Thread: Project Special K

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Boy it would be nice if they offered welding classes around here with times that didn't coincide with work!
After all day yesterday, cuting, grinding, welding it looks worse but I beieve it's better! There were two areas of the window channel with rusted through holes. One unfortunately is right underneith the drivers side windshield motor mount, so I was limited in what I could weld as a backing plate from the underside, but I think if I use some fiberglass inforced bondo with the plate under there as support it should be alright. The othere side I was able to get some substancial metal under the thin rusted sheet metal at get some good adhesion to solid metal. It looks like somebody gave Frankenstein a welder and grinder, but body filer will hide that. Today I have to do some volunteer work but hope to get an hour or two to work on it afterwards. Then I have the whole week to get the motor back in! All in all things still going as planned but slower than planned!
Was wondering if anyone has a unilite distributer, and if they have ever removed or replaced the light module? I figure I've got quite a bit of welding to do on the frame, and t would be nice to remove the module(welding can ruin it if it's in the car while you weld on it) while welding, then put it back when done. I haven't played much with it other than the installing of the distributer.

Some repair photos of the holes in window channel and the repair and patches, will need a little more work, but good for now. Also worked on fuel backing plate for frame above transaxle, but no welding yet. Olives arrived by mail, and others picked from our small tree, so, olive curing also done, two styles, one natural curing with brine and vinegar and the other lye cured. Put up about 23 lbs this year.
before patch

after

Got the truck into the barn, and manged to wrestle the engine in for a dry fit for header clearance and frame clearance. Fit pretty good, will need to shave some metal off front cross member, but no big amount for crank pully clearance.

Here is shot of header collector and the space needed to fit between motor mount and steering box.



and lastly the amount I had to move the engine foward. If I'm lucky the drive line still may not to be lengthend
just need to move tranny mount foward a inch.


All in all a good afternoon after some heavy duty physical therapy to left knee. The therapist thought I was crazy to be doing this by myself, but I told him the cherry picker does all the lifting, the worst part was pushing that heavy old truck up into the garage bay!

Keep up the good work!
I'm not sure of your setup Roger but, are you going to use all those pulleys? Perhaps you don't need them all and could shorten the motor that way?
Just thinking out loud here... but maybe??

Thanks, It's just one pully on the crank with multiple belt grooves, but unfortunately the farthest out is the one we use!

After looking at old photos of the belt and pulley arrangement it turns out that I use the second groove on the pulleys. I found a pulley set for the crank, alt. and the water pump. The problem is they only sell it either in a Underdrive Ratio (88%), or HF High Flow Ratio (1:1) , and I'm not sure which I want. I have a high flow water pump already on there, and don't know what underdriving88% would do to water pump or alternator, vs. the 1:1 high flow setup? Help? Thanks.

Think I answered own question by reading what march pwerformance had to say. Ended up going with underdrive ratio, as I don't have huge electrical needs and water pump already high flow so should be o.k.
Went with a cvf billet pulley set for the 460. Same company as my alternator bracket so all should be good for fit!

Underdriven pulleys on a BBF seem to work great, use them on the street and racing with no problem. They hold so much water in the block and heads, with a hi-flow pump, underdriven pulleys, and a good radiator and shroud it should cool fine!!!!! I think you'll be quite content with your pulley selection!

Originally Posted by stovens

Think I answered own question by reading what march pwerformance had to say. Ended up going with underdrive ratio, as I don't have huge electrical needs and water pump already high flow so should be o.k.
Went with a cvf billet pulley set for the 460. Same company as my alternator bracket so all should be good for fit!

So does that mean you might not have to cut & weld the cross member? I hope so as it's costing you some money... I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya'!

Thanks Dave, nice to hear that, I have a custom built raiator for it so I should be ok.
34_40 - Yeah after reading your comments, I went back and sure enough don't need the big pulley, plus with the new setup, everything matches as well as gives me more than an inch clearance, so no cutting yet, until the new pulleys arrive and can test fit for clearance! Thanks again for the advice!

Originally Posted by stovens

I went back and sure enough don't need the big pulley, plus with the new setup, everything matches as well as gives me more than an inch clearance, so no cutting yet, until the new pulleys arrive and can test fit for clearance! Thanks again for the advice!

That is good news, good for you Randy! Plus it'll look neat and clean.

Thanks, my thoughts exactly, but call me Steve!

Originally Posted by stovens

Thanks, my thoughts exactly, but call me Steve!

Roger that Steve! I'm glad I didn't call you Pat! rofl....

LOL

Fixed Mountain bike today while awaiting parts, have to say it was fun cleaning up the old bike, and putting new tires on her, as well as a nice bottle of red ale, and a good friend to share it with!


and with new tires installed, I guess the 1991 ones were a bit old!