So far, haven't put the hood on yet.. lol

They sure are nice looking. Everytime I look at them I think of the T100 from Terminator..

awesome
 

steven

damn.. your engine bay looks awesome.....ARE YA PROUD ?
THATS CAR PORN AT ITS BEST....LOL

NICE WORK
radrambler

#283, almost there! :D

Beautiful machine - the color rocks :bow:

Hey Ghost,

It seems you're waking up all the old threads....I had not received so many follow ups from so many different threads in a long time. (This thread here don't coun't...its a daily dose)

Sooo might as well say it, Welcome aboard!
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#285 Fatlife!
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Steeve, i have the last pic you posted of your engine as a my wallpaper...Can't take my eyes off of it! That pic really makes the difference!

Are your valve covers from Nastyperformance? Shure makes it look better!

Lead.

Is there like, a detailed break down list of the things you dit to the engine?
Mods, finishes, brackets, pulleys etc.

Man, that car is off the hook! I really like body-color bays also, but probably won't do it with mine. My only reason is that I drive the pee out of it, regularly spewing fluids all over and I won't feel like going at it with a toothbrush everytime I drive it. Black hides more dirt :_paranoid

If you think "black hides more dirt" then you are in for a surprise.. colors like pewter hides dirt.. This is an OEM color and certainly nothing fancy. If I crinkle a fender it can easily be color matched.

Now for the update,

Figured out the front wheel size. Now we just have to ship the them back to Forgeline so they can "adjust" them. It's 18x9 with a 6.5" backspace.

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/pentire.jpg

And here she is as we finished up for the morning... need to lower the back down a bit. Install the grill and voila! it just might be a car.

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/penny27.jpg

With the hood on we were able to check out where to mount the aero-catch hood pins. The problem is that the catch (which requires a large hole) would need to mount in the most PITA place in the hood. Installing would require a lot of metal work to make look right from the inside. Since I am quickly running out of $$$ I will revisit this idea someday. We were hoping it would fall in flat place on the hood, but no luck.

:cool:

I haven't looked under the hood of a 1st gen F-body in a while, but what if you fab some nice core support to fender braces and mount the pins on those? That *should* put the latches out of the way of the stamped bracing around the perimeter of the hood.

hmmm.. I will take a look. The might look funny that far up the hood but it might work. Good idea.

Still the piggy bank is getting low.. gotta stay near budget. Especially with a new "mouth to feed" lol

I know what you mean about the aerocatches being rather large. They're cool but take up a lot of real estate! I have a set sitting here on my desk that will end up on my new hood sooner or later, once my heat extractor vents from Maier Racing get here and I get off my butt and order a new glass or CF hood to put the vents into.

I may end up selling the aerocatches though, as I'm leaning towards a pin on hood for function over form. It's so much easier working under the hood when you can just take the hood off and set it aside yourself. :P

Yea, but it's a PITA if you just need to pop the hood quickly to check something.. by yourself.. lol

Everything has trade-offs involved.. :yes:

yeah, wouldn't be great if the wind caught the hood and blew it away!................#293

We're almost there Cody.. :woot:

lol

Here are some pics from yesterday.. the black close-off has been added along with the hood. I will have to modify it since my radiator cap is on the drivers side.. damn cars!

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/badgirl.jpg

And how she looks.. still need to suck the front wheels in (at Forgeline) to accomodate the C5 suspension. Oh, and the back needs to come down with the coil overs.

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/badgirl2.jpg

Krazy Kool :bow:

The RA1's in 335's look massive.

work of art Steve, I'm impressed.


Jody

Looks great... but now with the black radiator closeout you really need to black anodize those hood hinges IMO. They are an "attention getter" over the rest of the engine because the bright finish is out of place with the rest of the color scheme.

With the raw aluminum radiator and silver the intake the non-polished hood hinges blend in good.

In the pics they sorta bling because they catch the flashes.. :)

Maybe someday I will rip them apart and do it, it certainly is NOT an easy task..

Not bad for a 68. :drive:

Looks HOT Steve, the new hood alone is a big improvement! I can't wait to hear how you like the Wilwoods...since I have the same and plan to run them with no boost...it's getting real close!!!

Hey Steve, are you going to lower the rear a bit?

