1987 Olds Pro-touring project build - Now with paint
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It's sad to think that the all of the equipment there cost more than half of the cost of my car when I bought it 17 years ago. 🙁
It's sad to think that the all of the equipment there cost more than half of the cost of my car when I bought it 17 years ago. 🙁
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Also bought a used Chevy serpentine setup off Ebay. Turns out it's apparently pretty easy to adapt to an Olds engine using some 1/4" spacers/adapters. Found a guy who has done this with his 455 on Realoldspower:
In the process now of bead blasting the brackets and powder coating.
Also bought a used Chevy serpentine setup off Ebay. Turns out it's apparently pretty easy to adapt to an Olds engine using some 1/4" spacers/adapters. Found a guy who has done this with his 455 on Realoldspower:
In the process now of bead blasting the brackets and powder coating.
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What did the serpentine set-up come from? I'll try to pick one up tomorrow. I'm planning on doing the same to my 455. I thought it would be much harder though.Is there anything I should know before I get started on it? I am planning on using 2 alternators though. But I'm pretty sure I can figure that out myself.
What did the serpentine set-up come from? I'll try to pick one up tomorrow. I'm planning on doing the same to my 455. I thought it would be much harder though.Is there anything I should know before I get started on it? I am planning on using 2 alternators though. But I'm pretty sure I can figure that out myself.
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thats interesting, figured someone would find a way around the high dollar march setup. doesnt look too bad either!
thats interesting, figured someone would find a way around the high dollar march setup. doesnt look too bad either!
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Here's the write up from the guy who did the one in the pictures above:
http://www.realoldspower.com/phpBB2/vie ... 017bb5521a
I haven't managed to even start my mockup yet. I just spent the other night using the DA on the brackets to smooth out the casting flash.
Oh, and just an FYI. Rockauto.com has the V6 diesel pumps on sale for around $11.00! They are rebuilt units but I figure it'll work fine for a mockup.
As I understand it, the Chevy water pump pulley is a direct fit to the Olds V6 diesel pump. You'll need a P/S pulley from a Chevy and apparently a Ford crank pulley. The Chevy P/S pump pulley looks to be around $14 brand new from Autozone. Look up an S-10 with a 4.3L.
Here's the write up from the guy who did the one in the pictures above:
http://www.realoldspower.com/phpBB2/vie ... 017bb5521a
I haven't managed to even start my mockup yet. I just spent the other night using the DA on the brackets to smooth out the casting flash.
Oh, and just an FYI. Rockauto.com has the V6 diesel pumps on sale for around $11.00! They are rebuilt units but I figure it'll work fine for a mockup.
As I understand it, the Chevy water pump pulley is a direct fit to the Olds V6 diesel pump. You'll need a P/S pulley from a Chevy and apparently a Ford crank pulley. The Chevy P/S pump pulley looks to be around $14 brand new from Autozone. Look up an S-10 with a 4.3L.
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Drew nice work as always man. i cant wait to start working my my olds once again. slide by the monte section and check my ss out whenever you have time
Drew nice work as always man. i cant wait to start working my my olds once again. slide by the monte section and check my ss out whenever you have time
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Got tired of screwing around with my cheap Chinese made cabinet. It's served it's purpose but I've replaced almost all of "mechanical" parts of the cabinet with Made In the USA stuff just to make it work properly.
So, I started building this:
It's 72" wide, 36" deep and 36" high. The glove port holes look a little low because I still need to install the casters on the legs which will raise everything up to the proper height.
Should be able to fit an entire G-body front fender in there without any problems. 😉
This is definitely cheaper than a similar steel model but it's the expensive part of the project will be buying the actual parts to make it function. I'm converting to a foot pedal operated gun instead of the trigger gun I have now. It's a pretty big strain to have to pull the trigger continuously while blasting.
I'm also going install proper lighting as well. Most of these aftermarket blast cabinets have TERRIBLE lighting. You spend $4000+ for a blast cabinet and they give you two little incandescent lights. 🙄 Or in the case of my little red cabinet, a light thats mounted in the REAR!?!!? of the cabinet which means when you have something large like an intake in there, all it does is cast a bunch of shadows in the areas your trying to blast.
Mine is going to have two 48" fluorescent lights in the very top and a single 48" fluorescent mounted in the front door just above the two windows. That along with painting the entire inside with white latex paint should really help brighten things up.
To help protect the wood on the inside I'm thinking about using replacable FRP panels that screw in place or maybe some sort of rubber sheet. Would be easier to replace that than disassembling the entire cabinet to replace the wood.
Got tired of screwing around with my cheap Chinese made cabinet. It's served it's purpose but I've replaced almost all of "mechanical" parts of the cabinet with Made In the USA stuff just to make it work properly.
So, I started building this:
It's 72" wide, 36" deep and 36" high. The glove port holes look a little low because I still need to install the casters on the legs which will raise everything up to the proper height.
Should be able to fit an entire G-body front fender in there without any problems. 😉
This is definitely cheaper than a similar steel model but it's the expensive part of the project will be buying the actual parts to make it function. I'm converting to a foot pedal operated gun instead of the trigger gun I have now. It's a pretty big strain to have to pull the trigger continuously while blasting.
I'm also going install proper lighting as well. Most of these aftermarket blast cabinets have TERRIBLE lighting. You spend $4000+ for a blast cabinet and they give you two little incandescent lights. 🙄 Or in the case of my little red cabinet, a light thats mounted in the REAR!?!!? of the cabinet which means when you have something large like an intake in there, all it does is cast a bunch of shadows in the areas your trying to blast.
Mine is going to have two 48" fluorescent lights in the very top and a single 48" fluorescent mounted in the front door just above the two windows. That along with painting the entire inside with white latex paint should really help brighten things up.
To help protect the wood on the inside I'm thinking about using replacable FRP panels that screw in place or maybe some sort of rubber sheet. Would be easier to replace that than disassembling the entire cabinet to replace the wood.
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looks frickin awesome!! 8)
How about lining the inside with a medium gauge sheetmetal. would be a pain to install, but i would imagine if you dont blast directly at it, it would last.
looks frickin awesome!! 8)
How about lining the inside with a medium gauge sheetmetal. would be a pain to install, but i would imagine if you dont blast directly at it, it would last.
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That doesn't look too bad. I have the same red HF one and the lighting isn't adequate at all. It also doesn't seal worth a damn either. I even have a dust reclaimer and I still lose quite a bit of media when I use it. I'm thinking of pulling it back apart and using silicone on all of the seams to see if it helps at all.
Good thinking with that size too. Blasting a fender in the driveway makes quite a mess to clean up.
That doesn't look too bad. I have the same red HF one and the lighting isn't adequate at all. It also doesn't seal worth a damn either. I even have a dust reclaimer and I still lose quite a bit of media when I use it. I'm thinking of pulling it back apart and using silicone on all of the seams to see if it helps at all.
Good thinking with that size too. Blasting a fender in the driveway makes quite a mess to clean up.
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