I made and welded in all the patches in my doors today. Not great, but perfect for this car and no longer holy
Bonneville Landspeed Racing - Let's Try a Thing.
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New rockers and then back working on the roof. Need a couple more fender and quarter braces as well.
Hey, looks good from here.
Most people are to chicken shiz to even try it.
Nice job !
Or at least as shitty as the rest of it.. consistency
Oldiron440
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Wasn’t the 516 an early 383/413 head?
It’s the 67 close chamber bb head, the 915 that has the same ports as the 906 heads.
Cut the rocker off the drivers side. Painted the replacement panels on the inside and painted everything in reach while it was off. I have a plan to put a flat bottom panel from rocker pinch weld seam to my tube frame rail. Cowl to back tire. Nice flat surface
One rocker is in and other is cut out. Insides are painted and will go in when dry.
Super long day yesterday. I started feeling like myself about noon. Welded the passenger side rocker in, welded up the A pillar, welded up a mount for the remote master cylinder resiviors, and cut the dash for it all to work.
Decided to keep the Charger flip up gas cap. Can always remove and cover when on the salt. I effectively removed most everything I love about a Charger....back window and grill. Felt I should keep something
Oldiron440
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You could recess it until it is almost flush…
Nah. I will run as is. Then if I feel it is hurting aero enough to make any difference, I will remove it and put a flush cover. All os good
Oldiron440
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Got to admit that it stands proud, having that much deference side to side could affect high speed handling.
And that can be all in the details just look at all the little wind cheaters you find on other land speed cars or NASCAR stock cars.
And that can be all in the details just look at all the little wind cheaters you find on other land speed cars or NASCAR stock cars.
I'm curious what a pressure probe would show in that area, for all we know, it could be filling a hole in the aero.....might just have to put a non-funtional one on the Pass. side to balance it out..... RACEY ..... lol ...
My thoughts are it could disrupt the airflow in that spot and cause issues on the rear spoiler. If so, it could make the car unstable at speed. I know the air flow around the C pillar is important for flow over the spoiler. Also, any way to keep air attached to the back window is huge too
That is true, but just as in with porting, what "looks obvious" often times slaps You with a little HELLO!!!
It'd be nice to get that thing to a university w/a tunnel & let the students learn & work it out, thesis project,...
I wanted to take it to A2 Wind Tunnel, but it is in NC and $$$. Most important is to make it to the salt in 2026That is true, but just as in with porting, what "looks obvious" often times slaps You with a little HELLO!!!
It'd be nice to get that thing to a university w/a tunnel & let the students learn & work it out, thesis project,...
gzig5
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Borrow a couple gas backpack blowers and figure out how to generate the smoke. It may sound stupid, but I bet you could learn something about small asymmetric areas like the fuel cap by comparing side to side. Might provide results on the corners of the fenders and other areas too. Probably need to form a nozzle for the blower to get a smoother flow of air. That is probably the biggest obstacle.
I put the car nose into a 50mph windy day. Had yarn tufts taped all over an experimental aero nose i made. Was very cool to see.
That is neat. Flow looks good to me except the leading edge of the extension. Does that mean it should be rounder?
It really should be, but also was wind, so not fully single direction. Was a fun experiment
Heads flowed today 360cfm at 0.900 lift. My plan for 4.375 bore may be a bit small. Room to grow with them. The intake manifold flowed 350cfm.
Bachelor life...
Oldiron440
Big blocks rule small blocks drool!
Have you ran them through the dishwasher yet?
I am the dishwasher, so no they haven't been cleaned yet
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