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Post by geezerman on May 31, 2014 12:38:21 GMT -6
Valve covers are painted, so now it's time to see if I can carve out a blower from styrene.   Making a blower cover plate by drilling and inserting hex rod from the back. They will be trimmed off the back when the glue has set.  |
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Post by geezerman on May 31, 2014 16:01:29 GMT -6
Little more detailing this afternoon. Added water pump bracket and the radiator hose flange.
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Post by bob29579 on May 31, 2014 17:10:16 GMT -6
Really looking good Clay.
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Post by geezerman on Jun 1, 2014 5:14:40 GMT -6
Thanks, Bob.
I'm really enjoying scratching this engine !!! 
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Post by geezerman on Jun 2, 2014 8:58:25 GMT -6
Who doesn't like to rummage around in salvage yards 
Found a 1:24 oxygen tank In mine this morning. Prefect for the distributor and starter. However, the diameter was a little oversize for the dizzy, the starter might have worked hid down under the headers, but,
But further scrounging found both halves of a muffler. Better !!! 
Distributor mocked.
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Post by geezerman on Jun 4, 2014 10:59:01 GMT -6
Ever since I started this engine I was wondering how I was going to do the bellhousing. Thought about just not doing one because it would be behind the firewall and under the floor hump. But then realized, if I was thinking that way, why not forget the whole engine and glue the hood shut!
With that settled, I finally decided to just carve one out of a block of soft pine.
Bwala ! 
Some styrene for adapter plate and bottom plate, all that's left is to make a pan.
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Post by geezerman on Jun 6, 2014 9:00:07 GMT -6
I didn't do any research on trannys. This facsimile is from what I could eyeball from the one in the rat rod. So, this could probably be the centerpiece at a rivet counters convention. 
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Post by bob29579 on Jun 6, 2014 12:49:33 GMT -6
Looks incredibly right to me.
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Post by geezerman on Jun 6, 2014 18:32:26 GMT -6
Thanks, Bob.
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Post by geezerman on Jun 7, 2014 10:07:31 GMT -6
The rest of that muffler is now a 1:16 starter
 
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Post by bob29579 on Jun 8, 2014 15:08:45 GMT -6
I'm thinking maybe a large scale engine model. This is really turning out great. Maybe you want to scratch a large scale pro stock engine next ?
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Post by geezerman on Jun 10, 2014 7:30:37 GMT -6
Lowering front suspension 3/16 ". Just guessing how this will sit !!
Look at how tight the homemade engine is! Past experience tells me that my seat of the pants engineering and no matter the trials an mock ups, final assembling will have me frantically making adjustments.
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Post by geezerman on Jun 11, 2014 10:53:55 GMT -6
The front of chassis sets alright with the lowered (raised) hubs. Just hope, down the line, the body will.
Now back to the engine. I added more detail to the blower and cleaned it up some more. I had to make the injector platform bigger. I looked at a variety of injector setups, and I guess whatever I imagineer won't be too out of line !
 The shaft extension is the horn trumpet from the model A.
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Post by geezerman on Jun 11, 2014 15:59:03 GMT -6
Rainy day in Fla., so I went into the shop this afternoon and started on the injectors. 
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Post by dogfish7 on Jun 12, 2014 3:27:41 GMT -6
Sure is some fine Micro Engineering there Clay. Always enjoy watching your builds!
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The shaft extension is the horn trumpet from the model A. 
