Flatoz's dream realised : Blown flathead in the 32.

Hey Square,

come join the twin carb gang, we got the fastest rides in the Valley!

Danny

 

I'll second Brootals comments on the power, I went for a run with Corey around the block and the power comes on real smooth, its great!!!!!!!

 

Would dearly love to, but at the moment I have other priorities. Possibly in the future, but at the moment I'm thinking bigger and better and it don't involve a green roadster, maybe something with more seating capacity...
Stay tuned...

 

Mate,

Sounds killer! Hey i have to borrow that roof sometime man, i need to get the roof finished before winter rolls around again ahaha!

dan

 

This has got to be one of the coolest pics period!!

BADASS '32!
NICE JOB!

 

It's freak'in beautiful!!

 

Flatoz I have allways liked your car but now it,s a shit load cooller we done it,s one of the coolest V8 water heater I know I bet the next post will be Rat Basted he hate,s me calling flatheads that

 

again thanks.

X38 there are a few sets around but not as many as the known brands.

As for the power, well as brootal said...

to be honest I didnt at first think that it had made such a big difference, I have always wound out the motor but now it feels much stronger, it doesnt feel quicker to me, more that instead of reaching a point where it seemed to flatten out when carbed, it now just keeps going, and I am aware that I need to back off or throw a leg out of bed.

but while I dont think its much quicker, carbed it went down the quarter at 17.2 and brootal says his did 14.4 and he did tell me that he was only catching me on the gear changes, so I am guessing its a few seconds quicker now.


but I know that the sound out of the pipes is reallllll nice

 

That's the main thing I noticed. It's got the same POS 'water heater', but with that pump on it, it sounds so much tougher through the pipes.

We should've uncorked it one night and gone for a rap.

 

Nicely done. Looks like a fun ride.

 

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate !!! But its the NICEST water heater you've ever SEEN !!

Rat

 

sitting here cacking myself......F.T.Funny.

Cheers, and ya haven't finished Corey, still gotta 'change' that diff....

Drewfus

 

C'mon,,,no sound clip??......what are you doing to us..

 

kida have one(if you can hear it over the breeze...), but don't know how to host it....

Cheers,

Drewfus

 

Good on you corey.....job well done . I got a sniff at it just before I went home from the picnic. Pity I didnt get to hear it..arr well, and next time your at bunnings, yell out.......sadly, thats where my ass was instead of being at the HRI run .............Bert

 

Hey drewfus,


i would be interested to hear that clip too,

thanks everyone, as I said , it has been a dream. but now I can tinker to get it "right" I already have a few other small alterations planned , but they will happen over time.

I think I better get to building a top also psycho. winter in melbourne without a roof can sometimes be a drag.

 

Kinda difficult to drive with a "Woody" ...!!!

 

Yeah man I toally agree. we should finally spend a day just hitting it up and getting the frame sorted.

Danny

 

Looks great! Congrats! I'm leaning more & more towards a blower!

 

some guys asked about the pulley setup for the water pumps and tensioning it, I made AHHHMMM ( alternator) bracket that I use to tension it, mounts like an early 24 stud offset genny bracket, which is what I will eventually use when I get a genny on the motor.


see another thread about offset genny brackets , I posted on there how you can use the early brackets on 8BA motors.

 

Very cool Roadster! That should be alot of fun now.