Plastic Fantastic 76 Corvette

[Mad_Monte_Carlo]

Originally Posted by SuperBuickGuy

and part 2....... still one more part

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Where about in Washington you from?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Originally Posted by Mad_Monte_Carlo

Where about in Washington you from?

Woodinville for now, hopefully Spokane soon

2 hours of set up later


Add some shims to the front, top

-2.25 degrees camber is too much

-1.65 is a good 'next' point. with a cross camber of less then -0.01

My first alignment was 1.0 and it understeered
I also set the toe to 1* front 2* rear and the rear camber is the -0.9
caster is whatever I can get - 5 degrees or maybe a touch more

I'll see how that does on Sunday on the season opener autoX

[SuperBuickGuy]

Time to make the die for the gas tank

center the top punch (aka top die) on the bottom die

weld on both sides


build tank


simple, no?

[SuperBuickGuy]

you know the day is going to go bell up when you're using a razor blade to clean PVC off stainless. Basically it adds hours of refinishing because no matter how good you are, you'll scratch it..... and before someone pipes up 'ceramic - that scratches it too.... just doesn't last as long





time to assemble the internal stuff - Hydramat





I'm using a lot of parts I've had around... like the hydramat from the first fuel system





time to decide whether to lap or butt weld it...






tune in Sunday for the exciting answer

[SuperBuickGuy]

Tanks for the memories?
with my gear, precision rolls are not a likely result...

what stopped me tonight is I need more clamps.... seriously

drove it yesterday, this is too restrictive so went back to the old air filter

[SuperBuickGuy]

onward
I think I ended up using every C-clamp I have

I also made an adjustable right angle to hold it square. If you're doing this, don't lure yourself into just welding it then pipe clamping it square.

weld a bit, let cool, dolly, repeat

once the outside is welded, I run a hot bead down the inside with an aluminum bar against the outside - it sucks the weld 'flat' with the top... less grinding to make pretty


woohoo, I made a tube



crack check, then baffles, sump, fill neck and finally end caps
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[SuperBuickGuy]

somewhere in my workings, pedals will happen


might as well use my aeromotive pump
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[camcojb]

Nice work!!

[Beechy]

Are you tig welding using stainless filler rod on the tank?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Originally Posted by Beechy

Are you tig welding using stainless filler rod on the tank?

I am all of it is 304 stainless (tank and rod)