Project HP 69 S/S Skylark

Discussion in 'Race 400/430/455' started by Graham, Feb 18, 2006.

  1. Graham

    Graham Registered User

    Thought I'd post a few pics of some work done this summer on the Machine.
    Tranny Cooler Installed:
     

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  2. Graham

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    Tranny Cooler other view:
     

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  3. Graham

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    Rear Firewall Installation Pics:
     

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  10. Hector

    Hector '79 Buick Limited

    Beautiful car!! :3gears: :beer
     
  11. TimR

    TimR Nutcase at large

    Nice work :TU: .....looking forward to a ride one day.... BTW you let the plate numbers slip, kinda funny, too bad the middle one isn't a K, you'd get lots of reaction then!!! :laugh:
     
  12. Snowbound

    Snowbound Well-Known Member

    Tim, you don't want to ride with that maniac, trust me! :laugh:

    Maybe by next year the passenger seat will be installed so we don't have to ride in the back like Arab women. :Dou: :grin:

    Graham, how do you find so much time to post when you should be working?

    Any word from Derek on that '68 yet? I have been dealing on that '65 in Edmonton. Got him down to $1500, but still don't know if it's worth that much. Passenger quarter looks wasted, typical rust.....Would make an ideal bracket car though....... :3gears:

    Tried to call you today, but you must turn your cell off at work. I'll call Thursday or Friday.

    Brian
     
  13. TimR

    TimR Nutcase at large

    Oh yeah, I DO!!!!! I even bought diapers already!! :laugh: :laugh:
     
  14. Graham

    Graham Registered User

    Brian,:laugh: :laugh: No Kidding.
    Yea the 68 GS400 should be here soon. Have some interesting news, talk to you next week.

    Tim, anytime brother. :TU: We'll get together next summer in Calgary and make some vids. :Brow:

    Thanks Hector :)
     
  15. gdbuick

    gdbuick Well-Known Member

    firewall

    Hi Graham,

    I did have two questions for you on your car regarding your recent rear seat firewall. Did you use sheet metal screws or rivets to attach? From the pictures it almost looks like the panel directly behind the seat towards to floor maybe two pieces? Almost like you added another piece to tie the larger panel into the floor as there looks to be two rows of rivets/screws at the bottom. Perhaps it's just a reflection. I'm working on something similar.

    Later
    Greg
     
  16. Graham

    Graham Registered User

    Hey Greg, good to hear from you.

    The firewall is a 0.040" aluminum sheet fastened by rivets.

    Yes, I added the aluminum strip at the bottom and made it to mold around the wiring cable and to secure the whole bottom sheet to the upper floorpan rail. I then used clear silicone to seal every thing up.
    I'm happy with the results. :) Graham
     
  17. DEL

    DEL Well-Known Member

    Cool plates! :beer
     
  18. Graham

    Graham Registered User

    Its been a year since the last post and thought I'd update it.

    Car ran great the last year, went thru 3 sets of tires, and 2 bbls of Sunoco Standard.

    Just last week during a lash/tuneup I noticed a little white smoke & moisture coming from one of the 3" duals.

    Upon further inspection the head gasket has developed a slight leak on the #8 cylinder.

    Noticed the spark plug was slightly wet on the #8 hole.

    I did a leak down test which was perfect and the compression test checked out fine at 225-240psi. 225 was the lowest on the #8 hole.

    No worries, got a full year out of the orange crush head gaskets concidering the higher compression (have the extra cyl head bolts).

    Its time to go right thru this thing, check out the bearings, upgrade to the 308 solid cam, and go with new cometic 40 thou head gaskets. (Thanks Chris S. aka Torque Master:pp )
    Will also install the AMP Crank scraper, windage screen and new ported SPX / Dominator setup.

    Graham
     

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  19. gusszgs

    gusszgs Well-Known Member

    Graham, I'm kinda suprised you had some leakage with the 4 extra bolts for sealing. I'm running the Cometic's with no issues at 12:1 comp.
    Did you ever get to the track?
     
  20. Graham

    Graham Registered User

    Jim, yea it was using some coolant the day I found the source area. Was somewhat suprised as well... We'll know for sure when the heads come off. Sure hope there isn't a hairline crack in the block...:pray:
    The Orange Crush Gaskets are good but I've heard other stories that they can develope leaks after some time. The block is zero decked, chambers are 69 CC's and the 0.040" Cometics should hold up better. Should lower the compression a tenth of a point also.

    Went to the track, But didn't make it out due to rain the one time. And the other two times, the car was loaded up in the trailer but plans changed at the very last minute. (Ricky and Bubbles jamed out on me:moonu: ). Long story short, the intent was sure there, but it hasn't transpired yet.
    I did get out to the Rimby 100' street drags and it went 2.01 sec @ 100'. (Have the slip here somewhere.) They had the water box, vht sprayed down, and crappy mainstreet ashvault. Was using the ET Streets. It was fun, opened the electric header dumps, heated the tires right up, staged and went thru the traps darn near sideways. Johnny Force style! The crowed loved the Chevelle.. oh I mean Buick..:rolleyes:
    Will have it out next season for sure, as I moved closer to a couple of tracks this summer. Actually looking forward to getting out to a couple of near sea level tracks this spring (Mission, Victoria).
    Judging from a buddys desktop dragstrip sim program, with all the perameters entered, if it hooks it should be close to 10.33 @128. But we'll see for sure.
    Drove this thing frickin hard the past year, so I'm curious to see what the rod and main bearings look like.

    Graham
     
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