The Cal-look Lounge

Thought I would share a few pics just to get this area started.

I purchased this car in 94 and have spent the last 12 years working on it.  It has gone through different changes, all with the purpose of going faster.  I am trying to convince the other half that it should be a race car, but....

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Two years ago I started on a new direction, bigger motor, uprated gerabox etc.

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HEY...there's a picture of jick......with the back wheels off my green 66....

dude....that was a long time ago! :o

are you gonna fit any of your genuine eight spokes to your car?

Probably, but thats if i get round to it ;)

I thought about going 8 spokes on the front, and brms or ercos on the rear.

The car mostly sits in my garage whilst the paint goes dull.

But I have just done some work on it.

1.  Line lock installed, wired up and plumbed in (Only took 16 months to get round to it)

2. Seat frames tack welded in place using original VW runners, to mount Beards. (Only took 12 months to get round to it).  Dropping them off at the welders tomorrow to have them tig welded.

3.  New fuel tank with weld on AN fittings tacked in place, #10 outlet, #8 return, #6 breather. (This was quick for me, I got the tank in August)  These are off to the welder to be tigged (Is this a word?) and then powder coat.

4. Just ordered the last parts for my new engine: 94 long barrels, forged flywheel, JayCee push rod tubes, scat followers.  I can then book it in for building and hopefully it will be ready for xmas!!!

5. Autometer gauges are all mounted under the dash and wired in.

Things left to do:

1. Bleed the brakes.

2. Sort out rear axle, brake drum problem.

3.  Fit new fuel pump and filter.

4.  Set up carbs and fire it up :)

For with a man with a dash plaque fetish, you do realise someones stolen your glove box don't you?  :D

Yeah I know, when i got the car the bloke had just started to weld up the dash.  Luckily I have another complete dash in the shed.  Maybe in 2009 I will sort it out. ;)

Finally sorted out fuel pump and filter:

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Magnafuel Quickstar 275 with Filter

Christ lids, that pump looks huuuge, where will you mount it?
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Christ lids,  that pump looks huuuge,   when will you mount me???
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 :o :o

I only have a 110 GPH Holley blue and went 11.29. This pump wil get you into the 9:s!!  :D

Mounting it on the firewall just above my line lock

 I think we would get along quite well... ;D
 I am just as fast as you when it comes to getting sorted mechanical jobs... ;D
 

Did a bit of work on it today.

1. Rear axle and brakes sorted.

2. Carb linkage set up.

3.  Cannot decide which number plate surround to use!!!

4.  Tidied up the garage.

keep on buggin'! ;)

Not done any work, but I have managed to source some more parts for it.

Picked up some red Koni fronts, collecting new battery tomorrow (old one won't charge, luckily it had a 4 yr guarantee)

Finally fitting front seats, will post pic when tis done.

Method for attaching beards to stock runners, goes out to Pete Roberts and Andy Jewell.  thanks for the pics guys.

another frame, do I use it or shelve it?

okay the front Koni's are on.

All that's left to do: Bleed brakes, fit new oil filter. Fill it up with petrol.  Fire it up.

If any body has any rear konis they don't want let me know.

Thanks for looking.

Where do you guys get your Koni's?

I was lucky, i got a pair off ebay.co.uk for £24 ($57), but we can get them over here from lots of UK online sellers.  They aren't cheap at about £60 each.

nice work keep going I ve got the same plate fram keep on bug in but in yellow :o

Got the engine running today, it still needs tuning as it back fires as you take you foot off the gas.  But only this and the brakes left to do. :)

Lids, will you get it to action ?

Doubt it, I'm off on holiday for 2.5 weeks next Wednesday.  We will see, no hurry :)

well its sunny today, so i have done some work on the car.  Not a lot but still.

Fitted the Berg shifter.

Fitted my new aluminium interior rear quarters (pop riveted), lined up the door panels, these need a little tweaking.

good for you Mike.....get on it this summer dude, i'm gonna really try to....maybe we'll be able to heads up in 2009  ::)

The last day of my hols and the sun is out!

Welded in the midmount brackets to the frame horns.  New welder so had to get used to it, burnt my hand!

Going to weld in the torque bar, and fit the door panels.

over a year since i did any work on the car!

I have dropped my engine bits off, so the 2276 or 2332 (still not made up mind) will be finished in the new year.  Its been built in between jobs by Jim Calvert.

Will be taking the old engine out and selling off the spare bits, this might pay for some of the labour.

One way or another the car will be rolling this Spring :)

bottom end is done, waiting on some pics, but when i said spring i think its spring 2011!!!

that soon???

Just got my new oil pump, complete change of plan.

Slow progress, but we have made some head way.

I have gone through many changes for engine spec, which has slowed everything down and meant it has cost me twice as much!

any way it is a 84 x 94, will be using a custom crank and the new B & P's that will hit the market in the near future.

CB raised deck case, needing to be modified for the dry sump system I will be running.

Raptor cam and followers, hopefully using my old heads which are 44 x 37 at about 11:1CR.

Crank is assembled and balanced.

