my "Winston Cup" 69 chevelle project
05-08-2013, 10:58 PM
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Bought some stock black rear door panels off Kijiji for $70, after unsticking the vinyl from the cardboard, trimming the cardboard to fit around the huge stock car wheel tubs and re gluing the vinyl to the cardboard I got them in and I like the way it turned out. The front and rear match.
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05-08-2013, 11:23 PM
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Sent my Borg Warner Super T-10 4spd to a local old timer named "Merv" who does racing transmissions in the area. Ive had the thing for at least 10 yrs and never used it. I knew it was very good but i had him look it over, replace the front and rear seals and remove the vent/breather off the top of it and tap and thread in a barbed fitting so I can vent it to a little K&N breather up on the firewall or to a puke tank. I know from experience if you dont do this when you run them hard oil will come out of the vent run down the side of the trans and make smoke, bad smells and run the trans low on oil ....not good.
I asked David about the the strength of the T-10 he said he ran one with a cooler in his old Busch car that made 736hp for two full seasons before it finally let go. Eventually I will step up to a Jerico clutch less "dogbox" tranny but this will be good for now.
Oh the old timer said the trans was "in real good shape" and "is good to go now". Charged me $200
I asked David about the the strength of the T-10 he said he ran one with a cooler in his old Busch car that made 736hp for two full seasons before it finally let go. Eventually I will step up to a Jerico clutch less "dogbox" tranny but this will be good for now.
Oh the old timer said the trans was "in real good shape" and "is good to go now". Charged me $200
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05-08-2013, 11:40 PM
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So right now Im trying to put together an accessory drive set up. I bought this Stewart alum water pump and alt bracket off a local Late Model racer for $150. The race alternator is junk but its good for a mock up. I have the race power steering pump set up but I still need a resovior. The guy who sold me the stuff is going to come over and help me out with it as I dont know what its supposed to look like.
08-09-2013, 05:19 PM
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Ditched the fabbed valve covers as they wern't old school enough. Stll have to decide and drill for breathers. Carter Nascar fuel pump. "Nascar approved" 830 cfm carb. David knows these carbs well and says he will be very surprised if it isnt jetted almost perfect right out of the box. Took the alternator to my local rebuild shop. The trick lightweight,low drag "race" alternator that go for big $$ in the racing catalogs turned out to be the bone stock unit on an '89 Geo Tracker lol
08-09-2013, 08:54 PM
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Ditched the fabbed valve covers as they wern't old school enough. Stll have to decide and drill for breathers. Carter Nascar fuel pump. "Nascar approved" 830 cfm carb. David knows these carbs well and says he will be very surprised if it isnt jetted almost perfect right out of the box. Took the alternator to my local rebuild shop. The trick lightweight,low drag "race" alternator that go for big $$ in the racing catalogs turned out to be the bone stock unit on an '89 Geo Tracker lol
glad to see you making headway. I finally got my '74 Cee Bee jet boat done and went old school with aluminum Mickey Thompson valve covers. that thing should fly with that motor.
