Woodfin's SS GT/TB construction series

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Ken,

let's try for 25 days of shiny parts

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Originally Posted by Dragsinger

Ken,

let's try for 25 days of shiny parts

25 days,, eh? Sounds like a Christmas song to me,,,, I'll start it off, you keep it going.
"On this first day of Christmas, Manley sent to me,, 8 rods connecting,,,( I couldn't help myself)
Danny Durham

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Danny, stand by, you have started something

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On the second day of Christmas the warehouse sent to me, coated bearings for my Cheveee

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On the third day of Christmas the freight truck brought to me, some shiny parts from BTE.

Several things of note;

*The input shaft has a single Teflon sealing ring. In addition, it has two grooves that allow fluid that is leaving the converter to easily flow past the stator bushing.

*Also note the light weight direct clutch hub and dual sealing ring servo piston.

BTE is a good company doing a good job for Sportsman racers.

I like quality,shiny BTE parts

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On the fourth day of Christmas the parts truck brought to me, four control arm bushings.

We have several options with upper control arm bushings for the Super 10. With past buildups I have experimented with some of those options.

For this project I am using factory replacement bushings by Moog. The photo shows a minute spent with die grinder and disc grinder to remove the internal serrations.

Checking the photos you see the control arm shafts have threaded ends. This is common to may GM front suspensions.

When completing the assembled arm I used chassis/wheel bearing grease between shaft and bushing ID. On the end of each bushing I applied silicone rubber lube to bushings and retaining washer.

Then, self locking nuts are run down to tighten the assemble then back off ever so slightly, about 1/16 turn.

The result, control arms move smoothly on the shafts with very little resistance.

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On the 5th day of Christmas the Brown truck brought to me, Five front hub studs.

For the Super 10 we will run the factory front brakes This photo shows the ARP 12 x 1.5 extra length wheel studs for the factor brake rotors.

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attention in the paint booth. Saturday we will spray some shiny black on rear housing, rear frame section, and related hardware.

Stand by for shiny photos

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A few updates from other areas.

As a reminder, the Super 10 engine is a 327/300/293 package. We have good progress under way with those parts.

Mile High Crankshaft is prepping a factory 327 core with + .013 stroke. He will also balance the crank so good progress there.

REBCO machine has the pistons under way. Using a Bill Miller forging Eric at REBCO does the finished details. Gary Hettler furnished REBCO with a chamber mold so the valve pockets will be right on the money. We are using an .043 x .043 x 3mm ring package.

The short block of course housed in a Dart SHP block with .904 lifters and BBC cam journal size.

More details and photos of engine parts in a few weeks.

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another area of progress is with the Powerglide.

On hand is the Reid case, 1.98 low gear set plus all related parts to complete the trans.

There will be a time in early spring when all these sub-assemblies begin going on and that will be a mighty fine thing.