Rusty Bowtie
General Category => General Discussion - Intros => Topic started by: PBRmeASAP on November 07, 2013, 07:21:17 PM
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Can't believe i've not seen this site before. Someone mentioned it on the hamb so I had to check it out.
Born and raised as a Chevy guy.
Put a 401 nailhead in my first old chevy, a 31 pickup. that got sold to fund my 28 touring project, and the 28's driveable, but might have to sell to fund my dream car.....my dad's old 32 5 window coupe. He go it around '57, him and my grandpa built a little hot rod outta it. late 60's it got disassembled for restoration. As a child I can remember the frame bolted flat on a wall in the garage and the body hanging over the 63 vette. Dad sold it in the late 80's so it was out of the family for a few years. I graduated high school and wanted it really bad...i mean really bad. He got the body back and it took me 18 years to finally convince him i needed it....or he found his dream car, 32 roadster body (experimental metal) and he could finally make a deal with me. It's been sitting in my garage for a year or so, as i'm collecting parts and pieces. It will be a long project, but will start the big stuff this winter.
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PBRmeASAP
Welcome to the forum...glad you finally made it! Sounds like you really have that Chevy blood in your veins.
You're going to find out that this forum has a super bunch of mature guys.
PS...they like pictures!
Ed
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Welcome to the Rusty Bowtie. Glad to have you here! Pass the word about the forum, the more Chevy / GM guys the better.
Tom
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Hey PBRmeASAP welcome aboard from KY.
Welcome
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Welcome,
You will find a great group of helpful guys here! Let us know if there is anything we can do to help with your dream project!
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Welcome from what is now the land of ice and snow!You are luckey to have a 12 month driveing season,its only 5 mo up here!
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Thanks everyone.
There's lots of stuff for my 32 I need...but i gotta check with dad first, everytime i buy something, he yells at me because he's got a few of them already I could have had.
Can't find any decent pics of my 31 truck...but this was at World of Wheels a few years back. Next to a buddys 31 chev 5 window
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/2012-02-19_18-45-56_788.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/2012-02-19_18-45-56_788.jpg.html)
Day i sold the 31
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/2012-03-25_09-56-52_895.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/2012-03-25_09-56-52_895.jpg.html)
My 28 when i brought it home...yah it was a project
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/Varble%20Tub/HPIM0341.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/Varble%20Tub/HPIM0341.jpg.html)
wood removal
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/Varble%20Tub/P1010361.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/Varble%20Tub/P1010361.jpg.html)
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/Varble%20Tub/metal2.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/Varble%20Tub/metal2.jpg.html)
Frame boxing and crossmember
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/Varble%20Tub/HPIM0603.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/Varble%20Tub/HPIM0603.jpg.html)
Starting to take shape
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/Varble%20Tub/HPIM0609.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/Varble%20Tub/HPIM0609.jpg.html)
Gotta add WAY to much motor
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/2012-03-10_12-35-10_558.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/2012-03-10_12-35-10_558.jpg.html)
Sunny day last winter, and couldn't resist
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/2013-03-07_16-04-54_434_zpsec2e063c.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/2013-03-07_16-04-54_434_zpsec2e063c.jpg.html)
First run (gotta click on the pic for video)
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/th_IMG_1214.jpg) (http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/IMG_1214.mp4)
The 32 at the farm...pic is dated 62
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/P8180224.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/P8180224.jpg.html)
My 32 in the mid 60's
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/Picture006.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/Picture006.jpg.html)
Sad day when dad sold it in late 80's
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/P8180215.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/P8180215.jpg.html)
Happy day when i got to get my 32. That's dad's 32 EMI roadster next to it
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/2012-05-05_11-52-28_998.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/2012-05-05_11-52-28_998.jpg.html)
She's finally home so had to add a few parts and pieces
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/2012-05-05_18-32-53_489.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/2012-05-05_18-32-53_489.jpg.html)
Chrome stock front axle
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/2013-04-20_15-00-02_989_zps401ffa6b.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/2013-04-20_15-00-02_989_zps401ffa6b.jpg.html)
No motor in this shot, but this is the first time in 25+ years it's actually has front suspension and on tires
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/2013-04-20_15-31-55_843_zps1207bd31.jpg) (http://s651.photobucket.com/user/PBRmeASAP/media/2013-04-20_15-31-55_843_zps1207bd31.jpg.html)
Plans are to get the frame done before year end so it's a roller. Swap the 28's motor into the 32, maybe fire it up next year and drive it? Probably pushing my luck and time allowed to play cars, but i gotta dream of that day i can drive it right?
