db's 66 Belvedere ***FOR SALE***

db · Post by db » Fri Feb 28, 14 7:45 pm

...and no, the drapes don't match the carpets

I've flatted the whole panel with 240 to get rid of the orange peel in the primer and hit it with a guide coat.
I'm MUCH happier with this side. I have two tiny dents above the swage line which I missed when I was filling, but aside from that it's almost perfect

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Fri Feb 28, 14 8:03 pm

i could not do that i do not have the patients

alot of work there

db · Post by db » Sat Jul 05, 14 12:00 am

It seems a LONG time since I had oily hands, it's nice to be back

Did a bit of measuring & checking today.
I wanted to work out my true compression ratio, and check piston-to-valve clearance was ok.
For those like me who've never done this before...
I found an old vet's syringe and a bit of Perspex and CC-ed my head. I used Vaseline to seal the Perspex to the head and around the spark plug and valves. It's a bit of a fiddle to get the last air bubbles out and probably not accurate enough for a race motor, but fine for my purposes!

I pinched a bit of the girls' playdoh to measure the volume of the valve reliefs. I rolled it carefully into a ball and measured the diameter, then looked up the formula for the volume of a sphere.

db · Post by db » Sat Jul 05, 14 12:07 am

I measured the bore + stroke and added the whole lot up...

Cylinder volume = 45.46 ci
Valve reliefs = 0.27
Head = 4.30
Gasket (0.039") = 0.54
Total volume = 50.57"
Divide by
head + gasket 4.84
Comp ratio = 10.45:1

I bolted one head down to about 10lb/ft using the old gasket, dropped a piar of pushrods in and set the lash.
I turned the motor over and stripped it againg to check the playdoh.
I discovered playdoh is too springy and very inaccurate! Even with this I could tell my p-to-v is around 0.2" so plenty of safety margin there.

I checked out Edelbrock's site for head torque settings and found a useful PDF. I had to torque the bolts to 95 in 3 steps- 45 -65 -95.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Jul 05, 14 11:54 am

Looks like you are making good progress!!!!

Nats??

Rev Limiter?

db · Post by db » Sat Jul 05, 14 12:07 pm

Pete wrote:Looks like you are making good progress!!!!

Nats?? No, no money
Rev Limiter? Yes- nice Mallory item from Dave B

I've just hit a snag- it never occurred to me when I bought the 2 spare rockers from Blue that they might be offset on the wrong side

I now desperately need two 1.5:1 Indy rockers identical to this one....

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Jul 05, 14 12:12 pm

In the immortal words of the Blues Brothers "Then I guess you are up S4it Creek"....

Will you be at the Nats, sans car then???

db · Post by db » Sat Jul 05, 14 12:21 pm

Not sure yet money and time are very tight at the moment!

Les Szabo · Post by **Les Szabo** » Mon Jul 07, 14 12:52 pm

Nice Paul, however I would've done the PTV check like you had it set up in picture 3 when you were checking volume......200 thou clearance with zero deck and a 556 cam? ....doubt it, but you've had no probs so it'll be ok. Thats a nice motor you got there which should punch out in excess of 400hp for sure. My stock iron headed 340 with .590 cam only made around 375.

Hope to see you at the Nats with or without car, preferably with!

Les

db · Post by db » Mon Jul 07, 14 5:10 pm

Thanks Les. Yeah I think the playdoh was so springy it kept it's original shape! There's definitely good clearance there though so I'm not worried.
I'd love to come but I'm not getting my hopes up- I've got a lot to do before the baby arrives in September!

db · Post by db » Wed Jul 09, 14 12:08 pm

Well I've managed to get some sense out of Mister Grumpy at Indy and fingers crossed my rockers are on their way

Just noticed this is post number 1000

db · Post by db » Wed Jul 16, 14 9:08 am

Back to bodywork while I'm waiting on the Indy bits...

I've prepped the last panel- pass door- all the surface rust ground off and POR15 applied.
I decided when I primer this, I may as well do all the touching up in one go so I hit the whole car with guide coat (matt black stove paint- dries in seconds, no clogging

) I'd never 'got' the need for guide coat but it's like magic- it reveals low spots you can't feel or see otherwise!
My sprayer mate Steve told me to get a Mirka Abranet sander to block the whole car. Brilliant- connects to your vac for dust free sanding!
I found a few little bits that needed a light fill, I now have the whole car ready for masking & a final primer (assuming the pass door is ok)

db · Post by db » Thu Jul 17, 14 7:23 pm

Primer tomorrow then

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Jul 17, 14 7:43 pm

Great stuff, Paul

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Thu Jul 17, 14 8:16 pm

Looking good. I use Abranet. Great stuff. Lasts well also

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db's 66 Belvedere FOR SALE