64 Skylark......."ALPHA LARK"

Discussion in 'Members Rides' started by Steve Reynolds, Oct 22, 2017.

  1. Steve Reynolds

    Steve Reynolds SRE Inc

    Thanks Dan,
    Here are a few more pics from yesterday. The headers are all fit in place and tacked up. Now to disassemble and weld. The starter is a little tricky to get in and out, but it'll be able to be replaced if necessary without major work.
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  2. dan gaither

    dan gaither Active Member

    Wow that was fast! The headers look really nice, and you didn't have to run a tube over the frame.
     
  3. Steve Reynolds

    Steve Reynolds SRE Inc

    Yes.....unfortunately I have a fair amount of experience building headers.....from street rods to truck pullers to drag cars. LOL It's actually fun to conquer the challenges, but in this case I had some crazy notion that the ones I had were going to fit and they didn't. Oh Well!!!
     
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  4. hugger

    hugger Well-Known Member

    Steve, you doing merge style collectors?
     
  5. Steve Reynolds

    Steve Reynolds SRE Inc

    Nope......not getting fancy with that portion. With the boost I dont think it's that critical. Going to a 4" collector, then to a 4" Granatelli cutout. Before the cutout it'll have 3" pipes going to a fairly quiet exhaust sysyem. I know I'm giving up some HP in some areas, but if I have 1100 or 1300 HP.......what's the difference. This will still see a lot of street duty and not strictly the fastest car out there. I also didn't spend the extra time to make all the tubes equal length. Again.....on an all out max effort it's a must, but for the 20 HP difference I'll skip all the hassle. Over 1000 HP on the street is going to be too much already...........naaaahh!! Lol
     
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  6. very cool project Steve. you have great fab skills
     
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  7. Chi-Town67

    Chi-Town67 Gold Level Contributor

    Steve, you should start mass production of those headers in your spare time. :p Beautiful job!
     
  8. Steve Reynolds

    Steve Reynolds SRE Inc

    Just a little more progress over the holidays. Header tubes are welded and rough prepped. All I need to do now is to weld them to the flanges (inside and out) and finish up the collectors. Starting to mock up the blower and brackets. I also mounted the radiator in the core support after some modifications, and checked for clearances with the water pump, etc. So far everything is fitting together without MAJOR modifications.....hope that continues, but this isn't my first rodeo.....I know there'll be some larger hurdles coming my way! LOL
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    Wish I could work on it full time!! LOL
     
  9. Gallagher

    Gallagher Founders Club Member

    So do we. I look forward to every update.
     
  10. mbusher83

    mbusher83 Well-Known Member

    Hey Steve, what is the rear wheel and tire combo/size?
     
  11. Steve Reynolds

    Steve Reynolds SRE Inc

    Mark,
    I bought the wheels and tires used with few miles on them. The rears are MT 275's on 10" wheels. There's room to go 295's, but I doubt that I'll squeeze in 315's.
     
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  12. Philip66

    Philip66 Well-Known Member

    Hey Steve,
    Starting to look like a car!! An AWESOME car!
    Can you share your engine build specs; pistons, compression, crank, stroke, cam, heads, flow, rockers, etc.? Or are there too many sensitive trade secrets not fit for public consumption? Reason I ask is to learn a little more about building a boost specific Tomahawk instead of N/A.

    Keep the updates coming, it's gonna be a sweet ride!!
     
  13. Steve Reynolds

    Steve Reynolds SRE Inc

    Thanks Phillip,
    We're still working on some of the specifics for the engine build. So far I know it'll be 535 CI, hydraulic roller cam, (specs not yet complete), Stage 3 heads, Crower crank, Diamond pistons, F1R ProCharger, (F2 would have been a better choice, but I'm on a budget!), SP2 intake with blow through QF carb. I'll utilize a TA front cover with a short TA water pump, TA oil pump cover with an external oil pickup.....while using the stock location oil pump. If all goes to plan, "someday" in the future I'd like to build my own intake and run EFI of some sort. It's really a pretty basic build with nothing being too elaborate. I figure I'll let the "boost" make the power and just have the right parts in place to handle it.
    At least that's the "plan". LOL
     
  14. Steve Reynolds

    Steve Reynolds SRE Inc

    Not much time available for the build right now as I'm knee deep in oil pans, etc., but I did sneak in a few minutes here and there for more mock up. Of course, NOTHING can just bolt on without
    modifications! LOL
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  15. Steve Reynolds

    Steve Reynolds SRE Inc

    A little progress on the cage. The main hoop is welded up and tacked in place. I have the rear bars mocked up and need to bend up the CM tubes. Next I'll get the halo and forward down tubes fit and in place......going to need to cut the dash up for those, as I'm trying to keep all of the tubes tucked away as much as possible. After those are bent and tacked in place, I'll concentrate on the forward frame bars and all of the cross bars. At the speed I'm going it'll be late spring before the cage is done............. 20180303_190729.jpg 20180307_192722.jpg 20180307_192702.jpg
     
  16. Chi-Town67

    Chi-Town67 Gold Level Contributor

    That looks great Steve. Nice and tight to the roof and the rear bars follow the natural lines of the car. It will be virtually invisible when your done. Nice job!
     
  17. NZ GS 400

    NZ GS 400 Gold Level Contributor

    Very nice Steve. I envy your fabrication skills!
     
  18. sriley531

    sriley531 Excommunicado

    Ditto!!
     
  19. Steve Reynolds

    Steve Reynolds SRE Inc

    Little progress, but little is better than none! LOL It feels good to see it with the fenders hung on, even though it's only for mock up. 20180324_151710.jpg 20180323_175108.jpg 20180324_114855.jpg
     
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  20. 64G-lark

    64G-lark Well-Known Member

    Cage looks great.
     
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