

Need to do some tuning on those carbs but sort of a wasted effort until I have all the proper jets. I am still using Geoff's emulsion tubes and mains, thanks.

Thats about it.

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« Reply #76 on: June 19, 2006, 05:52:16 PM »
You look like you just about have it beat hope to see you in august at the great can  :) Looking good I lke the blue lights up front looks good  

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« Reply #77 on: March 14, 2007, 11:22:49 PM »
Well back to the grind, car is dismantled, engines out, tranny is almost out and ready to go for a rebuild.

All the electrical is being redone, I am not happy with how it turned out, so I am doing it again.

Got a new in dash tach, changing all the guages to Autometer Pro Comp

Decklid is being converted to a vert lid, hood will be getting changed or reworked to straighten it out.

Rear apron will be converted to a quick release.

New taller intake manifolds being match ported.

Looking at taller Velocity stacks, found a cool billet set with screens and may invest in those.

And I need to drill out my rotors and drums to convert them to press in studs.

Other than that, its ready to go.
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« Reply #78 on: March 17, 2007, 11:59:10 AM »
right on buddy.

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Re: 61 Project Street Strip Car
« Reply #79 on: December 31, 2008, 07:10:33 PM »
So as I posted in the tech thread I have a bunch of changes to do on the car this season.

Essentially taking the car out of street/strip category and in to the strip only category.

Once my new camera arrives, and I am done taking pictures of Brian's wife, I will start updating this thread again.

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Re: 61 Project Street Strip Car
« Reply #80 on: January 05, 2009, 09:29:20 AM »
Bastard!

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Re: 61 Project Street Strip Car
« Reply #81 on: February 28, 2009, 11:22:46 PM »
Ha, no pics yet, however the tranny is out and going for a spool tomorrow, motor is out and going for some updates as well. Still no finalizing on a cage.

My to do list is as follows -

- New fuel cell
- Battery Shutoff Switch
- Spool for tranny
- up the compression on the motor
- oil cooler upgrade
- staging brake
- some electrical updates

How is everyone else coming along with there projects this year?

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Re: 61 Project Street Strip Car
« Reply #82 on: May 03, 2010, 04:45:27 PM »
So here is where the car is at now....


From my last list I managed to get the fuel cell and spool in, fixed my electrical issues and removed the oil cooler, removed all the factory cooling and stripped it down to a strip car only.

So whats left is getting in the new hardware for the wheels, install the carbs. I did a full rebuild with new shafts and misc items. A few more weeks to go before I can get out there but will likely do a test and tune first.

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Re: 61 Project Street Strip Car
« Reply #83 on: May 03, 2010, 06:12:12 PM »
Chris, the car looks awsome! Sure sits nice on the Ercos. Get er done!

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« Reply #84 on: May 03, 2010, 11:00:32 PM »
thanks Snapper, been getting a lot of help with staying on track from DD, gonna head to calgary to get a trailer so I can come out to the track.

hopefully this weekend I can setup the carbs after the rebuild, still have to get new wheel studs....

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« Reply #85 on: May 04, 2010, 07:31:16 AM »
Looks wicked Chris! The Ercos really look nice................................ad straighting the front T bars to your list :P

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Re: 61 Project Street Strip Car
« Reply #86 on: June 19, 2010, 11:49:46 AM »
Well I never got around to straightening the T-bars, so I will just take them off....

Anyway, the carb rebuild and the upgrade to the magnasparkII distributor made a huge difference yesterday at the track. I was able to pull off several 12 second passes and with taking temperature/humidity/barometer factors in to consideration I had what turned out to be a very consistent day.

I love the racing :)

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Re: 61 Project Street Strip Car
« Reply #87 on: June 20, 2010, 06:20:16 PM »
ive got a partial set of t-bars if you need
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56 kombi T2

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« Reply #88 on: June 20, 2010, 06:28:51 PM »
nope, dont need em. thanks though

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Re: 61 Project Street Strip Car
« Reply #89 on: July 31, 2010, 11:29:13 PM »
I was bored...........