Hot Rods XO/PP Bonneville project

Always good to see progress, but do that care of family and yourself.

 

John, glad to see your progress.
Do you have any more T-shirts to sell?

 

Thanks

 

Yes what sizes and how many

 

Welcome to our new 640 member Mr.Rick Steiner as Crew chief
Rick has been with us now for almost a year and has brought many good ideas to the truck.
Rick has been involved in racing for most of his life.
He retired from Camp Perry as a mechanical engineer with hands on knowledge.
He is well liked by the crew and myself.
Welcome to your new position Rick.

 

In other news our former Crew Chief
Dan Urbanskie will be moving on to new chapter in his life. Dan has his own business building Hot Rods as well as building houses with his dad. Dan has served as Crew Chief since 2018 and has helped develop team 640 to the level it is today.
On behalf of team 640 we wish you great success in all you do. Dan will always remain our friend. Love you Dan!

 

The beginnings of the dry sump pan for the 302 GMC for Dave Russell

 

Rust on the trailer.
One of Bonneville's
Curses. Rust on the trailer is in need of repairs

 

A little more work on the oil pan today.
Bent up some sheet aluminum and it begins

 

Fabed up the seal lip on the oil pan today.
Nice tight fit Almost ready to do some welds soon

 

A few more cuts for the front and rear of the oil pan.

 

Nice.

 

More Photos of the oil pan

 

Refining the front Pan seal with good old JB Weld. looking
For that nice tight seal on the oil pan.

 

sorry about the double photos Fabed up some oil returns for the dry sump, and cut the pan for the drains.threded the ends for AN fittings. Will weld these up first of next week

 

This looks complicated but it's the beginning of the windage tray

 

Rick and I finished up the front end rebuild today all that's left is the alignment. Also getting very close on the trailer repairs on the rear door. Just a few screws in the new floor panels

 

Getting closer with the oil pan

 

Finishing up on the oil pan and started flow work today. Looks pretty good so far.

 

All that's left on the pan is JB weld in the screens and finish the windage tray.

 

Setting the front-end caster and toe in.
Thanks out to lee Pollard and Rick Stiner for the great job. today

 

Home made tools for making hand made louvers for the windage tray

 

More photos of the oil pan. Just put on the finishing touches.now it's off to powder coat for a clear protective coating

 

Would an anodize be better than powder coat?

 

Probably but we don't have anyone close that can do that.

 

Just thinking out loud, but what do they set the Alignment specs to? I imagine there's a bunch of positive caster for the high-speed.

 

6 deg. Positive Caster 1/8 toe

 

Huh I'd figure more castor.

 

I assume the gmc is slated for the pickup. So are planning on running a XO class?