Projects Update on the blown Olds

this morning I took the big leap

pulled the Stude out of the T



spent hours removing all the brackets it was bolted to


hung the Olds in it


and started building mounts to bolt it all together


why?

might as well ask Y is zero

 

hey-
that thing rules,
it reminds me of happy days and dont take that the wrong way...
its bad ass and fun at the same time-

its cool to see progression of cars too- like going from your stude to the olds-



Now I have a question-
are 471 blowers hard to find,
there is one on craigslist here on a diesel motor that the guy will sell separate-
just curious what they were worth and if it was 'worth' pursuing?

I know you have to convert em-

Rad...
I wish I lived closer to you guys I would make rounds-
but posting pics is almost as good-

Tuck

 

funny you should say Happy Days

a buddy stopped by and helped wrangle the motor in place
and I joked about puting Happy Days headers on it

he looked at me like I was nuts...

paint it yellow and call me Ralph

 

wow..........that is so freaking cool.......but I got tell ya , I am a little saddened to see the little stude motor out of there. I think you know why


I will try and get my shit together so I can get down there and pick up the little chevy motor soon.

Fred

 

C'mon, Fred, you don't expect me to believe you don't want to see anything other than ubiquitous SBC in there, do ya?


Love to root for the underdog - the Stude is underrated!! Olds is not too bad though - gotta admit!

 

now now......I just sent a flathead out the door........a buick is coming in monnday...and I think a 1950 caddilac is due in next week also.


I love that little stude motor...I sat next to it at a swap one day... hilarious.


I have had to resort to working on flatheads , their owners seem to be in a higher income bracket...........and the work remains steady.......very steady

 

hmm, Fred,
how do you feel about working on Olds motors?

I have this here '57 J2 almost ready for assembly..

 

i love the blown olds.


what brand valve covers did you change too and tell me about the blower intake !

 

the green ones that are on it in the picture of it on the hook are later 394 steel covers, clean beaters for just such an occasion

the finned aluminum are no-name, Moon style, with little one piece breathers

the intake is also no-name, looks just like a Cragar except there is no water cross over built in.
it has evidence of being used but is ingreat shape.
it has a round blow off valve on the underside that I took apart and made sure it worked clean and smooth.

I had a local machine shop make me a lower hub to bolt the pulley to
and bought a couple sets of matched run belts.

I am nervous about the stock pistons, afraid they may not last long,
and the banjo rearend.. and the rear wishbones..

nah, I aint nervous or afraid
but sometimes I do wonder about my sanity

 

the rear will get some improvements,
haven't decided exactly what yet,
'have a few thoughts and most of what it will take

either a late fifties Ford 9" with ladders and '36 spring
or convert to quick change center with A spring and torque arm
or go heavy with the late fifties Olds rear, ladders and '36 spring

for now I'm keeping the '50 Olds stick behind it and will hook the column shift to it.
no room for a stick through the floor,
without kicking the pasenger out.

 

1. the 4-71 is by far a better looking blower-especialy pruned sitting on a flathead
2. in most street app.s max boost is not what you want
3. read #2
4. rare is cooler
5. the discharge on the 4-71 centers perfect between the Olds ports.

 

Sorry, didn't quite grasp your points right away, which were:
1. I'm wrong
2. you want approval, not ideas

I'll be more careful in future.

 

I don't think Paul is ever looking for approval of his work. He is teaching US. We show him approval for the lesson he gives.

 

Damn Paul....you don't waste any time do ya? haha....
That's awesome....I've got a '55 Chevy 3.55 rearend if ya need something out back.
I loved the look of that Stude in there and didn't think the Olds would look as good, but it does!
Any other changes in store? Like paint or wheels????

 

you are not wrong
far from it,
in fact all your points are very valid,
except maybe the one about which is prettier, which is purely up to the individual.

but, if I were going for practical
I woudn't be here

I'd be building the car of the future
not beating my head against the wall on some fifty+ year old obsolete dinosaur

 

hadn't thought of that,
thanks.

 

Wow it looks sweet

 

Paul....... that new-old Olds looks right-at-home in the Roadster.
It's gonna be a handful with the loud-pedal on the floor

 

motor and transmission mounts in

 

Now officially dangerous

 

omfg... i didnt thhink i could like your car more, but i was wrong..

for some reason it NEVER crossed my mind that tahat motor would go into it! WOW!

 

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I really like it. I like the idea of a column shift - that's really old school, we didn't all have floor shifters. I like the 4-71 too - it just looks right.
What is the steering wheel? What are the pistons? Comp ratio?
Any idea on boost yet?
Great job.

 

yeah, floor shift should be ok, at least for a while.
I do have a '37 Lasalle transmission that could go in..

wheel is an old Superior green flake,
pistons are stock .060 over,
my book says the '50 Olds had 7.25:1 compression, plus a bit for the overbore,
pullies are 1:1, gut says that'll add about 6 psi at 5k rpm..?
'need to do some math.

like I said somewhere else,
hopefully by keeping my foot out of it
this motor will last long enough to put a properly prepped motor together.

Paul

 

It good to see a real working blower on top of your olds rather than the hollowed out shells i've seen around here. Looks very period.

 

What you doin with the Stude?