Plastic Fantastic 76 Corvette

[WSSix]

pics look great. I'm glad you had fun and the car performed well.

I wouldn't pull a working car a part to make upgrades. Just my two cents based on the fact that everything always takes me longer to do than planned.

[SuperBuickGuy]

I'll wait until after the Portland event... probably end of August is more likely.

In other news

drove the Corvette today - was acting like it had a vacuum leak..

it did



this stupid throttle cable holder... it had moved back and forth - thus loosening the bolt on the back corner of the efi. Add to all of this that it removed about 10% of throttle opening... stupid little things. Ah well, temporaried again, but looking for a solution. I had a different throttle cable holder before but it doesn't fit on the Sniper...

[SuperBuickGuy]

today's announcement - which I'll follow up in 3 or so months when it all comes to pass



I bought PF3. A 68 C3 - or rather, a 68 C3 tub and doors. I'm going to build a frame which copies PF2, then flare it like before. Not sure whether it will be BB powered or not - the 'next' BB I'm building will likely land in PF2.... I might see about building something like what a friend built for his 56 C1... something in the 900 hp NA neighborhood.

the other thing, it's a coupe, not a convertible... which is fine I'll buy a hardtop for it and make the car into a roadster. I'm sure the haters are going to hate, but I no longer post in CorvetteForum, so they'll have to hate from afar.

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to do the maintenance and stuff to get ready for the rest of the season
as mentioned before, the rack is leaking... I have a 'new' 'lifetime warranty' one.

someday soon I'm going to make my 'spare' rack manual. I may also come up with another solution for the brake assist and ditch the hydroboost*
when I built the car, I verified I could pull the rack out from the driver's side... when I do the frame for PF3, this will happen too



volume reducer

the other thing I MUST fix is this rub. This is the 3rd time and there won't be a 4... so welding is going to happen


*I like the hydroboost, but I don't like the leaks and I'm concerned that the current 'fix' for the rack (reduce pressure and volume) will negatively affect braking. Right now it's absolutely perfect.... by reducing volume and pressure by 30%... tune in for updates.

[CHJNCSU]

Thanks for all the great pictures! Awesome!

[SuperBuickGuy]

today's fun, make sure the top doesn't blow off at 150.... like it started to...

inserts

and glue

and the hardest part is drilling in the acrylic
ultimately success came from a slightly smaller hole, heating the insert so it'd thread in, then backing it out a bit and stuffing epoxy in the outside threads

that ain't goin' nowhere.

in other news, new toy


I also finished up the rack install - I took pictures of the parts needed to reduce the pressure (rack needs 800 psi max, hydroboost can handle 1100 and the pump puts out 1350 - now 800)
of course the camera failed... I'll report back after driving it... I also lowered the front and aligned it. will drop the rear down as well... pictures of that part later

[SuperBuickGuy]

the problem - out of date seat belts

the solution

the "that escaladed quickly"




so why... I left the center open for better view - the problem was getting the battery out (under the floor) was a right PITA. Add to this issue that had I run the bar all the way across, horizontally, then I could simply tie the seat belts to the rear bar.... so that's what I'm going to do.
Problem 2 is the cross bar is really in the way... so I'm going to make the roll bar into a seat bar. I will still function to aid roof support, but give me a bit more room for activities. With that said, the targa bar on the C3 is pretty stout from the factory - so is a cage necessary for what I'm doing? I say no.