My v8 conversion thread, With pics, progress, questions ect!! Options

[Andyrew]

In the above pic, the top two pieces are for the side of the radiator, they have L brackets so the radiator is supported. and I have little L brackets to support the shrowds.

This pic has my poor excuse for welding the ac thing in.. Its lots of tack welds.. I'll use some sealer to seal it up after I por 15 it, then I'll paint. It also has the bar that will hold the radiator in place, I'll make a clamp that will bolt onto the bar, and will clamp to the radiator, holding it firmly in place.

[Andyrew]

And heres the hole... Not that big, but it should work.

[Andyrew]

And here's the 916 bumper that will have its hole fiberglasses to the hole of the car, providing all the air that goes into the hole will go into the radiator and not through the air pocket between the bumper and the front nose of the car...

Yes I have to trim it a little.. It was made for flares. (I have (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) flares...)

[smrz914]

Andyrew,

I would have to vouch against the expanding foam. It's a royal pain to clean up. I used it on my first radiator and when i switched radiators it took me twice as long to change it out b/c of the clean up i had to do. I suggest finding another way. take more time on the shrouding so that you don't need the foam.

[Andyrew]

Thats what I told dad.. but he insisted foam... We'll see.

Andrew

[Andyrew]

Ahh, methinks its time for an update!

Amazingly I've been doing minor stuff this whole time... but ya...

Ok, The main things..

Im putting the engine in the car for a mockup.. checking bla bla bla.

I could have been ready for it to run, but I dont have the correct TO bearing (I'll get one from KEP, should get here sometime this week)

But I've gotten alot of "goodies" since last!


I went over to steves house on saturday, checked out his bunch of cool cars, and picked up more than I bargined for!
list
9in clutch and pressure plate
clutch throw extender (on pedal assymbly)
exhaust manifolds to work with his exhaust
radiator (spare)
High tq starter
shift linkage
Buttload of perfect (most NOS) seals (BONUS!!!!!)

And if you can believe it, he gave them to me.. Thanks Steve Hurt! (shotguneagle)

The most recent thing was yesterday, I went to the Turlock swap meet... Buncha hot rod stuff... Sooo... after recieving 150 bucks for selling carbs (hope the work out for ya Shane!) I had 150 bucks in my pocket to burn, and dad had a good deal of cash ready to spend as well. Well we spent 160 bucks (roughly) on parts. Heres the list!

Hugger headers $40
Performer RPM intake manifold $60
Holley 600 cfm carb $20
carb spacer/adapter $1
oil cooler $2
14in chrome (uggh) air cleaner $5
2.5in tach$5
wingnut $1
wire separators $1
header bolts $1
dizzy wires $5
spare dizzy (for shaft for priming oil pump) $2
gaskets $1
sandpaper (of all things lol) $5
and a timing marker thingy.. $1

I made a "guestimate" of how much everything would cost me new.... hehe
it was "around" 600...

I feel good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[neo914-6]

Andrew,
Good scores! just plunked down a ~$200 on just valve cover and w/p gaskets, header bolts, manifold bolts, carb studs, "Right Stuff" silcone for the manifold, Bosch platinum 2 spark plugs, and anti-seize for the plugs. I ordered the HEI dist. and am shopping for a beefier clutch. I'm looking for motor mounts, maybe the urethane type but they are ~$50 ea.

I got the allen (female) head header bolts because the standard type are hard to tighten with a wrench. They've loosened on mine frequently.

I found a set of used Hooker ceramic coated Competition headers for $100 on eBay! These are for early Vettes so they usually sell for alot more.

Felix

[dan10101]

Radiator...

DONE

(minous wiring the fan...)

[skline]

Why does it look like its going to leak??? Are you going to put clamps on the red hoses?? Also, where is the air going to escape from?? Just wondering.

[Andyrew]

Oh the hoses arnt connected all the way.... air escape??

[neo914-6]

Scott,
You must have missed the vented hood pic...
When are you going to have your car running
Felix

[Mueller]

hey Andrew, that ugly front bumper sure looks familiar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)....did you get that from Jim???

so are you running the hot air from the radiator out the hood like that black V8 914 that was at the WCC???

[Brad Roberts]

That single fan isnt going to do it.. you live in Slowdesto for christ's sake..lol

Oh.. water doesnt like to turn angles.. figure something else out.. ditch the elbows..They probably wont handle the heat anyway and melt.



B

[dan10101]

That's his plan, If it doesn't flow enough air, then he'll cut the inner fenders.

We tried to crank it over tonight, Starter froze. We'll try again tomorrow with another starter. May have the wrong number of teath for the after market gear reduction starter. I think it came from the late model engine conversion bits we aquired.

We still have the 911 starter that should work. Still lots of little things before it's road worthy...

Dan

[dan10101]

hey Andrew, that ugly front bumper sure looks familiar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)....did you get that from Jim???

so are you running the hot air from the radiator out the hood like that black V8 914 that was at the WCC???

Oh, ya. It was Jims and more than a few others I'm sure.

[dan10101]

That single fan isnt going to do it.. you live in Slowdesto for christ's sake..lol

Oh.. water doesnt like to turn angles.. figure something else out.. ditch the elbows..They probably wont handle the heat anyway and melt.



B

We have a second fan, just won't fit on the rad. We're thinking of pushing one and pulling the other. Offset on the front and back. Anyone try that?

[redshift]

-uhh... duh! disregard some of this, I just realized what coffee, and you meant about offestting.. hee still, there are some clues, so I'll leave it..


If you do push-pull, you need to shroud the pull fan tightly, and the pull fan needs to have a lil more space between it, and the radiator. It needs to be completely ducted to be efficent enough to handle all that..

The turbulence created by the pushing fan can stall the air over the pulling fan, with a radiator dead between them, and without very tight duct work.

Better off with one of those ready made dual fan pulling rigs.

Great job Andrew, great to see you going on down the road towards your goal, keep up the giid work, as usual.


M

[skline]

Scott,
You must have missed the vented hood pic...
When are you going to have your car running
Felix

I didnt miss anything, I know he wants to vent the hood with an inverted scoop. I dont think it is going to be enough and I think it is going to flow the hot air right into the car with the top off. I guess we will see when he gets it going. Mine is still sitting here waiting for me to get time to work on it. Seems to be to many other things taking my time right now. Andrew will get his going before mine. I worked on it a little last weekend and ran into a small problem. I went to hook up the CV joints and found the engine and tranny are in there crooked. I need to shift the whole assembly over to the passenger side about an inch. Couldnt get the drivers side on. It sucks working alone.

[Andyrew]

I measured the air outlet for the hood... Its twice the size of the inlet.. (which was the ratio I was lookin for...) Plus there will be a "turbulent" from the cowel which should suck the air out quicker... Hot air over the car I dont care about... Its only summer...

Brad, its a 15in fan... the thing is MASSIVE.... It just looks small because of my huge radiator..... If I have cooling problems I'll put the other fan on it and see how that is...

Oh ya, Tell Dad about those elbows... I dont like them... but he says they'll work, What do I know anyways.... So We'll see....

[neo914-6]

It sucks working alone.

What happened to your tool wench? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Andyrew,
How about a roll up on your budget?
Felix