Sounds good Tim man you really got that thing together. Its rare to see a car built so fast with such good craftsmanship hats off to you I don't really have any suggestion about the water pump but have had similar problems with low mounted radiator and pump and almost always was a air lock in the cooling system. as for the converter we raced lots of fast automatic drag cars and most of the time the stall speed is really what a converter will flash to just for a few moments like on a trans brake or in a heavy car unless you had that converter custom built for your application I doubt you will ever see 3500 especially with out a trans brake and rear only brakes in such a light car. Congrats Sam

I put the car down off the jacks and the thing acted quite different,  I think all it needs is a little weight.  The water pump will be easy to figure out.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Sounds and looks good. Hope that you can hold it on lights with brake.

Good luck for first race!!

-jyrki from Finland-

www.hollowheads.net

Like I said before Tim, it looks awesome and sounds great. Can't wait for a report on first trip to the strip. I think Ted had a problem with a air lock with the elec pump at one time, but he thought he had it worked out. Sorry to hear about your friend and you are right, none of us know when our time will come, so we need to make things right here on earth.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

On the converter stall, the numbers are subjective. They a calculated on the weight of the car and the torque of the engine. With a heavy car with a lower torque engine you need a higher stall. You should be O.K. with what you have. When you bring the RPM's up against the brake look for a RPM number before the car moves. Lets say its 2500, use that number when you are staged, once you release the brake and stab the throttle the converter will flash a little higher RPM. You don't want the stall so loose that it slips in at the end of the track, although some slippage is normal. My small block powered 3300 LB Camero had a 5500 stall in it.

It was very cool watching the car from start of finish, I think you will be hooked once you make a few passes with it.

Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

Looks/sounds awesome Tim!

Can wait to see pass #1!

Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

Tim - How about those "inline" electric waterpumps - Stewart Components shows them on their site. Could you make a housing for the water pump you've got and move it down to the level of the radiator. I think that right now you are too high above the radiator tank - trying to lift too much with vacuum.

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

I think I have the water pump issue in hand.  When I got home today I filled it from the highest point and turned on the pump.  It worked!  I think my biggest problem is I need to raise the filler and add an expansion tank. (the plans have been drawn and the work begins tomorrow) the filler right now is at the top of the water line and if you watch the video you notice that it puked some water out, well it was a lot of water and the level was so low that pump wasn't full.  As for the pump not being able to draw the water up, once the flow is started the returning water will have a siphon effect and help the water come to the pump, the system just needs to be full.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Is an additional expansion tank necessary? Once coolant is flowing properly, it won't get hot and puke out like that.



Does a siphon work in a closed system? It uses gravity which means that if a siphon is developed, it will be only on the return side which can help but it's not going to push it up the hose to the pump. I think it's more simply cohesion at play - as long as no air pockets disrupt the flow of the coolant in the pump, the molecules will stick together and continue to flow.


Lawrenceville, GA

Maybe siphon is not the right term but when you draw the water out of the radiator with the pump there will be a low pressure area and the water on the return will want to go there since it has a higher pressure.  There will be expansion with heat and a small pocket of air would be better than all liquid since a liquid wont compress.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias