1927 T Eddie's Chop Shop Style

[Eddie's Chop Shop]

Absolutely beautiful work from both you and Pinkee's. I'm a big fan! Eric from Pinkee's has been a friend for years and has a great eye and a talented crew to back it up. I'm glad this project came to you so that it can maintain its quality.

It was great to get to follow up quality work for a change. I end up finishing a lot of stuff others started and I am very happy to be able to give the credit to Eric for an awesome chassis.

[Eddie's Chop Shop]

Eddie, thanks for the explanation about the manifold. Can you tell me how much boost is run in the car and what kind of gasketing material you use to seal the lid? I ask because I have a boosted car with a similar manifold and we went through several redesigns trying to get the top to seal.

The car should see around 5-6 psi at full throttle, haven't quite got into it that hard yet. I want to get it over to the dyno to do the higher throttle tuning. I just used rtv for the seal (since i don't plan on opening it often). Lots of bolts and a good fit should hold the presssure just fine. Another manifold I am building with a similar flange/seal situation will see 30psi, that one will have more leak potential for sure. I thought about o-ringing it but was too lazy to do the extra machine work since I do this all on my bridgeport. What did you end up with for yours?

[Eddie's Chop Shop]

Very cool, lots of neat details but not overdone like some cars built by a guy that rhymes with Coal.

Probably too much cheese on one plate for some but I think its just right! Thanks for the compliment

[pwschuh]

I thought about o-ringing it but was too lazy to do the extra machine work since I do this all on my bridgeport. What did you end up with for yours?

I use a pliable rubber gasket with holes in it for the bolts to pass through. The key is getting enough mounting bolts. On the first try we had too much space between the bolts and it was lifting the top in between the bolts and pushing out the gasket. We added twice as many bolts with no more than about an inch or so between bolts and it works fine up to 29 psi. O-ringing is definitely the way to go and if I had to do it over, I would have had it o-ringed.

[Eddie's Chop Shop]

[EnragedHawk]

Looks awesome! Amazing work as always.

[GaryB]

cool lookin roadster,outrageous engine.like to hear it run. hows the coupe coming along?

[51farmtruck]

Man! That is some beautiful work. The trunk floor looks alot like the trunk in the dick flint roadster. Amazing!

[Eddie's Chop Shop]

cool lookin roadster,outrageous engine.like to hear it run. hows the coupe coming along?

The coupe is coming along good, I'll post some updates soon. Its completely apart again getting more welding on chassis tabs and such. It will start going together for real in a couple days. Every little pc needs something done as its put back on so it will be a slow assembly process, but hoping to drive it at the end of June!

[octobeak]

jesus dude, that T is righteous