look super nice. can't wait to see the exhaust setup for that single turbo setup

Jody - Looks great!

:king:

I'm not a sheet metal guy so I was looking to have somebody do the minitub for me. I bought the ABC Performance tubs. When I couldn't get the local shops to even contact me back after several tries I gave up and decided to do it myself.

Most shops claim 30-40 hours labor for this, so just for fun I'm going to keep track of my hours. Never done one before so we'll see how it goes. I cut out the hole for my T56, but the patch panel I had is not big enough, so I ordered a Tinman Fab unit made specifically for this car, but it was also not tall enough, and the hole I cut is pretty much minimal for clearance. So now I have a Bowler universal tunnel that looks like it'll work. I'll be doing that after the minitub.

So this is where I am after 5 hours; got the spot welds drilled out and the old tub removed.

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You got this easily. Just takes patience and you have that. Look forward to seeing them in. Keep up the great work!!

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I did DSE minis on my Nova. At the time, the thing that really seemed to take forever was creeping up on the fit. Taking the tubs in and out a million times. DSE had templates and I used them, but it still only got me close. Each side was completely different and had fit issues in totally different places....
Having said all that... I really enjoyed it and would definitely do it again!!


Jeff-

I think you're a weirdo lol. Building an engine, chassis assembly, fabbing parts, wiring, tuning... Those are fun things to me. This is work. :disgusted:

12 hours in and one side is in place. Still need to do some small patch panels, but the hard part is done.

Looks good Jody. That car is really clean on the bottom. I used that same style trans tunnel on the Skylark I built a few years back. Worked good and saved a lot of fabrication time.

Looks very nice.


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Looks great

Only took 3 hours to get the second tub in, took some shortcuts after doing the first side. I still have some welding to do so they're not 100% finished, but they're at least in place.

While I'm waiting on the front drive so I can finish the mods to the turbo hot side I started fitting my tunnel piece from Bowler. I'll get all the pics posted up as I complete it. I did order a steam line kit from Motion Raceworks, love the look and fit.

That hard line, steam line kit is sweet.

Collateral Damage- My 70 Chevelle site build
 

It's a shame to cover up something that beautiful.

Jody,

Time to get the Holley wiring harness out and start laying it out on the engine. If you want a really clean wiring job, I think you will find that certain parts of the stock wiring harness will need to be addressed. Let me know if I can be of help.

Andrew

I agree


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Anyone else having fun getting parts nowadays? :waveflag: While I'm still waiting for the main pieces I need to finish up so I can get the car to Jim for bodywork I decided to do some little stuff that I can. Started mocking up the #8 stainless hard line. Thanks to Marty for the tip on Notchead line clamps. I was going to run billet line clamps to match the brake lines on the other side, but it was going to be easier to have the lines spaced off the frame for hooking the fuel filter and bracket, so I ordered a pack of the Notchead clamps.

I am using the .049" wall tubing; harder to bend but doesn't wrinkle when run through a mandrel bender. Was only able to do two sections until the fuel filter arrives, but came out nice. Also, those clamps hole the line very securely, no way they'll pop out or move.

Ended up using an Earls bulkhead fitting which was the perfect length to go through the Roadster Shop frame rails.

Geez that's nice Jody! :thumbsup:

Had extra tubing and the bender and flare tools are still out, so I decided to do the front and rear fuel rails.

Jody Jody Jody

Your killing me. That looks so nice now I want to try to bend some hard lines.

Great work and nice progress.


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I was going to take the easy way out and use flexible teflon lined hose for everything but got bored waiting for parts... :lol:

It's all looking amazing, Beautiful job.

Not going to lie to you I have the new Holley PFT lines and I am using it most everywhere I can as I love how easy it is to run. Maybe on version 3.0 when I cut the floor out of the car and do a full Roadster Shop Chassis I will learn how to do stainless hard lines.

on a side note check out www.squeegskustoms.com as they have some really cool stuff that you may like.

VERY cool stuff! You know, you're as good as Charley at spending other peoples money... :lol:

LOL - It is so much easier spending others peoples money. Plus my wife won't be mad at me as I am not the our spending the money.

Hard lines are where it's at, Jody. Great work so far. Keep it up!

Borrowed a buddies filter so I could finish mocking up the 1/2" hard lines.

Those frame standoffs holding the lines are very cool!

I used the NotcHead line clamps as well. Looks great.

Jody,

One thing to keep in mind is that those hard 90 degree fittings really hamper flow. Each one of those fittings is the equivalent of adding 12 feet of hose to the fuel system.

Andrew

Great point Andrew. That's probably why I still had those new ones sitting in a drawer for several years lol. I think these came with something else I bought many years ago. Just used them for mockup. I hate forged 90's, super restrictive. I have mandrel bent ones on order, still showing backordered.

Looking good Jody, you are making great progress on this...don't slow down like I did on my project ;)

Decided to make you happy... :lol: Actually, decided I wanted the Dakota Digital cruise control, and other options that DBW gives you, so I picked up a Nick Williams Performance throttle body.

It'll be interesting to see if the DD cruise control works with the Holley EFI.

Andrew

Wow that is an incredible piece


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According to Clayton Machine Works and Dakota Digital it will work. Clayton uses a GM DBW pedal that's on the list of pedals supported by the Holley EFI, and that's what Dakota Digital wants.

Only took 6 months, but my plates finally showed up. Surprised these were available.

Hey Jody,

Great work on all the lines - they look awesome! New throttle body is a work of art, too... hope you’re able to get the cruise control to work with the Holley EFI - might need to think about that for mine. Like the plate, too, and hard to believe that was still available in CA!

Brian


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Thanks to Rick Love at Vintage Air and Nathan at Kahn Media I have a front drive! :thankyou: This is a brand new item for Vintage Air, using a one-piece casting to hold all the accessories. Also it's a mid mount, which I much prefer, keeping all the accessories in tight to the middle of the engine instead of hanging up high or outside the heads. Fit and finish is excellent, a very simple and sturdy install. Now I can finish up the hot side fab for the Turbo and get rolling again.

I saw these in the VA catalog when we were @ LoneStar Throwdown/Conroe TX a couple of weeks ago.
Vintage Air's version of Holley's Mid-Mount kit/s.

I love the billet pulleys on the VA kit.