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Blackwater's coupe's getting fat
Rubberhead:
Pretty cool idea! A buddy of mine is building a 23 Chevy coupe and he's been looking for master cylinder alternatives. Thanks for the info.
hotwheels:
Wow that is very kewl.
Blackwater:
BACK IN THE SHOP !! FINALLY!!!
Got the exhaust part of the header/intake manifold done. It'll need a little spiffing up when I finish the intake side, but it's looking GOOD!!
One of my buds came over and salvaged an alternator and brackets and pulleys off of my donor Astro. He also filled the differential and cleaned up a couple of other details. All in all, a good day!!
I'm thinking about cutting the body at the bottom of that green masking tape strip... How about some opinions??? I got one vote to cut and two that say no!! I was really leaning toward doing it but over the last few weeks, I've waffled on it!!
lowboy:
I vote no cut but it's your build do it your way!
Blackwater:
So physical therapy only lasted an hour and I had time to get back into the shop. I added the plenum for the intake and finished welding all of the joints and panels on the air box section. The rust in my welding abilities is gradually going away. I cut down the plenum box and got it ready for the carb mounting plate. Before I weld it on I've got to find out if it's better to mount the four barrel sideways so that the two primaries are set over each of the intake runners or if it even matters. I have a friend who does flow bench and head porting and I'm certain that he'll have solid information for me.
Next I've gotta' come up with some nice brackets to mount the throttle cable and transmission cable. The 390 Holley looks cool setting there, either way you turn it. I thought about putting a Predator carb on it, but the Holley was there and the Predator was another $200.00!!
Can't work on it tomorrow. Gotta' run a bunch of errands and it'll take almost all damn day!! I will get to go by the guy's place with the flow bench, so he'll see the same pics I'm posting here and give me the advice I need.
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