Plastic Fantastic 2

[bobs77vet]

very nice setup and work!

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to fill in the blank

waiting for paint to dry

 

[BBShark]

That is similar to what I had planned. Any tips or tricks to seal what you have to the underside of the hood?

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

That is similar to what I had planned. Any tips or tricks to seal what you have to the underside of the hood?

just weather foam.... it doesn't have much clearance between the bar and the hood

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

still have to finish the spoiler and defuser but it does clean up well

even sounds okay running pig rich and on 7 cylinders
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[SuperBuickGuy]

not much to update today - spent the day doing a bunch of things but nothing really photoworthy
the blocks installed

and pulling wiring out to find out why #8 isn't firing

if only I was one of these alleged experts....

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

simple solution... #8 wasn't fully plugged in....
unwinding it out of the dash was less than easy

then onto body stuff

 

[rtj]

That must have been a satisfying moment to find the #8 issue.

Looks good.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

That must have been a satisfying moment to find the #8 issue.

Looks good.

~ish

I'm not thrilled with the plug used by Holley - I get there may not be a better option, but this current one ain't that grand.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

today's fight.... that lever near the top corner of the door is a hateful thing.... the tl;dr is you can't open the door from the inside

but before I get to that.... time to fasten the spoiler

2nd

install with panel bond

before

I'm making this in 3 pieces, I need to put a bit in to account for the 2" width change

goop

oh look at me all race car and stuff

but before that, time for filler to smooth the transition

and to fix the body damage from the sidepipe coming off

and the other side

 

[BBShark]

That door latch lever is crap. First off, the lever is made out of sheet metal with an offset pivot (a rivet) that guaranteed to bind. Also the control rod is pushing, causing the rod to bend at the ends. Then the handle breaks, etc. Worst design ever.

I replaced mine so that I can use a cable to pull the latch, not push:

 

[phantomjock]

Nice.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

aero and bodywork continued

ready for the next hit

fitting flares

sand

and more sanding

then fit the center piece

of course it doesn't work

but maybe, once you chop it in half

anyway, that's where I stopped for tonight.... probably pin it together tomorrow then start blending stuff together but yet making it removable in pieces. My plan is get this 3d scanned then save the print file - thus when I break it (and it will happen) I'll have parts ready to go

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

grand, Imgur seems to have jumped the shark tank...
but I digress.... very illustrative photos today
sidepipes

new insert

onto the front
first, make them butt together

then figure out how to glue the two pieces back together

and voila, glued

 

[rtj]

Interested to hear how the new inserts compare to the baffles. Are those the hooker or sweet thunder?

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

Interested to hear how the new inserts compare to the baffles. Are those the hooker or sweet thunder?

Doug's.... which is a division of Holley now... they don't sound much different from what was in there before, maybe not as sharp of note

 

[bobs77vet]

nice work, and where do you get this energy from? are you like 20 again, i need to start drinking whatever you are

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

did a lot today, but didn't do a lot of picture worthy stuff.... did gloop the spoiler together

then trimmed it a bit while it was still gooey

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

part of yesterday was remove the doors from the 68 shell... I need a part out of one, but that wasn't the reason I took them off
if that hole looks like a trailer hit it.... 100 mph winds move trailers... go figure

other door... the reason for removal was more to get the crank windows out of the doors... I'll sell what's left once I've done the swap

love the epoxy, for those who forgot, total boat sells a powder you can mix into resin to make a bonding agent

then sculpt the spoiler with bondo.... may get this 3d printed too


the reason I may just run it - I need to run a brace to the center of the spoiler - at this point, that's probably the strongest point with the aluminum backing plate...

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

onward... primer

then paint

more paint

installed....

admire

build filler

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

continuing from yesterday, I had to make a blanking plate so the air is forced through the radiator

this is me being lazy... I have a press brake that could put a nice kink in the metal to get the curve needed... or a BFH. The BFH, in its defense, was more fun

installed...

and what it looks like now

still need to put braces on it because it does flex a bit then, maybe, canards.... but for now, I have to finish on the gas tank then tuning, oh and door latch....

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to do some fixes


fixing a crack

in no particular order

I caught the elf doing the work

a bit of spot filler

time to primer



and a hood chip

I plan on painting the nose and the left quarter....

 

[caskiguy]

You have done some very creative and great work. Thanks for posting

 

[phantomjock]

Great Job! Consider getting some clear Bra (3M product).
I used it in the nose of the "little racer" and it really saved the finish.
I know - One more Thing." But will save some road rash.

Cheers - Jim

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

sprung an oil leak

right there on the clamp

there really shouldn't be that much oil on the outside of the shaft but here we are

and then spent the rest of the evening retiming it - not quite as simple as a distributor.

 

[BBShark]

That doesn't look like fun at all. I can just barely see the timing mark or the distributor hold down on mine.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

hood off because easier to paint and easier to get a colormatch

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

while the hood is off, time to fix a belt alignment issue

the lesson in all of this is chinese parts are terrible

the biggest issue was the distance across the pump was wrong - so it pinched and misaligned pretty much everything....ah well, a few washers and it's back in business

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to get ready to paint

it's been kind of a long week - then I spent time teaching noobs how to color sand....

I'm exhausted now.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

more sanding

and more