The Jalopy Journal
Hello again... It is almost six months and now its time to continue this project... My first proto didn´t fit my American so I cut 7/8" (22 mm)...
Here comes my daughter driving her electric "front engine dragster"... clic the pic or link...
Yes, all misfortune with my oil pan was because of poor design. Poor design was made 10 years ago when I fabricated engine brackets for my...
"please post this thread on the next tech-week!" Gotta fin(n)ish this first. I have now a factory v8 crossmember, so I can see why fins hit my...
Thanks... and I like it too...
I need to cut a piece from middle part and move it about 2 cm (3/4") backwards... It´s an "easy" cut...
It´s a hit! :mad: It needs some modifications... [IMG] I can use this one with my Gasser American...
Bolt holes drilled and it is testing time side wiews [IMG] [IMG] front corner fits nicely [IMG] I´m gonna use stainless steel bolts...
It did shrink that 1.3%. But somehow I messed with that inner space... :( It looked like that sheet metal oli pan had more clearence that it...
Oldguard: That oli pan of yours looks very nice to me... there is some similarity, I see... :rolleyes: It is a shiny piece of art, I say. :cool:
I just made some calculations... Added 1.3 % to every measure. I had to keep thicknes close to 6 mm (1/4"). Then there was that 2-3 degree taper...
I asked my "aluniminum man" if I could come to foundry. He said yes. I waited phone call that never came. He made casting one night at 4 AM !!...
Some progress... Prototype is almost ready to run... [IMG]
"What did you do to avoid the Bondo sticking to the wood ?" Just wrapped those into brown packaging tape of good quality (3M or such), seen in...
Yes, bondo and sanding... [IMG] Wood sticks (10mm x 7mm) give that empty space (10mm) and there are 3mm plywood spacers between sticks. This...
Testing... Prototype needed some grinding and sanding... inside. Tomorrow I´ll take it to the machining shop. It gives 2 liter more oil volyme,...
Flat surfaces and cutouts are going to be machined by a local shop as the oil plug. And yes, I´m going to polish this to match my blower and scoop...
Thank you, thank you... One thing... I must remind you that I just made the pattern for a professional (retired) "aluminum man", who lives...
What do you think? [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
It looks like this now and it is ready to be an aluminium one... [IMG] Here you can see what is inside of that thing. [IMG]
Do any of you Hambers know, if there has been any cast aluminum oil pans for AMC V8s? I have asked this on AMC forums, but they haven´t seen...
Thank you of those kind words... "Why did you have to have it and what is it going on?" It is for good looks... I´m going to use it on my...
"when will you pour it" next week some day "Did you make pattern oversize?" yes, it is 1.3 % bigger than original "and a lot of hard work! "...
What can you do if you MUST HAVE an aluminum oli pan for your AMC V8? Do it yourself... Got pattern almost done today. I used old sheet...
A pic from seventies´... Swedish Willys sedan "Onkel Willy" [IMG]
Started from this: [IMG] and done... [IMG]
Just finished this one yesterday, after 4 years of working... [IMG]
Years ago I did this Javelin... [IMG]
Once a friend of a friend had Mopar Rallye Wheels...
Here is mine... Borgward Isabella Kombi as "woodie" [IMG]
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