Restoration & Modification Projects > Modification Projects
My Black Bitza
bfit:
i have seen a kit on some of the vette forums that mounts a bracket under the booster with the provision to mount the clutch master when this one is shower.
it takes the load of the fiberglass.
bfit
Scott:
--- Quote from: Bfit on January 20, 2016, 12:08:18 PM --- it takes the load of the fiberglass.
--- End quote ---
There is a layer of steel in the footwell of my 73, with the glass on the engine side, so the load would be quite well distributed over the area.
Scott:
I just dumped the pics off my old phone. Nothing too exciting. There are some string lines from when I did my wheel alignment, but nothing else, a pic of my new shorter diff mount and some of the shifter poking through.
Scott:
After modifying the PS bracket, I needed something to adjust it and hold it in place, so I busted out the cardboard.
Transferred it to metal.
Kind of worked out how it would fit.
Then put some bends in it so it would line up right and trimmed it back.
It had to be flush as that face bolts to the front of the block. I welded it up, and of course forgot to take any more pics of it. It's been sprayed black and now holds the PS pump on teh front of the block, with good clearance to the front x-member.
Next I decided it's time for the engine to make some angry noises for the first time in many years. Since there is no interior, or wiring loom past the firewall, I wired up a push button to hook to the starter. Then I tried priming the oil with a drill. I had no idea if it was working until I pullet the oil pressure sender. Once that was out and the dizzy was in, I kicked engine over using the starter and oil came out the sender hole, so all good.
I then tried to set the static timing, but ran into the issue of no spark. Tried a few things, but I was pretty tired and not thinking straight. Next night I checked the coil with a multimeter and it seemed fine.
I put the coil back in and kicked the engine over with the lead close to the rocker and got 2 sparks...
Then I hooked up a test light across the + and - terminals of the coils and spun the engine again, and nothing so likely points.
I also took a wire and ground the - coil terminal. As soon as I let it off I got a nice spark from the HT lead. So points it is. Now I just need some time to play some more.
metalhead:
Hey Scott,
Your car looks to be coming along well! Annoying about the ignition dramas.
Funnily enough I now have a tko600 sitting on the floor in my garage. What angle did you end up settling on for the engine and box, and did you end up raising the front of the diff? I'll measure things up before pulling out the engine and box, but it would be good to get an idea of where you are at with yours. I decided to keep my existing bellhousing and mechanical clutch linkage, ordered the box from Mal Wood (cheaper with the current $ and freight/import fees), and a few Vette specific parts from Hurst (haven't arrived yet). What shifter is used in the American Powertrain kit? It doesn't look like the standard tremec shifter?
Cheers and thanks,
Andrew.
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