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06-04-2012, 06:41 PM | #1 |
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... and the Flathead roared to life
I finally assembled and installed everything necessary to start up my 8BA for the first time last night. It was awesome. I bought this engine last summer, and took some of it apart to clean it up and paint it. Now it sits in my 51 Mercury chassis. I replaced the distributor with a Bubba's Chevy conversion unit, a 12 volt Andover coil, 12 volt generator, added Red's Header's, and a Merc-o-matic transmission. You guys might like the third video the most.
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugdIRX5LHuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUkf1nJAWiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8e_d3LMy-c |
06-04-2012, 06:59 PM | #2 |
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Re: ... and the Flathead roared to life
#3 does give you an idea how hot the exhaust is when going through the block heating the water ... nice video, thanks
Vergil
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06-04-2012, 07:08 PM | #3 |
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Re: ... and the Flathead roared to life
Nice video, sounds good Hope to fire mine up soon.
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06-04-2012, 07:32 PM | #4 |
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Re: ... and the Flathead roared to life
was that hi-temp paint on the tranny? how did it hold up to the heat from the flames?
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06-04-2012, 08:56 PM | #5 |
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Re: ... and the Flathead roared to life
is the chevy distributor manual or vacum
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06-04-2012, 09:13 PM | #6 |
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Re: ... and the Flathead roared to life
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Is that "Elvis Gold" paint ??? You know theres only two colors allowed in Ky? Elevis gold and Ky chrome ( silver)... just kidding ya know .......... |
06-04-2012, 09:25 PM | #7 |
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Re: ... and the Flathead roared to life
Looks and sounds Great!! Good job! can't wait to see the finished product!
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06-04-2012, 10:09 PM | #8 |
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Re: ... and the Flathead roared to life
Thanks guys, I wanted to get a good Flathead video like #3. The flames out of the headers is just cool! The engine paint is a high temp paint, either 1300 or 2000 degrees ( I can't remember at the moment) called Burnt Copper from VHT. The Bubba Chevy conversion distributor is a mechanical advance.
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06-04-2012, 10:17 PM | #9 |
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Re: ... and the Flathead roared to life
To see more of the rest of the car, jump on over to the jalopy journal here:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=641282 It's the link to my build thread, a 1951 Mercury coupe |
06-04-2012, 11:19 PM | #10 |
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Re: ... and the Flathead roared to life
1951 merc my favorite year I owned one in 1980....that was the second flathead i rebuilt....your car is very nice...good luck....gump
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