The Jim Smith Project - it lives!

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sun Jun 03, 12 1:55 pm

The next job is to lower it at the back...The springs are stock ride ...and they sit the same as the old SS springs... Because of the cut away arches i had to start somewhere so i guessed the stock ones would be the best place to start....I have three inches between the slick and the arche ,so i will try some lowering blocks at 1 1/2inches to start with. Cars going of for some work,, and i will update then

Mick · Post by **Mick** » Sun Jun 03, 12 3:08 pm

If you lower the car without the blocks you will need to check the pinion angle.
Mick

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sun Jun 03, 12 3:43 pm

Mick wrote:If you lower the car without the blocks you will need to check the pinion angle.
Mick

Thats all in hand Mick...if the blocks do not work,i will try the front spring hangers with the two holes in.... Mancinis do a beefed up set of hangers with two spring holes ...I will get it to go straight ,just a process of elimination....but i think the shocks were the problem...there is a video on my Facebook page (sorry Duncan) you can see how out of shape it gets...

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sun Jun 03, 12 3:47 pm

pete walton wrote:
Mick wrote:If you lower the car without the blocks you will need to check the pinion angle.
Mick
Thats all in hand Mick...if the blocks do not work,i will try the front spring hangers with the two holes in.... Mancinis do a beefed up set of hangers with two spring holes ...I will get it to go straight ,just a process of elimination....but i think the shocks were the problem...there is a video on my Facebook page (sorry Duncan) you can see how out of shape it gets...

good work pete will catch up at the nats,
p.s that facebook Bananarama! is for kids and women leave it alone,

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sat Jun 09, 12 5:17 pm

Stuck the lowering blocks in today,not a big fan of them but its a quick fix . They are made nice ,only problem was the pin was a touch to big for the hole on the axle perch.Five minutes with a file and jobs a goodun....

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sat Jun 09, 12 5:29 pm

The car sits about 3inches lower at the back,which is better than i hoped for.....The overall look is better and i am well pleased with the outcome.It needs some 28inch front runners next ..... before and after pictures ,the gap was just over 3inches and its now more than half that ....

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Fri Jun 15, 12 8:12 pm

Cars being done by Andy Wright who races the Hot Rod Ford pro mod.... Not welded yet just mocked up ,but here is the new shock mount....

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Fri Jun 15, 12 10:25 pm

pete walton wrote:Cars being done by Andy Wright who races the Hot Rod Ford pro mod....

Andy is a top bloke, he even used to run a B1 motor many moons ago.

Always helpful, talented & loves a good laugh too

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Jun 15, 12 11:44 pm

Surprised you did not go coil over given all the work that has gone into the shocks, and then saved loads of weight on the springs; but I guess you wanted to keep it old school............

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sat Aug 11, 12 12:24 pm

When i had the struts sorted i asked Andy Wright to knock me up a drip tray for under the car.....I have always had this niggly oil leak ,and its fine if you do not mind getting shut of on the line ,or sticking yourself into the rail or even worse sticking the next guy down the track into the rail....Word is the NHRA are going to make belly pans and diapers a must have in all sportsmans class so i had mine made ,,,,,Rear seal and trans always seem to drip of the bell housing ,or in my case moter plate ...It works

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Aug 11, 12 12:58 pm

It's a sorry day when the car and driver are so old they BOTH need a bag...

Good work there, I wish I had that much ground clearance.........

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sat Aug 11, 12 1:04 pm

Pete wrote:It's a sorry day when the car and driver are so old they BOTH need a bag...

Good work there, I wish I had that much ground clearance.........

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sun Nov 25, 12 12:35 pm

After a not so good Dragstalgia the time to take the gearbox out and get it sorted was upon me....First picture shows that the drip tray i had made ....I guess you could say it works

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sun Nov 25, 12 12:38 pm

Second picture remove the unremovable removable trans cover

Some of you will get that ,,,,some of you will not

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Sun Nov 25, 12 12:49 pm

Some time a go i had my front struts sorted out by Andy Wright.He came up against the same problem ,,the headers.....He made the struts freestanding and allowed for the correct amount of front end travel...next week how to takeyour gearbox out using basic kitchen utensules