The Yeti's 27 T Build

DonnyRay

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• Aug 29, 2020

• #41

Moving forward ( making progress ) is always good.

 

Island Girl

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• Aug 29, 2020

• #42

If you're planning on boosting, wouldn't it be preferable to have another half a thousandth to a thousandth clearance on the bearings with a high volume pump?

I'm not am LS guru, but all the blower motors I've been a part of, had a bit more bearing clearance than a normally aspirated equivalent.

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Aug 29, 2020

• #43

These LS engines like tight oil clearances.

They are known to hold up to 800hp on stock bottom ends by just opening piston ring gap to .030".

I won't be pushing that kind of HP though. No way it'll put it to the ground.

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Sep 11, 2020

• #44

Picked up rear wheels lastnight. A set of old 70s slot mags. 11.5" wide. Tires are shot but good for mock up.

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Sep 11, 2020

• #45

Drilled the 5.3 truck block to take the low mount alternator like the vettes use. Truck blocks only have the lower hole.

Got a set of 32 transfer punches mainly for just this but they're awesome.

 

Spanky

Moderator

Staff member

• Sep 12, 2020

• #46

TheYeti said:

Picked up rear wheels lastnight. A set of old 70s slot mags. 11.5" wide. Tires are shot but good for mock up.

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Carnac sez: "I see lots of polishing in your future!"

PS - I, too, am a fan of low-mount alternators.

 

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Island Girl

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• Sep 12, 2020

• #47

Spanky said:

Carnac sez: "I see lots of polishing in your future!"

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Polishing you say !!

That thing looks like it's been abandoned in salt water since Katrina hit . . . .

 

lincolnuT

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• Sep 12, 2020

• #48

Shoot IG it will buff right out..........lol........

 

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fletcherson

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• Sep 13, 2020

• #49

Nice. Hopefully you won’t have any space issues or conflicts with steering components. Some are pretty tight between the frame rails.

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Sep 13, 2020

• #50

Island Girl said:

Polishing you say !!

That thing looks like it's been abandoned in salt water since Katrina hit . . . .

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The Rust sucks up here in the WV, OH, PA tri-state area. That part looks normal for this region.

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Sep 13, 2020

• #51

fletcherson said:

Nice. Hopefully you won’t have any space issues or conflicts with steering components. Some are pretty tight between the frame rails.

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I'm stretching and widening the body so ill have wider than normal frame rails. I'm most likely going to be running cowl steering also.

 

DonnyRay

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• Sep 13, 2020

• #52

That happens to aluminum that's been left outside in the elements ( it corrodes ).

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Sep 20, 2020

• #53

Visited Dave and Ed's swap meet yesterday.

Got a fiberglass 32 grill shell.

Got another 1930 ford axle that's in great shape compared to my original one.

Also picked up some 38-39 tail lights.

 

Spanky

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Staff member

• Sep 20, 2020

• #54

TheYeti said:

Got a fiberglass 32 grill shell.

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I like your style! Looks good on a T. Mine is chopped 4", and has the Speedway grill insert (pricey ). What will you use for an insert, and will you chop it?

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Sep 20, 2020

• #55

Spanky said:

I like your style! Looks good on a T. Mine is chopped 4", and has the Speedway grill insert (pricey ). What will you use for an insert, and will you chop it?

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I'll be making a mesh grill insert for it. I like the look and its budget friendly.

I'll have to wait until the body is mounted on the frame to see if it will need chopped. I do believe it will need to be so it sits level with top of cowl

 

choppedtop

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• Sep 20, 2020

• #56

Here is one that I made for my roadster. 1/8" piano wire and some 1/8' x 1/2' wide strip metal.

 

DonnyRay

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• Sep 20, 2020

• #57

The red grille looks good.

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Sep 20, 2020

• #58

choppedtop said:

Here is one that I made for my roadster. 1/8" piano wire and some 1/8' x 1/2' wide strip metal.View attachment 19560

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That looks great. Thanks for the info

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Sep 21, 2020

• #59

Starting to figure out this wooding thing. This body is warped from sitting cut apart by the previous owner.

Widened 5" stretched 6"

 

TheYeti

Active Member

• Sep 21, 2020

• #60

I was going to widen it 6" but the tire clearence was an issue for the stock width explorer 8.8.