Here are some photo of the 428 bottom with new undercoating, new aluminum panels, etc. One can see the Waxoil sipping out from underneath. the bottom of the sills will be sealed and under coated as well. Massive amounts of Aircraft firewall ceramic insulation have been sandwiched between floors and aluminum panels and on the firewall. There is no way any heat can make it inside! We will see! For the undercoating we have used Wurth SKS stone guard, German stuff, it is great, it dries hard as a rock and is paintable. All the sills, all the rectangular tubing, most of the floors, inner wings and bottom of the fenders are new! What has not been replaced has been scraped clean, primed and repainted.
The floor of the cabin, has been completely covered with Dynamat! It might be heavy, but it will be cool! I have added a drive shaft safety loop as well, one never knows with big block power!
No more rust, no more bondo, no more fiberglass. Just new metal and lead for the outside panels. The car has been worked on continually for 10 weeks. It is funny that all the corrosion was located down low with the exception of the chassis which was like new (I can see why some of these cars were converted into cobras). Now that everything is beautiful underneath, the mechanical work comes next with more suspension work as well! and maybe air conditioning. Once all that is done, the car will be repainted BRG again. I want to make sure it drives great before I paint it.
First, the 428 motor will go back in with the new 4 speed Toploader box, I have selected a wide ratio setup since I plan to run the current 2.88 ratio or go to 3.08. The Toploader was never offered with a wide ratio with the 1 3/8 imput shaft but David Kee makes a custom shaft for this application. I will see how the car goes, with the Edelbrock heads and the bigger cam, the motor currently has about 450 HP, estimated. If the heat is under control, I will install a 427 block with the current crankshaft which will bring the engine to 454 cubic/inch. Even with a smooth cam, The car should be a monster! It will be dynoed at this point. The goal is 550 HP and 600 F/lbs of torque with very smooth delivery. I might have to install pin drive wheels with this kind of power! This type of modifications have to be done in steps to get good results. [:p]
Emmanuel
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