My project

[JPhil]

What did you end up doing for the hydraulic clutch?

 

[SRountree]

I ended up buying the kit from American Powertrain. I just installed it yesterday except one main line that I forgot to install when I put the transmission and engine in. :O(

I have to go buy a special wrench now to tighten it up through the hole where the clutch arm goes through. It's an easy install as long as you pay attention to what your doing and I got the cool billet reservoir. Ill post pictures hopefully tonight.

I could have bought other parts to make this cheaper but I wasn't too confident in myself doing it. I paid a lot more for my mind's sake. :O)

 

[SRountree]

I got the hydraulics hooked up finally. I had to be very patient getting the other line in the small window to work with. :O) thanks to a special tool and small turns its done. I bleed the line and the throw-out bearing moves about 1". I hope that's good unless I need to do more bleeding. Do you guys know if that sounds good?

 

[SRountree]

Ok, I got my car running enough to test out the hydraulic clutch and its nice... smooth. I am sure you can buy parts to keep the cost down but this is pretty much a bolt on without much work. I am soooooo happy with it. Ax far as the car, I ran out of gas and couldnt drive it back in the garage. Ha ha ha... I still need to put a timimg light on it and fine tune the carbs before I take it out on the street.

 

[mrvette]

Ok, I got my car running enough to test out the hydraulic clutch and its nice... smooth. I am sure you can buy parts to keep the cost down but this is pretty much a bolt on without much work. I am soooooo happy with it. Ax far as the car, I ran out of gas and couldnt drive it back in the garage. Ha ha ha... I still need to put a timimg light on it and fine tune the carbs before I take it out on the street.

OUTTA GAS?? at MY age that don't happen......:devil::lol:

 

[SRountree]

I know really... out of gas?.... All I can do is laugh at myself...

 

[SRountree]

I got a little time to work on my Vette this week and I started putting together the Rack and Pinion MOD you guys have on Vette Mods. I never did anything like this before but I think it will turn out great. I used cardboard and Duct tape to make my templates. Then I had a machine shop cut out the metal and weld them together. I have it all on the car hanging in place by zip ties to make sure it will work. Now I am trying to find one of my friends or a friend of a friend to weld them to my car. :O)

 

[bobs77vet]

excellent work, be sure to use some painted on witness marks on the bolts to the heim joints. the bolts holding these on my steeroids system loosened up on me....

 

[SRountree]

Thanks Bob, ill make sure I do that. I cant wait to get it on the road. ..

 

[SRountree]

Strength and design question

I installed the rack and pinion that you have here on the site. AWESOME BTW! I wanted to redesign this bracket to look better so do you think this will work? The original bar is 1.5" x 1.5" at 1/8" thick. The new is 1x1x1/8 but the difference will be the ends as shown in the picture. I feel it will work better with less issues... I never done anything like this so your comments are really important to me.

 

[phantomjock]

I'd opt to add a piece of metal below the folded sections (and top maybe too) to give you a box section - with those "fingers" the folds -might "fold" under load even though the total section width is 1/4 inch at the ends. Just me.

 

[SRountree]

With Covid19, I have to work remotely working way too many claims. This is not allowing time to work on my project. With that said, I have been doing little things here and there.

Changing my egg crates to gills




Dash was purchased but I still have to modify it just a little.





It's still in process but at least I am getting the look I want. You guys would have it done by now. Ha ha ha

 

[phantomjock]

NOT ME!!!!

That look really sharp. Nice work on the dash. The louvers are cool tool.

Press on!

Cheers - Jim

 

[BBShark]

Looks good. Who makes the dash?

 

[Red77]

I'm also curious about the dash. Mine is a cracked and crumbly mess that is only good for fiberglass and bondo experimentation and I am reluctant to dump the $$$ into new restoration parts.

 

[SRountree]

https://customimagecorvettes.com/product/c3-corvette-custom-dash-speedvette-styled/

 

[SRountree]

The set up jig is crude but it worked. Thanks for BB Sharks tips, I needed the make sure the angles stayed the same with the new column when I tacked them down. Worked like a charm. New column, steering wheel, and a push button start to top it off.

 

[SRountree]

I finally got my Flaming River Rack N Pinion completely installed with my power steering. WOW, so much better than what I was expecting. I just backed it up into my driveway and back in the garage but it was really easy. I have to make a couple adjustments to the alignment of the power steering pully and I need a 90 degree fitting to smooth out the line.

 

[phantomjock]

A pick of the Installed Rack would be appreciated. I have the Steeroids and am not happy with the cobbled together mount I'm working.
You may have a better idea? Guessing it is set up for rear-steer?
Thanks in advance - Jim

 

[SRountree]

I'll get into it tonight for pictures. Here is the manual though. It's a pretty easy install but $$$. It's a solid unit and worth the money, at least to me. I believe they will send you the power steering pump line kit if you buy the RnP. I installed a specific type II power steering pump with a reservoir but I ordered a couple of 90 degree fittings to route the lines better and you need a specific flow reducer that works with the RnP. I'll get the part numbers as soon as I get it completed.