USAFAGumby Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 With the Comanche getting it's rebuilt AX-15 soon I've decided I'm gonna leave it alone for awhile. But I had to have something to work on in the mean time right? 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Estate. 283 V8 and 2speed PowerGlide. Bagged. Lots of body work and customization nearly ready to be painted. Interior is a hell hole but drives like a dream! I'm thinking glossy black with all the chrome trim and a big chrome roof basket, then refurbish stock blue interior with wood paneled seat backs to make it like a truck bed when the seats fold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buxmj Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 That is really cool! Great idea about the seatbacks. Are you going to do the body work and interior? Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minuit Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Not usually a fan of bagged cars but :bowdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Yup I'm planning on doing most of the work myself, aside from the seats. Been driving it all weekend and this thing rides like a couch on a trampoline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Fuel pump as fallen off once, alternator bracket broke, and the tank has started leaking into the front bags overnight giving it a really bad rake and a dead battery in the morning. Always something to do :laughin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 my buddy had a lincoln mark8 that would look like that each morning. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Went a different direction than I thought I would initially. Now idk if I want it glossy black or silver still :dunno: . Interior still needs to be gutted once I find time. Leaking about a quart every two months so that is next on the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjrev10 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I like it it how it is! Gloss black is a maintenance monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Gloss black is a maintenance monster. possibly the truest statement on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 So we just finished our frame for Formula SAE. 62lbs, 3lbs lighter than last year, greater stiffness. Anyone out there ever participate in college? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Look up fsae ice racing. My team made Hoon of the Day on Jalopnik a couple years ago. Huskie Motorsports, University of Saskatchewan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Seen it, that was you? Way cool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86XL Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Love the old Wagons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Got this pick of the truck and the toy. The wagon has made three drives to and from Boulder CO (70mi) without any problems. Eats about a quart of oil every two trips. Also, formula car has been completed but still doesn't run smoothly. We are not going to competition this year due to other issues but it is pretty sweet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buxmj Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Would be cool to see the formula car on a trailer being pulled by the toy. Buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 31hp and 25ft/lbs of tq. Pretty cool stuff. Also, oh yes, the toy is gonna tow the formula car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 What motor are you guys running? Sounds like a thumper, but it's hard to tell in an echoey room like that. When's competition for you guys? Michigan is, like, now, (I think) so does that mean you're headed to Lincoln? If so, keep an eye out for the University of Saskatchewan car. I took a year off school so I won't be with them this year, though. None of our actual cars ever made it into or behind my MJ, but I was the one responsible for hauling around our simulator car... Basically just a seat and stereo in an empty rolling chassis that had a laptop steering wheel and pedal set hooked up to the Live For Speed game. I had the truck with the longest bed is how that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 It's an LTR450. Unfortunately we are not taking this car this year but I will be at the competition to watch and see how it all works. I'll keep a lookout for your car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Finally had time to start on the wagon. Pulled the carpet and minor rust on the floors and trunk deck. Headliner pulled and ground all the surface rust away to prep for por15 and headliner soon. Took for ever and my arms are killing me...... Starting to debate the color I want to paint it again. This time I'm thinking deep cherry red lower, then matte black from pillars up to include roof and hood, then black out all the chrome (keep the shark mouth of course). Any tips on spray painting a car? Also, formula car testing is heavy underway. Trying a new pneumatic shifter system and tuning the engine. Muffler blew out and yes that is me nearly catching fire :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Finally finished the design for the 2016 formula car. Lot's of parts look the same as 2015 but this one was completely redesigned. We have a much stronger team this year and it looks like we will make it to competition in May! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 You're going to Michigan then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Should be this year yup! As long as the build and everything goes on schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Cool. My old team had some bad luck at Lincoln last year (DNA'd all the dynamic events), so they're working out some bugs and taking the car to Michigan. It'll be the team's first time back there in around ten years, although they've been hitting up Lincoln/Cali the whole time. I think they're also putting another car together for Lincoln 2016 as well. This is one of the things I that's bugging me most about not being in school... Sitting on the sidelines of FSAE. It's getting pretty difficult to keep up with everything. You're still running the single, I'm guessing... What are you guts expecting to weigh in at? Looks like maybe right around 400lbs? 10" kaisers, tire 15 x 6 /18 x 8 f/r? Hard to tell in the rendering. Looks like a similar "ball joint" (bolt through a spherical bearing) to what we ran, what do you have for the inboard ends of the a-arms? Steel a-arms? The direct coilovers was something I kinda wanted to try out. We had pull-rods in the front and push-rods in the back, and while it did kinda shift the cog down a little, it also added weight and complexity. And with student build quality, that meant more chance of something being not-quite-right and binding or otherwise causing problems in the geometry. We might have put a little more beef and/or triangulation into the chassis pickups as well, but you crunched the numbers and I'm sure it'll be fine. Less weight that way, and we needed a bit more beef, getting 80bhp or so from the CBR600RR we were running. Nothing wrong with the 450, of course. Less mass and much easier to package, I would guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFAGumby Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Yup 350lbs weight goal, Kaisers are spot on. Spherical bearing with spacers on upright ends and threaded rod end with spacers on the inboard side. Steel tube a arms yup. Direct actuation was cool but the only shocks long enough are fox shocks and the valving is terrible for fsae applications. The motion ratios are also kinda terrible. And yeah ltr450 stock still. Should be about 40hp. Hoping for potential bore stroke and turbo applications next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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