Dave Tooley and Jackie Schmidt...thank you, sirs!
- Thread starter AlNyhus
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i agree .good guys in this hobby
jackieschmidt
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Al, us old Hot Rodders know the value of good friends.
AlNyhus
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Jackie, along that line...you might be interested in this project at the race shop. The water jet guy we use was tied up for a bit and the engine needed to go in for some of the other fab work to begin. So a new mid plate got profiled Old School:
It even fits!
AlNyhus
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If you do curbside pick up, they'll have to use the little hole in the side glass to open the door.
jackieschmidt
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Al, that is kinda how I built the motor mount plate on our race boats way back when. Put it up on the mill table and free hand the shape. Plunge the 2 flute end mill in and cut out the center.
I’m still trying to get past that beautiful engine having the blue oval on it rather than the bow tie.
I’m still trying to get past that beautiful engine having the blue oval on it rather than the bow tie.
AlNyhus
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One we get done with some minor stuff, the engine will come out a time or three. At that point, the cut out for the flex plate can get water jetted....thank gawd!
Yeah...as a Bow Tie guy my whole life it was hard to get past the prejudice. At this level, these engines are truly just air pumps. This one is getting the '19 and later supercharger setup on it that has the intercooler on top of the supercharger rather than below it. It eliminates two 180 degree turns the intake charge has to make. More boost and a cooler intake air column.I’m still trying to get past that beautiful engine having the blue oval on it rather than the bow tie.
There's some help from a recently retired NHRA Pro Stock National Champion driver/engine builder in the supercharger department, too.The room in front of the Cobalt (rt) is the dyno cell. The Cobalt just got fitted with two new 2.5" throttle carbs and a different intake to get ahead of some fuel stacking at the rear of the intake at the top of low gear. That meant a new plenum top and linkage. 10 lbs. of stuff in a 5 lb. sack, as my Dad would say.
I'm incredibly fortunate and blessed to be involved with a shop like this. A dream come true for a poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks in Fly Over Country.
butchlambert
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Jackie ground a special cemented carbide crowning tool and Dave located some 5.7x28 ammo for me. Both have shared their vast knowledge with me.
rwj
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Professional or hobby endeavor? Either way, very nice!One we get done with some minor stuff, the engine will come out a time or three. At that point, the cut out for the flex plate can get water jetted....thank gawd!
Yeah...as a Bow Tie guy my whole life it was hard to get past the prejudice. At this level, these engines are truly just air pumps. This one is getting the '19 and later supercharger setup on it that has the intercooler on top of the supercharger rather than below it. It eliminates two 180 degree turns the intake charge has to make. More boost and a cooler intake air column.
The room in front of the Cobalt (rt) is the dyno cell. The Cobalt just got fitted with two new 2.5" throttle carbs and a different intake to get ahead of some fuel stacking at the rear of the intake at the top of low gear. That meant a new plenum top and linkage. 10 lbs. of stuff in a 5 lb. sack, as my Dad would say.
I'm incredibly fortunate and blessed to be involved with a shop like this. A dream come true for a poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks in Fly Over Country.
AlNyhus
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The shop owner is a serious hobbiest...best way to put it. The dyno end of the business is a bit different as we do a lot of work for a small core group of very serious NHRA Stock and Super Stock competitors. Most of these sessions are multiple days to a couple weeks long as we try to find everything bit of power and torque these rules limited engine are hiding.
The last one was pretty typical. Over a two day period, the oil pan was off countless times. Each time, I'd mill some modifications in the oil pump. Pan off, mill. Pan on, test. Keep doing it until we've gone too far. Then back up and A-B-A to make sure. The engine left happy, making more power/torque with less oil pressure and wasn't hurting parts. All this stuff is propietary. What they find stays inside these walls and doesn't get circulated. That's a big issue with engine builders that also dyno...the owners can lose the edge they've worked hard to get because the builders want to get that out to their other customers.
It's one of just a handful of dyno facilities equipped to dyno the Ford Coyote 5.0 supercharged Cobra Jet engines:
But we have our days, too.......
Al
i know that guy taking the oil pan off of that SBC. I bought a modified eliminator camaro from him in 1973 and raced it til 1980. Had a lot of fun racing back then. Sure miss it.
i know that guy taking the oil pan off of that SBC. I bought a modified eliminator camaro from him in 1973 and raced it til 1980. Had a lot of fun racing back then. Sure miss it.
this was taken at the second Mile High Nationals on 1979
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