ULTIMATE SCRATCHBUILD: 1:12 Hot Rod-Updated 03/12/06

[86_SR5]

thats nothing. I dont know what the hype about the 572 is. Its got 720hp, yeah ok. Id still go with a 454 in a bel air. headers with glass packs bolted right to them. edelbrock performer intake with air gap, holley 750 and k&n cleaner and you'll burn up anything that comes your way. Also, id bolt a th350 or 400 to it with a 2500b&m stall, and stage 2 shift kit with a ford 9'' with 3.73 gears. all this in an old rusty multi colored 4dr bel air.

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by 86_SR5

thats nothing. I dont know what the hype about the 572 is. Its got 720hp, yeah ok. Id still go with a 454 in a bel air. headers with glass packs bolted right to them. edelbrock performer intake with air gap, holley 750 and k&n cleaner and you'll burn up anything that comes your way. Also, id bolt a th350 or 400 to it with a 2500b&m stall, and stage 2 shift kit with a ford 9'' with 3.73 gears. all this in an old rusty multi colored 4dr bel air.

I cant have a 454 in a Bel Air. My friend has a 455 in his Firebird. And I would have a '51-'54 2 door bel air that I would section and chop.

Can we get back on topic now. Any comments on the pictures I posted?

[GvEman]

it is fun to see you posting again!

It is a guy in Sweden Alf he has a pontiac GTO with 572 and superchardger. when he drives it on the street he have about 1000 hp but on the strip he increase the amount of horses and that car is awsome if you wnat tou can have his site and there he has the recepi on that engin.

[GT-Alex]

Originally Posted by GTmike400

Sorry i translated a french expression. Obviously it doesn't mean anything in english !
Bend oil basically means work.

[mike@af]

Thanks for the comments guys. And I would also appreciate it if we stayed on topic.

GT-Alex- That makes much more sense now.

Im really running out of things to do until I get that damn motor. I may start cross drilling the brake discs today. But I also have to work on my 37 Custom Ford design for the S/D contest.

Keep the comments coming!

[86_SR5]

Sorry Mike. I understand you want a bigger engine. Its only for small penis compensation....




jk. the frame looks good. Im not exactly sure what you put all those lil extra beams in for, since Im no rod pro. Just don't overdo it, it could be so easy to overdo it.

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by 86_SR5

the frame looks good. Im not exactly sure what you put all those lil extra beams in for, since Im no rod pro. Just don't overdo it, it could be so easy to overdo it.

That is roughly the same setup as the Pro-Ride Chassis for '32-'34 Ford Coupe. All those cross members really stiffen it up, so they are just for looks.

[labandabonnot]

Originally Posted by GT-Alex

Sorry i translated a french expression. Obviously it doesn't mean anything in english !
Bend oil basically means work.

French modelers are far better at modeling than at writing good english! The exact translation would have been: "elbow grease", and not bend oil!....
The reason of this french expression is that all french modelers are very fat people with short arms that just end with elbows, and not hands! So making a kit is extremely difficult for us, as you can imagine, and we quickly begin to sweat... which makes our work even more difficult!
Amazingly, the result is most of the time very good, and some times perfect!
Gt-Alex just meant to encourage you! And say he appreciated your work.

... And I want to add my voice to his! That's the foot! (another french expression meaning it is more than good!)

We'll wait patiently for your next progresses! Keep it on! (I don't know what it means but as it sounds good I decided to write it!)

[mike@af]

Thanks for the comments guys.

UPDATES:

Here is one of the designs for the brake rotor. Im going to go start cutting the styrene for it now. I should be running by my LHS in about 4 hours or so, so Im going to check for the 426 and some strip styrene.

[Howielong]

NIce looking design on the brake.

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by Howielong

NIce looking design on the brake.

Except I just calculated the scale and its the wrong damn size. Thing is too small. Its 1 1/8 instead of 2 1/8. Now to go back into CAD and redraw it.

[Howielong]

Can't you just resize it in cad. Im still learing all the tricks. But just click the center point and make the radius 1-1/16" instead of 5/16".

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by Howielong

Can't you just resize it in cad. Im still learing all the tricks. But just click the center point and make the radius 1-1/16" instead of 5/16".

Correct. But Im not using AutoCAD right now. I am using a Computer Aided Design Program (CAD).

Also redrawing it would be easier. I just finished redrawing it now. Its quicker because all the drills need to be redrawn at 3/32" instead of 1/16". Then other parts of it too. It was just easier to redraw it.

[Howielong]

Originally Posted by GTmike400

Correct. But Im not using AutoCAD right now. I am using a Computer Aided Design Program (CAD).

Also redrawing it would be easier. I just finished redrawing it now. Its quicker because all the drills need to be redrawn at 3/32" instead of 1/16". Then other parts of it too. It was just easier to redraw it.

Got it. I thought it was autocad. But yeah it is alot easier to redraw then to work out all the bugs.

[mike@af]

UPDATES:

New pics of the rotor design. Theres a picture with a mock wheel as well, its not exactly what the real wheel will look like.