Ontopic History of an Old Car

Mr. Asa said:
Got an issue with brakes, then I need to get instruments in the dash to read the important things, then reregistered and driving.
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Pretty cool stuff. High school buddy's Dad had a 67 convertible with the i6 but I think a 3-speed? manual. Manual anyway. My first car was a '56 GMC truck we got at a yard sale for $400.
 
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Comprehensive update so it's not lost in a pic thread somewhere:

Machined some flat surfaces, didn't completely cut out the size of the Weber's footprint as I'm not 100% sure where the carb will be mounted. I figure I'll use Engineer's Blue and scribe the exact pattern once I mount the flanges.

The flanges are what I want to talk about, though. Based on the height measurements, I should have a decent amount of room to move up so I can get some more clearance for the linkages. Based on that height, I'll be at more than 1.5" high for the flanges. Not a big concern for me, but I'm wondering if (while I do that) I might be able to aid the flow transition, and maybe cut down on a little bit of turbulence? I know that the log itself doesn't flow the best anyways, so is aiding initial turbulence any sort of worthy effort?

If I do that, I'm thinking of something like:
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The entire album of this modification


Flange mockup
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A pretty good article

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cul...hy-an-old-detroit-inline-six-is-worth-saving/

The point is, you don't have to be like everyone else and do yet another small block swap on a car that already has a perfectly good motor sitting between its fenders. Are American straight sixes perfect? Far from it. None of them have cross-flow heads, which is undoubtedly why they don't enjoy the same reputation for performance as many European examples of similar layout. They're heavy, they're long and they don't sound like V8s. But that last point could be a good reason to like them if you're an individualist; which is to say, if you're an American.
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I can just imagine the "is dinner made yet?" "no I've got half the car scattered across the kitchen, I'll get to that" discussion that happened.

Have to give a shout out to ladybutt, and my gf, for putting up with engineers.
 
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gee said:
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I can just imagine the "is dinner made yet?" "no I've got half the car scattered across the kitchen, I'll get to that" discussion that happened.

Have to give a shout out to ladybutt, and my gf, for putting up with engineers.
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I have a picture of the N42 I built for the Datsun half-strewn across the table as well.

I was lapping in the valves. Only 12 of 'em, thank goodness.
 
gee said:
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I can just imagine the "is dinner made yet?" "no I've got half the car scattered across the kitchen, I'll get to that" discussion that happened.

Have to give a shout out to ladybutt, and my gf, for putting up with engineers.
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asa, are those 3D printed mockups?

I've heard of people doing lost PLA casting with good success, might be worth a try. Probably a lot easier to cast something and clean it up than to machine one from stock.
 
gee said:
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I can just imagine the "is dinner made yet?" "no I've got half the car scattered across the kitchen, I'll get to that" discussion that happened.

Have to give a shout out to ladybutt, and my gf, for putting up with engineers.
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Yeahhhh.... I really need a better garage space. I've got seats for the Mustang and truck under and on top of one of my benches taking up all the space. If I cleared them out and got them in the respective vehicles I'd probably have that space.

I need to do that with the Mustang for sure, the truck can wait a while
 
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