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Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 06 Jan 2016 23:15
by That4doorKiD
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got my dime running, so fun to drive it, and I miss it already just with 2 days of rain ):

-60 amp IR alt upgrade

-Amp

-Subwoofer 2x/Speakers

-Has exhaust too low, preventing me from going lower and i Ditched the muffler! hahaasahs

I just need a bitchin' wiper motor plate and center link wiper arm, then need to replace all the rubber seals everywhere

Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 17 Oct 2016 23:08
by That4doorKiD
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Used my dads 2 door to mock up my manifold

Schedule 40 steel

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Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 18 Oct 2016 21:41
by McShagger510
GO MAN GO!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

James

Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 18 Oct 2016 23:38
by Byron510
That head/exhaust flange sure looks familiar....measurements taken from a U67 on my bench many, many years ago (in the 90's) :-)
Thanks to Rob for putting them in digital format for us all (10 years ago).

Byron

Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 19 Oct 2016 13:19
by 510rob
No, not exactly. I made my own measurements long ago, just as you had done. I entered the numbers you measured, and compared them with the numbers I measured; each of our measurements confirmed one another, within some typical margin of error. The drawing is a composite. I gave the drawing to Aaron Weir, who used to make and sell them through his then business Weirtech. Aaron has since been poached by Vibrant...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaIqR88SV6s

Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 27 Oct 2016 19:00
by That4doorKiD
Finished my manifold yay. I cut the last piece already and gonna weld it up tomorrow

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Any tips ? I will be MIG welding with a high voltage machine. The shop at school has everything you can think of

Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 00:03
by McShagger510
Some good tips in here:
http://ww.profabricationtechniques.com/ ... ng-tubing/ (I broke the link because it was pointing at a virusy website - RF)

I tend to weld in loops or 'C' zig zags with decent results. Preheat the tubing with a torch (have a buddy help ya), it will help with penetration. Crank up that heat - that tubing is thick! Is the machine you're using 110V or 220V? I usually have a zip wheel handy to cut off tack welds before going over them.
Might be a good idea to have some spare pieces to practice on first too.

Good luck man! :mrgreen:
James
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Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 19:53
by okayfine
That's A LOT of tube. A lot of runner length, but also a lot of weight. Are you planning to brace that manifold in places to the block?

FWIW, this is one I built. Even that was braced to the motor mount for support.
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Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 28 Oct 2016 23:11
by McShagger510
I would agree with Julian, a brace is required. That's too much weight for the studs and it puts an incredible strain on the flange welds. Heat & vibration are not your friends.

Here's my old set up. I used the air pump bolt bosses from the block to brace mine.

James
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Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 14 Jun 2017 21:39
by That4doorKiD
Got it running! Still need to fasten up a lot of things.

https://youtu.be/YTctYNcqSpo

Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 14 Jun 2017 22:12
by 510rob
Yours is THE best video I've ever seen on YouTube. I love it! I love the car!

That is what it's all about!

Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 14 Jun 2017 22:13
by Byron510
You're obviously having way too much fun!

You have some teething and tuning to do, but congrats on the work to date. Must feel good to have it run.

Byron

Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 13:18
by That4doorKiD
510rob wrote:Yours is THE best video I've ever seen on YouTube. I love it! I love the car!

That is what it's all about!
Thanks! Those were all my genuine reactions
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Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 21 Jun 2017 13:21
by That4doorKiD
Byron510 wrote:You're obviously having way too much fun!

You have some teething and tuning to do, but congrats on the work to date. Must feel good to have it run.

Byron
Yes I do ! and thanks.

I am looking to go EFI so I can tune it accurately. Big fan of your machine work, please let me know what's in store if you have available parts dude!




Looking for : EFI flanges, intake manifold, plenum for an L-series Please PM me if anyone could help :D

Re: 68 Dime, My car for Highschool!

Posted: 23 Jun 2017 23:34
by McShagger510
Congrats on getting it up and running - stoked!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

James