Yea, (narrower) seems to be the best idea. Going to search for something in the morning @ the junk yard. Like a small compact car rad. I see this clear a day in my head, wish I was good at that photo thing.IJ. said:Narrower?
You might get away with cutting a hole down through where the battery tray sits?
Oper8or said:DEFIANT 7M I've been watching this thread from the beginning. Its so cool to see things progress like this. I watched IJ's from the start too. I dont make many, if at all, comments on the thread. I'm very impressed with the work you've done. It's nice to see some guys from Tenn on here. I wish I could join in the games, but, that wont happen. When you get done. I would love to see this in person someday. If at anytime you will be passing through to GA or torwards NC let me know, when the project is done. I'm just outside Knoxville. As it stands now I dont trust my 86.5 stocker to much to drive a long distance. It's beginning its journey on the last leg of it life. I wont get rid of it. I'll have it rebuilt.
Anyway. Just saying you've done a fantastic job. You and a few others really impress me with your knowledge and abilities.
btw: IJ, you never emailed me the pictures of your head when you finished it. :naughty:
Kai said:CNC goes over my head - its one of those things that you think 'woooooow, coool.' and 'i wish i could do that/afford that'
Went to Pull-A-Part today to look at some different cars. I understand what your saying about a tiny honda radiator. But I did find several good canidates from the Volvo,BMW and Audi crowd. The thing is my oil tank is about 22" overall in length, basically the same height as our radiator. So making it fit without a bit of surgery and making it look good at the same time may be a pain in other places.supra90turbo said:Allan; you should be able to fit that tank where the battery is supposed to go. Either that, or if you've got nothing on the complete opposite side, then put it there. Putting a smaller radiator isn't the best idea, especially a tiny honda-sized one...
I can't believe this build is almost ready to fire! I can't wait to see it..
I've seen road race cars with the tank in the hatch. The constant flushing sound IJ spoke of may be one of those things you learn to live with. This thing holds 5 gallons of oil!!!:aigo: Here is a what a basic five stage dry sump system looks like to give you guys an idea of what I'm up against. There are still things I need to complete this set up right. If I can get this tank under the hood the main thing is I will not need 100 yrds of braided (KILL KILL THE WALLET) line.supra90turbo said:I agree, Allan. Now that I have full understanding of how large the tank is... yeah.... good luck is all i can really say... lol.
Going back a little... here are pics of my block after being "rocked".DEFIANT 7M said:Custom piston from Diamond Racing. They have a 4cc dome, gas ported, short skirt. We had to send the head and the head gasket to them to make the pistons. They used the head too digitize the combustion chamber into the CNC. They need the head gasket to get the center line and some other specs. With the stroke the displacement is 3.5L The HardBlok should cure the running hotter problem and also strengthen the block. I've watched them "rock" several circle track engines. By rights most of these engines should overheat with the type of cooling systems they have, but they don't.