Popular Hot Rodding's new Project car...

[tommycomfort]

At the same time?

Ken

Well, no. But that would be a fun family event...

[cmraman]

At the same time?

Ken

No but there is more than enough room! LOL!

[cmraman]

Deb, Sam and I all got rides in "project olds" at Motorstate, what great fun! Thanks Robert!
Tom

Totally my pleasure. You guys are great and it was great to see Deb out beating on the wagon. Go Deb!!

[cmraman]

Sorry for the delay in updates... Been a really busy end of summer and fall. The car is great and is tucked away for the winter. Some changes are taking place, but I wanted to update on some of the things we have done so far...

Thanks to Holley for the help with the the exhaust system and to the Roadster Shop for the installation. We got it to fit high and tight. They did an awesome job. Thanks Guys!



Right after the engine and trans was installed by Performance Restorations... I drove it open headers to the Roadster Shop. That thing sounded badass. Now I want cutouts.. LOL. Here is the clean canvas...



Setting up the X - pipe and determining the route...



With the Muffler mocked up, the angle of the first bend is set..



Cutting pipe, I love the sparks shots... LOL.



The front section complete, ready for finish welding...



The Hooker Aerochambers that we used. Very nice sounding mufflers...



After all the routing and welding was finished, took the set up to the paint booth and shot it with ratttle can Ceramic black paint...

[Yelcamino]

The exhaust looks nice Rob! I've always wanted to hear how the Aerochambers sound, so now I know which car to keep an ear open for!

[Ron S]

Until you've actually fit exhaust that nicely under a car, you can't appreciate how much work goes into it. Especially when trying to cram 3" pipe in places not designed for pipe that large, turned out really clean. Really digging all the extreme driver projects that are being done. Ron

[MattG]

PM sent!

[tommycomfort]

Looks great! I checked it out in PHR also. The black looks really good and something we've been thinking about for a while.
Tom

[PhillipM]

Looks good Robert!

[cmraman]

The exhaust looks nice Rob! I've always wanted to hear how the Aerochambers sound, so now I know which car to keep an ear open for!

You heard them at the Face off Herb. I'm just slow to update.

[Yelcamino]

I remember it sounded good but I didn't pay enough attention! Next time I will make it a point!

[cmraman]

Project Olds is getting some updates over the winter. With the help of Brent Jarvis and the guys at Performance Restorations, we pulled the motor and sent it back to School of Automotive Machinists in Houston,TX. They wanted to check things over and make a couple of changes. I will update those later along with some others. But I was lurking on some of my Olds forums and found these babies for sale...




New still in the original box. I will have to knock out the plug for a breather, but they will look Bitchin'!

[Yelcamino]

Project Olds is getting some updates over the winter. With the help of Brent Jarvis and the guys at Performance Restorations, we pulled the motor and sent it back to School of Automotive Machinists in Houston,TX. They wanted to check things over and make a couple of changes. I will update those later along with some others. But I was lurking on some of my Olds forums and found these babies for sale...



New still in the original box. I will have to knock out the plug for a breather, but they will look Bitchin'!

Rob, instead of knocking the plug out for a breather, why not put in a -12 AN fitting and run a hose to a breather can? That way you won't have to worry about puking oil on your headers on the high G turns!

[cmraman]

Rob, instead of knocking the plug out for a breather, why not put in a -12 AN fitting and run a hose to a breather can? That way you won't have to worry about puking oil on your headers on the high G turns!

I was thinking about doing that through the plug. I was going to do braided line into one breather tank. I'm am open to any suggestions Herb.

[The Stickman]

Rob, instead of knocking the plug out for a breather, why not put in a -12 AN fitting and run a hose to a breather can? That way you won't have to worry about puking oil on your headers on the high G turns!

Think that will really be a problem? Might be something I should consider before RTTS.

[Yelcamino]

Think that will really be a problem? Might be something I should consider before RTTS.

I'm not trying to hi-jack Rob's thread, but here's a pic showing how I have my valve covers vented into a breather tank on each side. Any oil that escapes my engine does not come from the valve covers.



It seems that most engines with a typical breather on top of the valve cover suffer from oil working its way out through the breather and all over the engine and headers. For just cruising around town I doubt it's a problem, but the way we like to push our cars it's has the potential to be an issue.

[cmraman]

Motor has been updated. It's back in the car, and coming back home tomorrow. Finally, LOL. Oiling issues seemed to be better, but time will tell but so far it's doing great and is much more responsive. Hope to post more pics soon.

[cmraman]

Rob, instead of knocking the plug out for a breather, why not put in a -12 AN fitting and run a hose to a breather can? That way you won't have to worry about puking oil on your headers on the high G turns!

Herb, thanks for the advice. I tried your fittings and the baffles they came with didn't fit between the rockers. Jeremy at the Roadster shop machined the valve cover and carefully welded in the fitting. I then made new baffles and JB welded them in. Seems to be ok at the moment. I still need to run the hoses and breather tanks. Me and the guys at Performance Restorations liked the Olds on the knock out, so that's why we relocated the fittings.

[gearbanger]

I used to have trouble with oil blowing out of the valve cover breather on a 1/4 mile pass. I had a pcv valve in one valve cover and a breather in the other. What I did was replace the breather with a breather that had a big 1/2" or 5/8" hose connector on it. They have foam in them for a breather and I pulled all that out. I connected that hose to a hose fitting on the base of my K&N filter so that when manifold vac dropped off at full throttle, I would have vac on the crankcase from all the air being pulled by the carb. Worked like a charm and I have never seen any oil since.


I used clear tubing as well so I can see if any oil is being pulled. So far, nothing.

[cmraman]

I used to have trouble with oil blowing out of the valve cover breather on a 1/4 mile pass. I had a pcv valve in one valve cover and a breather in the other. What I did was replace the breather with a breather that had a big 1/2" or 5/8" hose connector on it. They have foam in them for a breather and I pulled all that out. I connected that hose to a hose fitting on the base of my K&N filter so that when manifold vac dropped off at full throttle, I would have vac on the crankcase from all the air being pulled by the carb. Worked like a charm and I have never seen any oil since.


I used clear tubing as well so I can see if any oil is being pulled. So far, nothing.

Interesting. I'll have to look into that.