Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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Come on Zip, it only took the factory a few hours to build that car! Ha! If I could build 700 1969 plymouths per day, you bet I would..... https://youtu.be/MgNOQbK2Yaw
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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Appreciate the encouragement all, thanks. He's a fantastic resource for the production side of things and seems to know every little detail.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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Had a productive couple days.
Final prep and spi epoxy Saturday, went back Sunday, seam sealed everything I could, then Summit Hot Rod black.
Rich, presuming two things I have a favor to ask. The top pic shows what I presume to be the rear shackle upper mounting tube in the frame, and presuming it is the same diameter inside and outside as an A-body would it be possible for you to get me those two dimensions of that tube. I need to get some more tube for my car to redo a mistake we made a couple decades ago before we do drag week in my Demon. Thank you.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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I asked my buddy who built his wide body Jaguar XKE how much labor he had invested. He said if he paid himself $50/hr it would be $750,000. So don't feel bad. Just keep at it. Doug Clarahan's Jag is an awesome build.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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Had a productive couple days.
Final prep and spi epoxy Saturday, went back Sunday, seam sealed everything I could, then Summit Hot Rod black.
Rich, presuming two things I have a favor to ask. The top pic shows what I presume to be the rear shackle upper mounting tube in the frame, and presuming it is the same diameter inside and outside as an A-body would it be possible for you to get me those two dimensions of that tube. I need to get some more tube for my car to redo a mistake we made a couple decades ago before we do drag week in my Demon. Thank you. Sorry CD, the suspension has been back together for weeks, now. The cluster of posts was just a catch up since I'd taken a hiatus from posting about the project on the boards. I've never owned an A body....but Supposedly slant 6 and v/8 A bodies were different sizes but the bushing sellers don't list them that way. The B bodies are supposed to be only one size, A bodies could actually be the smaller or the larger. Here are a couple links to help you and illustrate. Good luck. https://www.manciniracing.com/rearsprinsha.htmlhttps://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/help-with-leaf-shackle-bushings.367570/
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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It's finally running again after a 4 year hiatus. Sure felt good to hear it fire up again! That's the second time it sat for 4 years.
Because it sat so long, Decided to make sure the oil pump was primed, so I pulled the distributor and intermediate shaft. The bottom of the bronze gear is the part that’s always bothered me, more than the teeth, as the bottom always wears the fastest. The teeth have always lasted quite awhile. 50 turns of a speed handle was what it took to prime the oil pump, not bad at all for sitting so long, 70psi shown with the speed handle, 80psi running cold. I think I have vr1 20w50 in it but it’s been 4 years/might be something else but I doubt it.
A Few things went wrong. Secondary needle and seat was stuck bad, got a nice geyser of fuel out the rear bowl vent at first. Freed that up and of course the float level needed to be set again, had to mess with it a bit. To do the bodywork and get the whole door jambs and all painted I had to remove a lot of underdash wiring and so on to get the dash out of the way, which made a unique mess all it’s own, so the fuel pump and msd are temporarily hooked up to wiring which had turned into spaghetti really quick when I removed about 2/3 of it, but had to leave the rest of it in place to make sure it'd still run....this is an example of horrible sentence structure. There aren’t any gauges hooked up at all, other than an oil pressure gauge laying on top of the engine for now.
With it running it'll be alot easier to move the car around to make it easier/safer to re-install the door glass (I'm not willing to risk banging the door on a hoist post so this was a step I needed to take), and do most of the other work. Also with it running again soon I'll have the opportunity to fix the leaking hoist ram that has driven me bonkers for a couple years...... It was good to hear the little 451 again and get a few Gearhead Feels happening. It's been a good engine for me and it taught me a thing or twelve.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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Had to feel good to hear it sound off! Love that car!
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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Thanks for following along this whole time, Chip!
With a little luck, maybe I'll get it out in the sun today for a few pics and to do some shop cleaning/badly needed and hoist repair.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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When does the HEMI go in?
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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Not 100% sure when. Probably not too long, but not soon enough
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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Today was the first time seeing the whole exterior in full daylight.
I can't lie about the gearhead emotions involved, but they're hard to put into words. Maybe the car can do the talking for a minute.
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Re: Slow Progress at Zippy Performance
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That leaker has driven me crazy for a couple years. I didn't want to monkey with anything oily while trying to do bodywork at the same time. Got that rascal out of there finally. I'm so looking forward to fixing it, getting the shop in better order and using the hoist to catch up on some daily driver maintenance.
Washed the floor for at least an hour, but I think about a 4 hour effort is going to be needed.
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