Case has been modified and checked for crank cam (raptor) fit.  Bearings have been modified accordingly.

Made some bits for the carbs, and my new oil filter is sat on my desk.

Guys, a proper update:

My case mods and crank, watch the video.

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lids, I heard you say 'saltzburg' dry sump pump, is that correct and where does one get one?
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Ian

Stateside tuning in the UK. http://www.statesidetuning.co.uk/

Slowly, very slowly this is coming together.  Next on the list are the heads, then it is ready.

The rod bolts need replacing as the readings for stretch and torque aren't good enough.  Having to wait as these had to be ordered.

a few more

B and P

Getting there then! ;D
Making more progress than me though.. :D
Cheers
Kev

latest couple of updates.

Changed the heads, now running CB CNC wedgeports 42 x 37.  CR is going to be a tame 9.7ish, and also ditching the Manton pushrods for some aluminium ones.

Should be buttoned up in a couple of weeks.

Now the only problem is a: seeing if I use my DDS manifolds with those heads or stump for the matching manifolds from CB.

Does anybody know if they do a short version?

No short matching manifolds from CB. I had to cut mine down a lot.

Micheal

what brand rods are they? were the bolts new? the DDS manifolds will need alot of welding to cover the wedge"port"

cheers Richie

This is what I got done to my CNC matched CB manifolds for wedge ports..



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Ritchie

Rods and bolts new, they were scat. Bolts have now been replaced with new ARP ones.

i know the manifolds need a lot of welding, but i really want to try and run them.  They have had some welding already to fit my old heads.  Seems silly to buy new manifolds from CB and then cut them down, defeats the point of having them cnc match ported.  I should have kept my other shorties i had lying around. oh well.

R

Well as is the vogue at the moment its time for an update.

the engine is done, I now need to collect it.  A few problems on the way.  Not helped by my cam giving me over .6" of lift!

So the long block is done. 

There have been lots of issues along the way.

The arp rod bolts stretched, so had to be replaced.  The barrels and pistons were not round.  These had to be changed.  The cam was giving too much lift compared to the specification card so I am having to run 1.25 rockers rather than the 1.4s.  Also broke 3 pick up tubes trying to relocate the pick up and bending it to fit.

When I collect it in the new year, I will post a few pics.  The CR is 10:1 which should help with its life span as it will be a street car.

Next = fit and modify the tinware.  Then it will be taken back and fired up to break in the cam, jet the carbs and dyno it.

I will then remove the tinware and paint it in some Kandy.

Glad to see you're still at it 8)
Cheers
Kev

Cool..... You need to get on it man!

Renewed enthusiasm that comes with having the engine done.... Gotta keep up the momentum!

Want my advice?     No?

Oh well, here it is anyway!

Ditch those Ali  door panels, they're not working IMHO...... Pretty easy & not expensive to get some panels made up to match the Beard seats....or if the budget stretches, some of my favourite interiors have the beard seats, I'm thinking in your car done old school style an off-white/bone coloured vinyl with a plaid cloth insert maybe picking up on the blue of the bodywork....
And if you're having to re-do any paintwork how about some colour coded upright headlights?

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Picked up the engine today, yep it took almost 8 weeks (you try doing this whilst working, studying part time for a Masters Degree and also keeping the family sweet).

I will take some pics tomorrow and upload them.

It is now sat on a trolley in the dinning room at home.  I have a weeks holiday coming up and the plan is to start modifying the tin wear.

Poped over to Jicks as well to catch up, mustangs roof is very cool.

Thanks man....

Mustang for sale very soon!!!

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Nice..... Now you have to start doing some work!!

Awesome Lids!

Hurry up and get it in !

Done one thing. New bracket for oil filler. The one it had didn't fit the generator stand. Needs sanding and grinding then powder coat

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Another little step in the right direction.  Fitted the Alternator, backing plates etc to the shroud ready for mocking.

Alternator stand is primed and ready for paint.

engine is going on its new stand tomorrow so the real work will start on the tinware.

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Slowly slowly.

This engine does not want to be put together.  It is fighting me all the way.

Problem #1 - The A1 low down exhaust does not clear the oil fittings.  Okay lets get another exhaust, this time clears all the fittings but is 4mm too short and interferes with the oil pump.  Trying another exhaust and then possibly welding thicker exhaust flanges to the header to provide the clearance needed.

Problem #2 - Picked up the new CSP bell crank linkage.  It now comes with a billet base, this means the stud it mounts to is not long enough and it doesn't seat properly.  So I have removed the stud, machined the case ,use of die grinder to spot the face and flatten the case at this point.  I now need to get a 60mm stud so that it can be put back together.

Picked up the missing tinware at Stanford Hall today, so I can now start on trimming them to fit.

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In the end I had to put my hand deep in my pocket and buy a 45 mm CSP Python exhaust.

I am now in the process of cutting the tinware and welding it so it fits!

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Lids, you're even slower than me at getting stuff sorted! When will first fire up be?

December, maybe

Looking good.
Jim does know his stuff but as my Mrs said "God he sounds like a miserable old bastard!!"  ;)

Roll on December Lids!!