They are coil-overs.. and if they don't adjust down enough I will just swap in shorter springs.

I ran the same deal on my '69.. worked great :)

looks great, now go to costco and buy a box of toothbrushes to clean everything once it gets dirty :lol:

Couldn't we just split a box bling-boy???


:rofl:

:D you paying?

BTW I don't like that DSE panel, but yours does look good in the flat black, nice choice :thumbsup: enginebay is looking killer

So is it running yet?

Yeah!

How about a clip from the first start up? 'I think we deserve it! This is almost like having a baby!!!!!

We've been there all along...Lets see it come to life now!
(And don't tell us you wouldn't want us in the delivery room....You invited us!)

:D

Lead.

It started a while ago.. running will require some tuning :)

Here's the vid..

http://www.lateral-g.org/movies/penny.wmv

Any way we can get a photo of how you got the alternator to fit?

Whew!
 

Thanks for the vid Steeve. It sounds Bad A$$!

I meant to get back at ya but....forgot and had erased the link.

Now, i wanted to ask....'Can we get a new one on a Wild Burnout???(Donuts and all)

Hey, i ask and receive, never know!!! :lol:

Great job man! :thumbsup:

Lead.

Well, we are going to fully test the car.. so a burnout will be needed for the drag racing part :)

Here's some more car porn.. :lol:

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/engine90.jpg

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/engine91.jpg

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/artsy.jpg

See post #250.. it has a picture :)

It was tough.. I detail it in part one of the engine install story (feb issue).

Had to make a custom line for the steering rack since it didn't let the alt sit all the way back. Then I had to shorten the stud on the back of the alternator by 1/4 inch. It's a pretty tight fit but looks great now and very "tucked away".

I saw that post but was wondering if you had it with the alternator installed also or did I miss something in the photo? What is the plastic cup with the hose next to the proportioning valve. Is it a reservoir of some sort? :) Is the belt tensioner Katech also? What happen to the Fuel pressure gauge you had on the fuel rail?

God, the engine is art! Steve you are only allowed to tune it. No Driving it! You'll ruin it! :lol: I put your engine as my desktop for inspiration!

Dang, that looks pretty damn good. You know what, that blue car looked really good too, even though this one was supposed to be more streetfighter (and it isn't lol ) it looks really nice also, just give in to the bling, you know you want too you seem to be good at coordinating a nice underhood. Where did those fender bolts come from, those are a nice touch. ALso what are you going to do for the air intake?

I think a big rectanlgle scoop in the lower valance(similar to the brake ducts you had, but one big one in the middle) would be a good intake, then have the pipe come straight up from underneath between the waterpump and radiator, and then have a 90 degree elbow off the TB going straight down. Not sure if it could be done without hindering ground clearance, but then you wouldn't have that ugly pipe going across the engine bay. The setup would be simliar to a Grand National sorta

See, you see street fighter as being almost rat rod.. I just see it as being purpose driven. Low on the luxuries and function over form. I just don't think it needs to look ratty to have a purpose :)

Oh, and my chrome bill is ZERO and my polish bill is.. well.. $5.. lol

The bolts came form www.hillcofasteners.com them make them in a variety of colors and sizes. I haven't figured out the intake yet. I want something simple. Was most likely just gonna make a tube to go into the drivers side front fender area and then have the tube and elbow coated in the titanium stuff like the header.. low bling :) -- I like your idea and I will look at doing that. I don't mind the intake (like the coil packs) since it's part of the deal.. I just want to make sure it's as low gloss as possible.

I have a 3000lb (i hope) 500+ hp car with no heat, no ac, no radio, no wipers and not even a key to start it running on R-compound tires.. to me that's streetfighter'esk.. lol

I just can't seem to build a "rough" looking car.. guess I'm too picky. Thanks for the comments though :)

That's the resevoir for the clutch, I put a spun aluminum cover on it.. Yep, Katech tensioner and I am still fabbing the fitting for the fuel pressure guage. The car alread has one back by the tank and one on the interior.. would be nice to have one in the bay as well.

Nah.. driving the car won't hurt the engine bay and the quarter panels are XPEL'd to protect from rocks.. lol

Looks like it would be kind of tricky with the fan, radiator hose and sway bar in the way.

I love the way you used the billet caps. Very Cool!