Thread: 53 Is back from the Body Shop
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03-19-2018 07:52 PM #1
I'm not really worried about the fuel temp too much. Like Roger mentioned, every factory sump I've taken out of a fuel tank has the return dumping right into the bowl. I'm going to run it like it is and see how it works. If I got to change something, I'm getting really good at taking the fuel tank down.Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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03-19-2018 07:58 PM #2
I picked up a smaller air filter for Rita today to see if I could stuff that under the hood in a better way. I think I have a winner, it tucked in there pretty nice and now I just need to make a partial air box around it.Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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03-20-2018 07:24 PM #3
It's time to try to pretty things up under the hood. I bought a small sheet metal brake for making an intake cover and coil covers. I figured if I make em, I'll have the press paid for plus a about $150 in the pocket vs buying them. Plus I need to make a cold air intake for the air filter. This is what I got mocked up so far.Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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03-20-2018 08:38 PM #4
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Seth, nice work. You should google pics for smoothed/sanded truck intakes. They actually look pretty cool smoothed and painted. That's what I'm going to do to mine for now.Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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03-24-2018 04:24 PM #5
I thought about going that route but the thought of sitting there for hours sanding, plastic welding and filling holes made me go this route. I think I'll paint it and the coil covers the same color as the pickup, and I might put something on the intake cover to jazz it up a bit, not sure what though.Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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03-24-2018 05:38 PM #6
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03-24-2018 06:04 PM #7
I had to google Von Dutch to see what it was. Every body has their own taste and most people like that type of striping, but I never really cared to much for it. I almost feel bad for not caring for it too much because it takes a lot of talent and time to do it. Thanks for the idea though !Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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03-24-2018 04:20 PM #8
Well, I went to bed with it raining last night and woke up to this in the morning so I spent the day figuring out what to do for a cold air intake. This is what I came up with and I think it will work ok. It shouldn't be a terrible eye sore after I get it smoothed out a bit and painted up.Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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03-24-2018 06:20 PM #9
Just found this, how would this look in the middle of it.Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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03-24-2018 06:26 PM #10
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03-25-2018 07:05 AM #11
Looks good Seth, clean it up and put it on!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
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03-25-2018 10:39 AM #12
Yep, I think it's going to go on. He just accepted my offer on eBay and hopefully I still like it when it gets hereSeth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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03-29-2018 05:01 PM #13
I started making some coil covers for the 5.3, I just couldn't see spending $200 plus on some bought'n ones. Robert is good at showing special bend and tools on his 55 so I thought I'd give it a try. The tool in the second pic is called a pliersThe Cover is in proto stage but you get the idea.
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Seth
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03-29-2018 07:36 PM #14
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Nice use of the pliers.I used some crescent wrenches to bend some 1/4" plate the other day on the 40.
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Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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03-29-2018 07:41 PM #15
In our neighborhood, 2 blocks down the hill was a gas station that (to me) all the cool car guys hung out there. 32 coupes, 33 & 34 Fords as well, a sweet 56 Ford Beach wagon that was setup gasser...
How did you get hooked on cars?