mykk
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Hello, found your forum recently and wanted to share a few pics of my in progress project build. It's not a genuine 1923 Ford, but the frame and body are based on the '23 Ford Model T as that's one of the popular choices for a T-Bucket.
My focal point is my unusual engine choice for the project:  Speedway Motors Nostalgia bare T frame Speedway Motors standard fiberglass '23 T body Sectioned steel '32 Ford grill shell, lo-boy '32 grill insert
Late 90's BMW 4.4L short block Early 90's BMW 4.0 heads & cams Late 90's Jaguar x308 4.0L Eaton M112 Supercharger, heat exchangers & injection on adapters to bolt to BMW heads Mid 90's BMW 6 speed manual trans, E34 265mm clutch & lightweight flywheel
Mid 70's Jaguar independent rear end Arduino based standalone EFI controller
A quick cliffsnotes pictorial of the engine & car build:  The vehicle is still very much a work in progress, and so much more work to go. The first 80% of the project goes by relatively smooth, this is roughly 2 years worth of work here. But that final 20% of work is taking 80% of the time.
Thanks for checking out my project. Come back for updates, and hopefully we'll all hear it running soon.
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That looks like an interesting creation! Ought to be fairly fierce with the ratio of car to engine. Look forward to seeing that a bit more
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stealthstylz
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That looks ace, engine looks surprisingly modest in there for a 4V head, seen similar before with a Northstar and it was too wide for the body.
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mylittletony
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that's pretty rad, reckon you'll have your hands full driving it!
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mykk
Kinda New
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Jul 11, 2020 12:54:58 GMT
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It made some noise for the first time last weekend:
Then with the pipes bolted up:
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Jul 11, 2020 13:03:44 GMT
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Great build.
Modern hot rod ding is not dead.
Tell me more about the truck hiding behind the car.
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mykk
Kinda New
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Jul 11, 2020 13:09:31 GMT
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Great build. Modern hot rod ding is not dead. Tell me more about the truck hiding behind the car. I don't know anything about it, I did see the owner of it fire it up and drive it around town last week. We are all just renting our spaces in this warehouse. |
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Jul 11, 2020 14:01:49 GMT
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Absolutely love this T. Great use of something other than an LS lump in there. The supercharger is an added bonus, and the whole setup sounds mean!
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trimtechniques
Part of things
Porsche 928 4.7 ltrs of German grunt. Mazda MX-5 MK1 Dakar. VW T4 camper
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Jul 11, 2020 14:11:00 GMT
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I like this. Love a good T-bucket!
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mykk
Kinda New
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A few updates: At the Kingman Az Route 66 Street Drags, Oct '21  The car passed it's MVD inspection and has been assigned a VIN, it's now street legal.   I've been driving it for just over a month now, focusing heavily on the EFI tuning. The VE table is getting close and it does cruise very well. I noticed on datalogs the supercharger never really went into boost, so I made a belt tensioner for the slack side of the belt and that did help a bunch. I still only see +6psi over atmosphere, but even when KPA is in vacuum the engine responded to less belt slip very positively. It's getting there, one bit at a time. |
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75swb
Beta Tester
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Feb 24, 2022 10:02:26 GMT
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Oh wow! Missed this before.
That's one cool AF build
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