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Hey Buddy. I am really glad you found us over here. I remember seeing your project on the HAMB. And we have had a few conversations over the years. Again glad to see you have joined....John
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Welcome aboard and thanks for posting all of those great pictures. I'm a 32 aficionado myself so I'm really looking forward to seeing yours come together.
Moose
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nice work!
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Great pictures!
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Very nice work. Get a video of the first ride!
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Welcome aboard nice work! Sign your dad up. I have his cars brother. It is very lonely for 32 chevy roadsters out there.
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Welcome aboard PBRmeASAP. I remember you from the HAMB, I think you are going to like it here.
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tell us about that blower motor! im building a blown bbc for the 28,id like to hear about your experiences.
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tell us about that blower motor! im building a blown bbc for the 28,id like to hear about your experiences.
What do you want to know?
Only problem i had was overheating. Took a bit to figure out. I using a edelbrock water pump (better flow side to side that's why it was used) and the standard SBC water pump pulley with a BDS crank pulley made the water pump 12% underdriven....that's the reason i was running warm. Swapped that out for a smaller water pump pulley so it was a 1 to 1 ratio on the crank/water pump and problem solved.
It runs great. 608hp and 605tq. 383 with late 70's smog heads, hyd roller cam. pulls 500+ tq at 2100rpm. the suspension and rear end on my 28 is not setup for that power, so it doesn't plant the tires, just spins....gotta let out of the go pedal to stop spinning...and that's 1 gear, 2 gear, 3 gear, and i'm sure 4 gear would be the same.
That motor's coming out of the 28 and going into my 32, as the 32 will be setup for the motor rear suspension and rear end wise. Really want to see what it will do with a decent set of sticky tires, plan is to be in the upper 10's in the 1/4 mile.
Blowers are great, but mainly used in vacume, not boost, so your dragging down the motor down power wise until you get out of vacume and into boost. It's crazy, as i'm used to motors that as the RPM gets up, you usually hit a point and you can feel them start loosing power...this thing keeps making more and more power! Couldn't imagine a BBC in a light car with a blower..that's going to be CRAZY FUN.
Here's a clip of one of the dyno runs. gotta click on the pic and watch sideways
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/th_2012-02-25_09-30-54_970.jpg) (http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/PBRmeASAP/2012-02-25_09-30-54_970.mp4)
and that was a 6500 pull that made 18psi of boost. That should blow up a GM sbc. was running a 1 to 1 pulley. We actually stopped making pulls till I ran home and got different pulleys to underdrive it. Most commercial blower companys 'dummy' the clearances down on blower so they only make 10psi, as that won't hurt even a stock motor. I got my blower rebuilt by a 'little' guy that's been doing blowers for 30+ years and knows how to make them work. Ended up 11.5% underdriven and still making 16psi....but in the real world i'm not making W.F.O. 6500 runs with the motor like the dyno. Yah, i've hit 6000 with it, but at that point, i'm grabbing for the next gear.
Any other info needed, just ask, not a expert, but I have done lots and lots of research before heading into blown motors
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Wow that SB really can make the needle jump. You 32 is gonna be in for a quite the surprise when you pop that engine in it ;)
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Great pictures. Glad to see someone keeping the front leaf springs.
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very nice, welcome aboard. keep up with the progress. and pics.