Great work! Looks like you're having fun! I love the welds. I bought a cheap harbor freight MIG (Flux only) welder and my welds are getting progressively better but nothing approaching your weld quality. Thanks for posting the pictures. That helps a lot of us in our own creativity.

 

Here is some flux core welding from my previous kit...i think it looks amazing



of course, i have also taken welding classes too lol. just haev to be patient with it, you guys will learn

 

Welding classes at... ? A VoTech or a college or ???

 

highschool actually and in college i had a class that went over techniques.

 

Looks really good- love the progress...I'm kinda torn between just getting a bigger blower or going the turbo route...decisions decisions...

Blower would be easy since it would be just unbolt and bolt in bigger one...but fab'in up a turbo kit sure does look like a lot of fun...

I'm a huge fan of doing stuff myself and anyone else who does it in their own driveway/garage. Anyone can get out the check book and buy whatever they want- those of us who make stuff ourselves are the ones who get my respect...I give way more props to someone who grabs a welder and some pipe and makes a turbo kit themselves, with scab welds and all..(don't worry, mine look way worse than yours...lol) than someone who spends 5k getting a bolt-on kit with robot welds...

Looking forward to seeing the finished product!!

 

thanks! Its awesome doing it all by yourself! I wanna try to do everything on the car on my own, the cage should be interesting to do!

Jay

 

Well I got my tires in today for the front...

Rear-
15x10 Summit Star
275/50 Mickey Thompson ET Radials

Front-
15x4 Summit Star
165/80 Kumho Radials

Jay

 

Looks good Jay! Progress is always a wonderful thing on these cars.

 

Actually, that's my goal in life. Right now I'm lucky to afford a bag of ramen.

Those summit rims look good. Makes me want a set for my truck.

 

Awesome build jay, wanna do mine next????

 

update...i bought my first house.....fixed the hotside on the car, fired it up and the headgaskets are ****ed! Shot a bunch of coolant outta the merge. I dunno why, last time I drove the car (month and a half) it was perfect, didnt blow smoke, oil was fine etc.

So the car is done for the year, once i move into my house I will tear the motor down and check it all over.

Jay

 

Here is the vids from before I put the rear end in and put my summit stars on...little did i know i shoulda spent money on head gaskets lol

Jay

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/3...Z28_706355.htm

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/3...Z28_706357.htm

 

Well cylinder 8 pumped out a ton of coolant.

Pressure tested every cylinder and it was 210 across every one!

Now the back 4 rockers on both sides started to rust so I need to take them off and wheel them, Im gonna pull the heads next week and see if its the head or gasket.

So kinda good news!!!


Jay

 

Wow, very nice car! Dyno run and burnouts were awesome too Good luck with the gasket.

 

My heads sold!

and whats this.... Ported AFR 195s on the way??? whaaaaa

Compression should now be in the 8.5-9.0 range depending on IF i mill the heads or how much I mill them

Heads flow 300/209 @ .600 lift

Thanks to 93blackTA on the boards!

Jay