61 Bel Air
11-05-2013, 08:12 AM
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Do you have any pics of the process?On my friends car his baffle was something he found in another random junkyard tank. He cut that tank and baffle up and made it fit in his. When I showed back up it was mostly complete and worked decently but he liked to run lower on fuel than I ever would which uncovered it's limitations.
I was going to duplicate something like what GM does for my own setup.
11-05-2013, 07:55 PM
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11-05-2013, 09:41 PM
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I'm confused... In short are you saying you used the stock type pickup and added a Walbro pump to it? I helped a friend do that very thing, but we added a baffle to the bottom of the tank (junkyard budget build). It worked fine until the tank was low, then the pickup would get uncovered a bit in sharp (not even hard) turns.
Using the Corvette (or any modern GM) "bucket" style pickup eliminates fuel sloshing past the fuel pickup. Those buckets are an interesting and brilliant design where the bucket stays full keeping the pump completely submersed (and cool) while the pumps pickup is always sitting in fuel - even to the last half gallon or so. Think of the bucket as a tank within a tank for fuel control or look up "surge tank" and this is the same idea gone OEM.
I'm actually in the process of building this very setup for two cars, my 61 Impala 2 door HT and a friends 63 Impala wagon.
Sorry to hijack and hopefully this makes sense.
Using the Corvette (or any modern GM) "bucket" style pickup eliminates fuel sloshing past the fuel pickup. Those buckets are an interesting and brilliant design where the bucket stays full keeping the pump completely submersed (and cool) while the pumps pickup is always sitting in fuel - even to the last half gallon or so. Think of the bucket as a tank within a tank for fuel control or look up "surge tank" and this is the same idea gone OEM.
I'm actually in the process of building this very setup for two cars, my 61 Impala 2 door HT and a friends 63 Impala wagon.
Sorry to hijack and hopefully this makes sense.
I guess I made it confusing. I used a factory pickup/sending unit ( one with a return fitting on it. I used a external fuel pump also. I am impressed with how he made his gas tank. I was thinking of doing something like that in the beginning by using a gto tank as it is taller than flatter. Just wasn't 100% sure on it, and also that I am in Canada, GTO's were not up here and I would have had to got one from the states, so went with the set up I have now. It works o.k., but just another idea for maybe down the road. It's always neat to see how the "other guy" did it.
11-09-2013, 06:57 AM
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Update time After some solid attempts to get the motor to sit low enough, I knew it was time to notch the cross member. The LS oil pan is much wider than the small flat area gm designed into the very bottom of this crossmember. I'm running the MAST oil pan, even if I chose the autograft pan I believe it still would have required the same cut.
Initial cuts are across the frame parallel to the base of the motor mount then proceeded down the edge towards the flat base of the crossmember. Score/cut two small relief triangles front and back and bent those inward prior to hammering the area flat to widen the flat base area.
Little fresh black paint and she is good as new.
Initial cuts are across the frame parallel to the base of the motor mount then proceeded down the edge towards the flat base of the crossmember. Score/cut two small relief triangles front and back and bent those inward prior to hammering the area flat to widen the flat base area.
Little fresh black paint and she is good as new.
11-09-2013, 05:48 PM
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11-09-2013, 09:29 PM
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Great Job!!!
11-09-2013, 10:25 PM
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I asked because the flash glare or reflection on the front edge looks like it was fresh weld across it. Good work on the widening, and smart idea. Wish I had the resources some of the guys on here had for jobs like this. Heck, I would be thrilled to just have a concrete slab and a shop to work in. But alas, it is still hanging a flatbed strap from a tree for me for the time being.
Have a great weekend and keep up the good work. And for the love of customs, HURRY UP ALREADY!!
Have a great weekend and keep up the good work. And for the love of customs, HURRY UP ALREADY!!
11-11-2013, 06:16 PM
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Few parts to share Had the drive shaft altered, installed an upgraded bearing assembly and had the rear portion of the drive shaft converted to a slip yoke. The bearing is cased in polyurethane so it's less forgiving for suspension travel but able to handle the horsepower. The slip yoke in essence reduces the stresses on the bearing.
Bought the radiator and wiring harness from Entropy, nice piece for sure and very comparable to the Ron Davis radiator in the Camaro. Has the transmission
cooler built into it .
Also want to give a shout-out for John Leonard over at Modern Vintage Systems for the wiring harness and flash tune. Very helpful guy, always takes my questions.
Bought the radiator and wiring harness from Entropy, nice piece for sure and very comparable to the Ron Davis radiator in the Camaro. Has the transmission
cooler built into it .
Also want to give a shout-out for John Leonard over at Modern Vintage Systems for the wiring harness and flash tune. Very helpful guy, always takes my questions.
11-12-2013, 02:54 PM
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Power Steering is clear Eric
The radiator is not that wide, Entropy did a good job and must have good information. Even the hole placement was perfect, 3 on each mounting tab. Truly a bolt on.
The radiator is not that wide, Entropy did a good job and must have good information. Even the hole placement was perfect, 3 on each mounting tab. Truly a bolt on.