Wounded Warriors & President Bush (July 4th, 2011)

" IS IT HOT ENOUGH FOR YA ? "

"WELL,AS THE REST OF THE COUNTRY GOES,SO DOES MARYLAND".Its scotching over here too folks.I have been trying to do some welding, and  it seems I'm getting more shocked than  being able to lay any beads down.Seems the only beads I'm putting down are beads of sweat and getting shocked which really gets annoying when your trying to concentrate behind a welding helmet.So I'm kindda waiting for it cool down and in the mean time I'm doing some "HONEY DO" crap. BOOOOOOOOOOOO  !!! At least it gets me inside the A/C until its time to cut the grass again.

Going to a "Christmas in July" party this afternoon .Man have they got the right idea,don't you think.

Paisano

I'M NOT PERFECT,BUT CLOSE ! [ MAN,WHAT WAS I DRINKING LAST NITE? ]

Well folks, I been busy as hell lately, and most of that time has been spent on other issues not related to my my car build.


I USED THE EDGE OF MY WORK BENCH TO MAKE THE RADIUS OF THE ENDS
I HAVE A 30 "SHEET METAL BRAKE,BUT THIS PIECE WAS ABOUT 32" ACROSS.



THIS IS 12 GAUGE METAL. I WANTED IT TO BE THE SAME GAUGE STEEL,SO AS TO .
 HAVE THE SAME OR BETTER STRENGHT.THE ORIGINAL SECTION WHICH I
WELDED ON IS 10-12 GAUGE ALSO,I THINK.

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Any old how,I have had some time to work on it.I made a mistake and I have to correct it before finish the frame,rear and motor set up.It seems that I set the engine back about 4-5 inches too much.

This is why everything is tack welded up instead of a finish weld.All I really have to do is move the mounts up a little and retack it to the frame.Recheck the angles and dangles and make sure that everything is in line with the rear axle center lines.
How I came to this conclusion is when I started doing the fire wall



LET ME TELL YOU.A PAIR OF HEAVY DUTY ELECTRIC SHEARS ARE WONDERFUL.THEY CUT
REAL SMOOTH,AND I ONLY CUT MYSELF A COUPLE TIMES.NOT BAD FOR AN
APRENTICE, HUH ??

  mock up with the C-6 tunnel hole cutout.the back of the block would hace been too close to the wall, I did not want to move the firewall back any further[It has a 3" setback], and have the trans sitting on my lap.It's a street car,not a fuel altered from the "old days".Us old farts can relate to this,I think.I had some sheet metal and decided to make my own wall.A new sheet metal wall is about 400.00 bucks.The piece of metal cost me about 30.00. I used a picture of  basic firewalls from various venders and tried to duplicate what I wanted in the wall. Most of them look the same so there was not too much variation.I had taken some reference measurements at the Good Guys Columbus Show last year.
It took me about 7-8 hours of work to make this.It looks pretty good, and once I grind off the welds and smooth everything in,it should be fine."I can say,"BRAG" that I made it, and it saved me about 350.00+++ not including labor.I work cheap, just rewarding myself with an occational Guiness from my handy refrigerator in my shop.Here are some flicks of the wall set up.As always comments good or bad are welcome.I need the opinions.They may help from making mistakes.THEY WILL BE PUBLISHED ON  ON THIS BLOG,  SO TONE THE  THE LANGAUGE DOWN.
Thanks for looking,
                  Paisano



LITTLE RASCALS APPROVED



427 Comets and Thunderbolts

In Remembrance

RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND

Well folks,seems I'm running a little behind on this.It's the story of my life lately.I'm sure other people out there can probably relate.
Family matters take priority,and hopefully I will be able to show a
mock up of the rear disc brake setup and checking for proper fit and clearances.This will be done on the bench as I have taken the housing off and we can pay attension to it in a closer manner.Any way,I wanted to weld the four link brackets all the way,so I won't have to weld them upside down.
Pictures to follow soon with next installment.
Have a safe Memorial Day Holiday,and being a USMC Viet Nam war vetern,I will be thinking of friends I left behind there,and the sacrifice they and all war dead,gave to us for our way of life.
Thanks,
            Paisano

2011 CARLISLE SWAP MEET



Panhead checking out the situation



Well,Panhead Phil and I made the annual treck to Carlisle this year to see what they had to offer.Couldn't have asked for better weather.Here's a flick of Panhead scopping out which way to go,[seems he always gets lost].He doesn't know about the "bread crumbs" trick yet, to finding his way.

There seemed to be a lot of cars for sale,some good,some real "shaddy" looking.It was like putting lipstick on a pig,you still have a pig.Here's a picture of a real nice piece of a Street Iron.

Man you talk about "OLD SCHOOL", this intake manifold and car set up was super neet.You just don't see that much anymore.And if you did,it's gonna have a nice price tagon it.I didn't ask how much he wanted..



I love,I love my little calender girl, thanks to Neil Sedaka



The CHICKS were hot at Carlyisle. Couldn't get a real one to get a picture with this time, so I had to settle for the next best thing.MAN,AIN'T SHE GREAT!

This person put a lot of $ and work on this pink ride.

Real nice intake that you don't find often

Owner was great person to talk about his ride,thanks Paisano

2010 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Drag Car Number 22 of 50 - Brand New

Walking the Cup Technique for Tig Welding

IT'S COILOVER TIME,YIPPIE !

THE PINION IS CENTERED ONTO THE FRAME,WHICH
REQUIRED SHORTING THE TUBES & AXLES

WHICH I WAS GONNA TO DO ANYWAY.

PANARD ROD NOT WELDED TO FRAME YET.

WAITING FOR RIDE HEIGHT CHECK.[YOU WANT THIS

AS PARALLEL AS POSSIBLE].

Well I finally getting to do something pretty and cool.It's the start of installing the rear coilovers.It's about time you say,?Hey,I'm an old man.I been sitting on a park bench,feeding pigeons and talking to myself. You have to get these on right or the car might not sit right or possibly it may cause handling concerns.

These  are a set of Carriera's with a 3000 lb. spring rate.I figure the car is gonna weigh around 2700 lbs,give or take,considering the FE  is heavier than a lot of other mills out there.So I figure I should be safe.The shocks have an adjustable setting for ride stiffness,which will be tackled when the Wop is complete.
Installing the shocks and springs are done with them sitting at a 20 degree angle. This is the proper angle and it should be taken as an important step when you start tacking up the upper shock brackets.

Speaking of tacking, I didn't put a strong enough tack on the driver's side upper bracket and started to seperate when I put some weight on it.I know what your thinking,it's a pain in the butt to cut and grind off welds if you make a mistake,but it better than it jumping up and hitting you when you might be in an incovienate position,right? So make sure to tack em' up good,to be safe,and they won't move around.One other note of value is to never have the the shocks holding the rear up by itself in the fully extended position bearing all the weight.It's a good way to ruin an expensive shock!!

Take a look and see what you think.I only put one half of the upper shock brackets on cause I have to do a little grinding on the other 2 to fit properly.

*****ANY COMMENT,GOOD OR BAD WELCOME ! *****

 SET @ 22 DEGREES FOR STREET.

YOU MIGHT WANT LESS FOR TRACK

USE,WHICH WOULD GIVE YOU LESS

HANDLING AND MORE TRACTION.

Thanks for lookin'



PINION IS CENTERED ON FRAME. SHOCKS ARE CENTERED ON PINION, NOT

THE HOUSING.



OVERHEAD SHOT WITH JUST ONE UPPER
BRACKET TACKED ON

Paisano